Every Chronicle article on world history, newest first: battles, empires, disasters, discoveries and revolutions.
The two sons of Edward IV disappeared from view in the Tower of London in 1483; they are generally believed to have died there, but who was responsible has never been proven.
The palace housed the retired emperor and, from the 7th century, refugees from Salona, whose settlement grew into the city of Split.
The historic centre of Dresden was destroyed and an estimated 18,000–25,000 people were killed, making the raids one of the most debated Allied actions of the war.
Changling became the first and largest tomb of an imperial necropolis where 13 Ming emperors were eventually buried.
Giuliano de' Medici was killed but Lorenzo survived; the plotters were executed and Medici power in Florence emerged stronger, though a two-year war with the Papacy and Naples followed.
The Tetrarchy stabilised the empire after the third-century crisis, but the succession plan broke down soon after Diocletian abdicated in 305.
Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration and signed the Instrument of Surrender on 2 September 1945, ending the Second World War and beginning the Allied occupation of Japan.
A great sacrificial complex was completed in 1420 and, after major remodelling in the 16th and 18th centuries, served for nearly 500 years as the empire's chief altar to Heaven.
A royal-controlled inquisition was established that tried thousands of conversos and others, lasted until 1834 and contributed to the expulsion of Spain's Jews in 1492.
Rome was enclosed by a circuit of about 19 kilometres of walls that defined the city for some 1,600 years; much of it still stands.
The second and so far last use of a nuclear weapon in war devastated the Urakami valley of Nagasaki and killed an estimated 40,000–80,000 people by the end of 1945.
A vast walled palace complex was completed in 1420 and served as the seat of Chinese emperors until 1912; it became the Palace Museum in 1925.
