| | 1690 | Battle of Fleuris. Using a combination of frontal assault and cavalry double envelopment, French defeated English-Spanish-German army. |
| | 1777 | The British attack Fort Ticonderoga. |
| | 1863 | Battle of Gettysburg begins. |
| | 1898 | Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill. |
| | 1918 | Americans finally capture Belleau Wood. |
| | 1942 | Germans occupy Sebestopol. |
| | 1942 | First Battle of El Alamein commences with German assault on British positions. |
| | 1944 | Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing world-wide financial systems (like the IMF and the World Bank). |