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Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
After exploring the island of Cuba (which he had mistaken for Japan) for gold, Christopher Columbus lands on an island …
Pride's Purge removes royalist sympathizers from Parliament so that the High Court of Justice could put the King on trial.
Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
Georgia ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.