| | 1460 | Battle of Roseburgh. Scots capture and destroy Roseburgh. First use of cannon by Scottish forces. In hindsight, maybe that was not a good idea since their King was killed when an artillery piece exploded. |
| | 1492 | Columbus sets sail for 'the Indies'. |
| | 1758 | Battle of Negapatam. English fleet severely damaged French fleet of the Coromandel coast. |
| | 1770 | Battle of Kagul. 17,000 Russians attack and defeat Turkish army of 150,000 supported by 80,000 Tartar allies. |
| | 1777 | British lay siege for three weeks to Fort Stanwix. |
| | 1944 | Chinese and American forces capture Myitkyina, Burma. |