1519: King Carlos I is elected Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

1838: Coronation of Queen Victoria, aged 19, during a five-hour ceremony at Westminster Abbey, London

1914: Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated by Bosnian-Serb assassin Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, setting off a chain of alliances and events that lead to World War I

1919: Treaty of Versailles is signed in France, ending World War I and establishing the League of Nations

2021: Tigray Defense Forces retake Tigray’s regional capital of Mekelle in Ethiopia’s Tigray War. The Ethiopian government declares a unilateral ceasefire to save face but neither side sticks to it.

Source: Onthisday.com