Year 371 » The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I, takes place
Year 1044 Calendar » The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor Emperor Henry III and Hungarian people Magyar forces led by Samuel Aba of Hungary King Samuel takes place.
Year 1189 Calendar » Richard I of England called Richard I "the Lionheart" accedes to the English throne.
Year 1348 Calendar » Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull Antisemitism Persecutions in the Middle Ages e.g protecting the Jews in the Middle Ages Black Death or Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
Year 1483 Calendar » Richard III of England called Richard III is crowned King of England.
Year 1484 Calendar » Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
Year 1495 Calendar » First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo Charles VIII of France called Charles VIII defeats the Italian War of 1494–98 or Holy League.
Year 1535 Calendar » Thomas More called Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
Year 1557 Calendar » Philip II of Spain King Philip II of Spain, consort of Mary I of England Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last Countries of the United Kingdom English possess
Year 1560 Calendar » The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
Year 1573 Calendar » Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
Year 1614 Calendar » Żejtun and the surrounding villages Raid of Żejtun called suffer a raid from Ottoman Empire known as Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
Year 1685 Calendar » Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
Year 1751 Calendar » Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
Year 1777 Calendar » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) called Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, United States known as American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
Year 1779 Calendar » Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
Year 1785 Calendar » The United States dollar called dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
Year 1801 Calendar » First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
Year 1809 Calendar » The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
Year 1854 Calendar » In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
Year 1885 Calendar » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
Year 1887 Calendar » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint by Americans to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping native Hawaiians or Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
Year 1892 Calendar » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian British House of Commons or Member of Parliament in Britain.
Year 1892 » Three thousand eight hundred strike action e.g striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton National Detective Agency or Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
Year 1917 Calendar » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Battle of Aqaba known as Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
Year 1919 Calendar » The British airship called dirigible R34 (airship) known as R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
Year 1936 Calendar » A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading convert 200 ft m into the River Irwell.
Year 1937 Calendar » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
Year 1939 Calendar » The Holocaust named Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
Year 1941 Calendar » Nazi Germany launches its Battle of Smolensk (1941) known as offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
Year 1944 Calendar » Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.
Year 1947 Calendar » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
Year 1957 Calendar » John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
Year 1957 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
Year 1962 Calendar » As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan (nuclear test) known as Sedan nuclear test takes place.
Year 1964 Calendar » Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
Year 1966 Calendar » Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first Heads of State of Malawi called President.
Year 1967 Calendar » Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
Year 1986 Calendar » Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
Year 1995 Calendar » In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, Srebrenica massacre or and kills more than 8000 Bosniaks, in what then- UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali called "the worst
Year 1997 Calendar » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree conflict e.g Drumcree dispute, five days of 1997 nationalist riots in Northern Ireland e.g mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
Year 1999 Calendar » U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted on him in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgender showgirl and former Navy Corpsman Calpernia Addams.
Year 2003 Calendar » The 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a Message to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence METI message (Cosmic Call Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Cassiopeia (constellation) Hip 4872, Orion (constellation) HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ur
Year 2006 Calendar » The Nathula or Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-openes for trade after 44 years.