| | 79 | Pompeii is buried under volcanic ash |
| | 410 | The Goths under Alaric sack Rome. |
| | 1415 | Portuguese capture Muslim trading center of Cetua on the south side of Gibraltar. |
| | 1514 | Battle of Shaldiran. Nearing victory, Shah Ismael was wounded causing his troops to panic and flee the field. |
| | 1516 | Battle of Marj-Dabik. Turks defeat Mameluke army of Kansu al-Gauri, Mameluke Sultan of Egypt. |
| | 1632 | Battle of Altendorf, a rare defeat for Sweden's Gustavus Adolphus. |
| | 1814 | British sack Washington, DC. |
| | 1940 | Germans bomb London for the first time. |
| | 1942 | German troops enter the suburbs of Stalingrad. |