| 533 | 30,000 Vandals driven off by 16,000 Romans outside Carthage. |
| 1224 | Hubert de Burgh captured Bedford Castle after a two-month siege. |
| 1431 | Battle of Taus. Hussites defeated Bohemians. |
| 1598 | Battle of Yellow Ford. English relief force crushed by Irish rebels under the Earl of Tyrone. Worst English disaster in Ireland. |
| 1665 | Battle of Southwold Bay. English fleet under the Duke of York defeated Dutch capturing or destroying 18 ships against the loss of only one. |
| 1678 | William III of Orange, later William III of England, attacked the French and was defeated near Mons. |
| 1900 | Six nation expeditionary force fought its way into Peking relieving besieged legations during the Boxer Rebellion. |
| 1945 | VJ Day - Japan surrendered to end World War II. |