| | 323 | Constantine I, ruler of the Roman West attacked and defeated Byzantium forces led by Licinius. |
| | 1754 | Lt. Colonel George Washington surrendered to French during French and Indian War. |
| | 1775 | Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass |
| | 1794 | British capture island of Guadeloupe only to lose it to the French on December 10. |
| | 1863 | Third and final day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Pickett's charge rebuffed by Union forces on Cemetery Ridge. |
| | 1866 | Battle of Koeniggratz. Prussian victory over Austrians made Prussia the strongest power in Central Europe. |
| | 1898 | U.S. fleet destroys Spanish fleet outside Santiago during the Spanish-American War. |
| | 1940 | Refusing to cooperate with the British, the Vichy French fleet at Oran was destroyed by gunfire. |
| | 1945 | Australians capture Balikpapan Island off Borneo. |