Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara
Brazil is recognized by US
Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg.
US slave Dred Scott and family freed by owner Henry Taylor Blow 3 months after US courts ruled against them.
James Dunham murders six people in Campbell, California.
Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game
Germany passes legislation organizing Alsace and Lorraine as an autonomous state with a legislature
Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat.
The Supreme Council of Allies, meeting at Versailles, decides to recognize two White Russian leaders, Admiral Kolchak and General Denikin, and support them against the Bolsheviks