| | 1433 | Joan of Arc burned at the stake. |
| | 1645 | Charles I stormed Leicester and despite heavy casualties captured the city. |
| | 1862 | Battle of Fair Oaks. McClellan was forced to retreat by Confederate forces. |
| | 1916 | Battle of Jutland. Only major naval battle of the First World War. |
| | 1941 | Organized resistance on Crete to German invaders ceased ending history's first great airborne invasion. |