| 266 | BC | Triumph of N. Fabius Pictor for the defeat of the Umbrians -- Learn More |
| 105 | BC | the Cimbri defeated two Roman armies at Arausio, Gallia Transalpina -- Learn More |
| 0 | | Armed Forces Day in Indonesia |
| 0 | | Feast of St. Placidus, Patron of Messina, and of St. Maurus, Patron of the Azores of Nursia |
| 610 | | Hercalius becomes Roman Emperor (610-641) |
| 1285 | | accession of King Philip IV -- "Philip the Fair" -- of France (1284–1314) -- Learn More ("Horse Trading") |
| 1450 | | Ludwig IX expels the Jews from Lower Bavaria |
| 1556 | | English troops stormed Spanish-held Zutphen -- Learn More |
| 1689 | | Pietro Ottoboni elected Pope as Alexander VIII (1689-91), b. 1610 |
| 1813 | | Wm Henry Harrison defeated the British & Indians in the Battle of the Thames, Ontario -- Learn More |
| 1862 | | Battle of Big Hatchie River, Ms |
| 1863 | | the Confederate torpedoboat 'David' damage the USS 'New Ironsides' with a spar torpedo off Charleston |
| 1864 | | Battle of Allatoona |
| 1877 | | Chief Joseph said "I will fight no more forever." -- Learn More |
| 1908 | | Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey under Tsar Ferdinand I |
| 1911 | | Italian troops attack Tripoli |
| 1913 | | USN initiates trials of an amphibian flying boat |
| 1930 | | Airship 'R101' crashes in storm at Beauvais, France, 48 die, ending British use of rigid airships |
| 1934 | | Radical workers in the Asturias revolted upon the election of a conservative government in Spain -- Learn More |
| 1943 | | US aircraft & ships raid Japanese positions on Wake Is, leading to the execution of American civilians held prisoner |
| 1962 | | "The Gallant Men" premiers on ABC, runs for one season |
| 1969 | | Cuban defector flies an MiG-17 undetected to Homestead Air Force Base, Fla |
| 1970 | | Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross |
| 1981 | | Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is made an honorary American citizen |
| 1983 | | Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 1986 | | The London Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms |
| 1989 | | The Dalai Lama is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 1338 | | Emperor Alexios III Megas Komnenos of Trebizond (1349-1390), 51 |
| 1717 | | Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Châteauroux, one of four sisters who became mistresses of King Louis XV of France, d. 1744 |
| 1743 | | Thomas Stone, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (See Deaths) |
| 1808 | | Thomas Algeo Rowley, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1892 |
| 1830 | | Chester Alan Arthur, militiaman, civil rights lawyer, president -- Learn More |
| 1833 | | Cyrus Bussey, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1915 |
| 1836 | | George Washington Gordon, Brig Gen, C.S.A., d. 1911 |
| 1882 | | Robert Goddard, rocketry pioneer, d. 1945 |
| 1887 | | Rene Cassin, pacifist, 1968 Peace Nobelist, d. 1976 |
| 1895 | | Walter Bedell Smith, Ike's C/S, Head of CIA (1950-52), 1961 |
| 1926 | | Avraham "Bren" Adan, Israeli armor expert, Maj Gen, d. 2012 |
| 1929 | | Richard F Gordon Jr., USN, astronaut |
| 1930 | | Pavel R Popovich, Ukraine, cosmonaut, d. 2009 |
| 578 | | East Roman/Byzantine Emperor Flavius Iustinus (Iunior) Augustus -- Justin II (565-78), c. 58 |
| 1056 | | Holy Roman Emperor Henry III "the Black" or "The Pious" (1046-1056), at 38 |
| 1111 | | Robert II of Jerusalem, Count of Flanders (1093- 1111), c. 45 |
| 1285 | | King Philip III "the Stout" or "the Bold" of France (1270-1285), at 40 of dysentery while on campgian |
| 1496 | | King Ferdinand - Ferrante - II of Naples (1495-1496), 26 -- Learn More |
| 1787 | | Thomas Stone, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, on his 44th birthday |
| 1805 | | Gen. Charles Cornwallis, Marquess Cornwallis KG PC, more successful in India than America, at 66 -- Learn More |
| 1813 | | Tecumseh, Shawnee statesman and war leader, kia at 45, Battle of the Thames |
| 1857 | | Ichabod Crane, Col., 1st Artillery, at 70, still on active duty -- Learn More |
| 1918 | | Eddie Grant, Giants third baseman, 35, kia, the Argonne |
| 1967 | | Clifton C Williams Jr., astronaut, at 35, T-38 crash |