| | 480 B.C. | Battle of Salamis. Greeks defeat persians in naval battle sinking 300 ships while only losing 40 of their own. |
| | 1459 | Battle of Blore Heath during the Wars of the Roses. |
| | 1779 | Naval engagement between Bonhomme Richard and H.M.S. Serepis. |
| | 1780 | John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point. |
| | 1789 | Battle of Martinesti. Combined Russian-Austrian forces defeated Ottoman Turkish army three times their size. |