| | 1813 | Battle of Frenchtown. Kentuckians under General Winchester defeated by British-Canadians. |
| | 1849 | British capture fortress of Multan from Sikhs. |
| | 1879 | Battle of Isandhlwana. Zulus overwhelmed and massacred British 24th Regiment -- one of the British army's worse disasters. |
| | 1879 | Battle of Rorke's Drift in the Zulu War begins. 137 British hold off several thousand Zulus. The garrison was awarded eleven Victoria Crosses and nine Distinguished Conduct Medals. |
| | 1942 | Japanese capture Rabul, New Britain, and massacre many of the Australian defenders. |
| | 1944 | Allies land at Anzio, Italy. "We sought to throw a raging lion ashore; what we got was a stranded whale."--Winston Churchill. |