JANUARY

16
Gordon of Khartoum, the Cullinan Diamond, and more

FEBRUARY

24
Thomas Bowdler, a mechanical duck, animal comedians, and more

MARCH

18
St Edward the Martyr assassinated, Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced, and more

APRIL

29
Joan of Arc, Pope Pius IX, U.S. evacuates Saigon, and more

MAY

16
Jacob Leisler executed for treason, Andrew Johnson almost impeached, and more

JUNE

1
The Battle of Drumclog, kindly lions, indigo planters, and more

JULY

2
Henry "the Fowler", James A. Garfield, first Zeppelin flight, and more

4
A disastrous Crusader defeat, Zulus face British Gatling guns, and more

7
The Crusaders in Constantinople, King Edward I, and more

9
Kenilworth Castle, William the Silent, the first ironclad, and more

16
Gauls attack Rome, the rise of Islam, a Protestant martyr, and more

19
The Battle of Halidon, St Vincent de Paul, Matthew Flinders, and more

21
Tamerlane defeats the Turks, the British capture Gibraltar, Jesse James, and more

22
The Battle of Falkirk, the Lost Colony, and more

23
President Ulysses S. Grant dies, UK Parliament attacked, and more

25
Chenier executed, Dollfuss murdered, first cross-Channel flight, and more

AUGUST

27
Little St Hugh of Lincoln, Confucius, Krakatoa, and more

SEPTEMBER

24
Paracelsus, the Iroquois, Ladakh, Timbuktu, and more

OCTOBER

1
Alexander the Great, Michael the Stammerer, and more

NOVEMBER

30
A governor charged with murder, Cnut invades England,and more

DECEMBER

16
The Boston Tea Party, passports, Grigori Rasputin, and more