| | 168 B.C. | Battle of Pydna. Macedonian phalanx fought its last fight and was wiped out by disciplined Roman infantry. |
| | 1372 | English fleet enroute to relieve La Rochelle entirely captured or destroyed by Spanish. |
| | 1476 | Battle of Morat. Burgundians under Charles the Bold attacked Swiss and where themselves defeated losing 10,000 killed. |
| | 1497 | Battle of Blackheath. Henry VII puts down rebellion led by Flammock and Lord Audley. |
| | 1854 | Russians raise siege of Silistra having lost 12,000 men over three months. |
| | 1940 | France surrenders to Nazi Germany. |
| | 1941 | Operation Barbarosa, the German invasion of Russia commences. |