| 1258 | Mongols under Hulago, grandson of Ghengis Kahn, sacked Baghdad. |
| 1780 | British assault and capture fortress at Ahmedabad, |
| 1871 | French surrender fortress of Belfort during the Franco-Prussian War. |
| 1898 | USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor. Probable cause: spontaneous ignition of coal in fuel bunker. |
| 1942 | Singapore falls to the Japanese in World War II. |
| 1989 | Soviets withdraw from Afghanistan. |