| | 1519 | Cortez entered Tenochtitlán. |
| | 1620 | Imperialists forced Bohemians to fight with their backs to the walls of Prague and defeated them during the Thirty Years' War. |
| | 1805 | Battle of Maria Zell. French push Austrians aside during advance on Vienna. |
| | 1917 | Balfour Declaration: Britain announces support for a Jewish state in Palestine. |
| | 1942 | Operation Torch begins with Allied landings in Northwest Africa. |