| | 1461 | Second Battle of Saint Albans. Lancastrians defeat Yorkists. Henry VI, who was a prisoner in the Yorkiskt camp, escaped and rejoined his Queen. |
| | 1545 | Battle of Ancrum Moor, wholesale desertion of English army to the Scots. |
| | 1782 | Battle of Madras. Drawn French and spanish naval engagement. |
| | 1797 | British capture Trinidad from the French. |
| | 1843 | Battle of Meeanee. Charge of the 9th Bengal Cavalry turns the tide in a close battle between the British and 30,000 Baluchis. 61-year-old Sir Charles Napier personally led the British with musket in hand. |
| | 1979 | Chinese army invades Vietnam. |