| | 1631 | Battle of Breitenfield. Gustavus Adolphus overwhelmed Imperialists, capturing all of the enemy's guns, and saved the Protestant cause near Leipzig. |
| | 1744 | Frederick the Great captured Prague but couldn't hold it during the War of the Austrian Succession. |
| | 1796 | Battle of Primolano. Napoleon surprised and routed Austrian army inflicting 4,000 casualties. |
| | 1812 | Third and final day of Battle of Borodino. A pyrrhic victory for Napoleon. |
| | 1942 | Luftwaffe begins bombing London in World War II. |
| | 1942 | Battle of Milne Bay. australian defenders give Japanese their first reverse on land in World War II. |