| | 1265 | Battle of Evesham. Royalists surprise and defeat Simon de Montfort. Death of de Montfort effectively ended the Second Barons' War. |
| | 1578 | Battle of Alcazarquivir, or "Battle of the Three Kings" where Sebastian of Portugal, the King of Fez and the Moorish pretender to Fez were all slain. |
| | 1790 | United States Coast Guard founded. |
| | 1870 | Battle of Weissenburg. First battle of the Franco-Prussian War. |
| | 1900 | Battle of Elands River. Though surrounded, 400 Australians held out against 2,500 Boers. |
| | 1914 | Germans invade Belgium. |
| | 1914 | Battle of Liége. First German attack of World War I. |
| | 1916 | Battle of Romani. British inflict major defeat on Turks turning the entire middle eastern campaign in their favor. |