| | 1600 | Battle of Sekigahara, which established the Tokugawa clan as rulers of Japan |
| | 1820 | Spain gives Florida to the United States. |
| | 1827 | Battle of Navarino. Last general action fought between wooden sailing ships. |
| | 1914 | First Battle of Ypres begins. Last offensive operation on the western front before both sides settled into trench warfare. Casualties from August to November, 1914: 677,440 Germans, 854,000 French, 84,575 British. |
| | 1944 | Ukrainian Third Army recaptured Belgrade. |
| | 1944 | Allies capture Aachen, first German city to be captured in World War II. |
| | 1962 | Chinese launch surprise attack on Indians during Himalayan War. |