| 89 | BC | Social War: Gn Pompey Strabo captures Asculum from the Italiots |
| 63 | BC | The Senate declares Catiline and Manlius public enemies |
| 0 | | Feast of St. Gregory of Tours, Historian, and that of St. Acisclus and his sister St. Victoria, Martyrs and Patrons of Cordoba |
| 375 | | Gratian succeeds his father Valentian I as Roman Emperor (375-383) -- Learn More |
| 1183 | | Naval Battle of Mizushima: Clan Taira defeats a Minamoto attempt to capture Yashima |
| 1278 | | England: 680 Jews arrested for "counterfeiting", 293 hanged |
| 1494 | | Charles VIII of France occupies Florence |
| 1511 | | the Treaty of Westminster allied Henry VIII of England and Ferdinand II of Aragon against France in the Italian Wars -- Learn More |
| 1558 | | Elizabeth "Gloriana" acceded to the throne of England (1558-1603) -- Learn More |
| 1747 | | Anti-impressment riot in Boston |
| 1796 | | Bonaparte defeated the Austrians on the third day of the Battle of Arcola -- Learn More |
| 1810 | | Sweden declares war on Britain, but no hostilities actually commence; ends 1812 |
| 1812 | | Battle of Krasnoe: French defeat the Russians |
| 1831 | | Ecuador and Venezuela separate from Gran Colombia. |
| 1861 | | Skirmish at Cyprus Bridge, Ky |
| 1863 | | Confederates under James Longstreet besiege Knoxville, TN (give up Dec 4) |
| 1869 | | Suez Canal opens |
| 1876 | | Premiere of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March", in Moscow, at a benefit to raise money for the Serbia in its war with Turkey |
| 1878 | | Anarchist Giovanni Passannante stabs King Umberto I of Italy, who wounds his attacker in return, using his dress sword, in the last case of a royal engaging in hand-to-hand combat |
| 1885 | | Battle of the Slivnitza begins: by the 19th King Milan Obrenovic's Serbs are defeated by Prince Alexander Battenberg's Bulgarians, in the last battle commanded by sovereigns in the field |
| 1912 | | First Balkan War -- Battle of Çatalca: The Turks beat off a Bulgarian attempt to capture Constantinople |
| 1913 | | Panama Canal opens |
| 1917 | | First US ASW Victory: Destroyers 'Fanning" (DD-37) & 'Nicholson' (DD-52) sink 'U-58', in the Irish Sea |
| 1917 | | Lenin announces "temporary" removal of freedom of the press |
| 1938 | | Italy passes anti-Semitic laws |
| 1988 | | Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto becomes PM - first woman to lead a modern Muslim state (1988-1990, 1993-1996), murdered 2007 |
| 1997 | | Islamist radicals kill 62 tourists at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Egypt |
| 9 | | Titus Flavius Vespasianus - Vespasian, Roman Emperor (69-79) -- Learn More |
| 1755 | | Count Louis Stanislas Xavier of Provence, later King Louis XVIII of France, "Louis the Unavoidable" -- Learn More |
| 1765 | | Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre MacDonald, Marshal of France, d. 1840 -- Learn More |
| 1794 | | John Berrien Montgomery, Rear Adm, U.S., d. 1873 |
| 1814 | | Joseph Finegan, Brig Gen, C.S.A., d. 1885 |
| 1826 | | John McArthur, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1906 |
| 1834 | | Stephen Hinsdale Weed, Brig Gen, U.S.; kia Gettysburg, 1863 |
| 1854 | | Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey, French soldier and colonial adminstrator, Marshal of France, d. 1934 |
| 1876 | | Homer Lea, American soldier of fortune, Chinese general, d. 1912 -- Learn More |
| 1887 | | Bernard Law Montgomery later Field Marshal, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, d. 1976 -- Learn More |
| 344 | | Sima Yue, known as Shitong, the Emperor Kang of Eastern Jin (342-344), at c. 20, possibly poisoned. |
| 375 | | Roman Emperor Valentinian I (364-375), c. 54, of apoplexy when visited by some arrogant barbarians -- Learn More |
| 474 | | East Roman Emperor Leo II (Jan 18-Nov 17, 474), natural causes at c. 7. |
| 594 | | Saint Gregory of Tours, c. 55, bishop and historian |
| 1558 | | Queen Mary I of England (1553-1558), 42, called "Bloody," though with a lower body count than her father, her sister, or even her brother |
| 1632 | | Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, 38, Imperial field marshal, mortally wounded at Lutzen the previous day |
| 1793 | | French General Jean Nicolas Houchard (54), guillotined for not acting energetically enough after winning the Battle of Hondschoote in September |
| 1796 | | Empress Catherine II "the Great" of Russia (1762-1796), 67, in bed, alone, without a horse |
| 1905 | | Adolf Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich, 88, sometime Duke of Nassau (1839-1866), Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905) |
| 1909 | | Austro-Hungarian General Staff Officer Captain Mader Richard, of poinson - Learn More |
| 1929 | | Herman Hollerith, 69, inventor of the tabulating machine and the punch card, founder of IBM |