The Chalcedonian Creed, regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus, is adopted by the Council of Chalcedon, an ecumenical council.

Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heian-kyō (now Kyoto).

Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh leads a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking 4,000–5,000 captives.

The male line of the Portuguese House of Burgundy becomes extinct with the death of King Fernando, leaving only his daughter Beatrice. Rival claimants begin a period of civil war and disorder.

The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.

Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.

The Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.

J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Adorn yourself, O dear soul) in Leipzig on the 20th Sunday after Trinity, based on the communion hymn of the same name.

Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.

The War of Jenkins' Ear begins with the first attack on La Guaira.

The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.

American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.

Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.

Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States, ending the Harmar Campaign.

André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above Paris.

Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.

The Millerites (followers of Baptist preacher William Miller) anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day becomes known as the Great Disappointment.

A plebiscite ratifies the annexation of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before on October 19.

The first telegraphic connection in Argentina becomes operational.

The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.

The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (lasting 13.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}1⁄2 hours before burning out).

The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.

The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100 ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33 ft) to the road below.

A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.

Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.

The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.

In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

Dod Orsborne, captain of the Girl Pat is convicted of its theft and imprisoned, having caused a media sensation when it went missing.

World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.

World War II: In the second firestorm raid on Germany, the RAF conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.

Over twenty-two hundred engineers and technicians from eastern Germany are forced to relocate to the Soviet Union, along with their families and equipment.

The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.

Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.

A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.

Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor.

The Soviet uncrewed space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.

Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.

The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.

Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.

John Adams' opera Nixon in China premiered.

Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-52.

Danish fugitive Steen Christensen kills two police officers, Chief Constable Eero Holsti and Senior Constable Antero Palo, in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, Finland during his prison escape.

Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.

Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season until surpassed by the 2020 season.

A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a national referendum.

A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and ten damaged.

India launches its first uncrewed lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.

Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.

The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.

Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored.

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