| | 1099 | 15,000 hungry Christian soldiers march barefoot around the city of Jerusalem during the First Crusade. |
| | 1520 | Battle of Otumba. Hernan Cortez with 200 Spaniards and 5,000 Indians defeated larger Aztec force and continued his retreat to Tlaxcala. |
| | 1709 | Battle of Poltava. Russians defeat Swedes marking the end of Swedish military prowess. |
| | 1758 | Ill-considered frontal attack on Fort Ticonderoga by British during the French and Indian War. |
| | 1824 | Battle of Kamarut. Small British force stormed a series of stockades held by Burmese. |
| | 1942 | U.S.S. Lexington sunk by Japanese carrier aircraft during the Battle of the Coral Sea. |