| 1571 | Battle of Lepanto II. Last great battle of oared warships. Christian victory over Turks. |
| 1777 | Americans under General Benedict Arnold rout British forces at the Battle of Bemis Heights. |
| 1780 | Battle of Kings Mountain. Tory raid through the mountains of western Carolina and eastern Tennessee resoundingly defeated by American frontiersmen. |
| 1870 | Battle of Bellevue. French attempt and fail to escape from the besieged fortress of Metz. |