| 1567 | Battle of Watrelots. First battle of the Netherlands War of Independence. |
| 1671 | Henry Morgan the buccaneer sacked the city of Panama. |
| 1826 | Following two-month bombardment, British capture city of Bhurtope ending the British-Mahratta War. |
| 1857 | Battle of Bushire, Persia, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry charged and broke a Persian square. |
| 1911 | 1st shipboard landing of a plane (from Tanforan Park to the USS Pennsylvania). |