| | 46 B.C. | Battle of Thaspus. Caesar defeated remnants of Pompey's army. Soon afterwards, the Roman Senate conferred the Dictatorship on Caesar for ten years. |
| | 402 | Battle of Pollentia. Romans defeat Goths with enormous slaughter. |
| | 1568 | French capture Fort Mateo, hang Spanish garrison. |
| | 1812 | British take Badajoz, Spain, from the French. British troops went on a two-day rampage of rape and pillage. |
| | 1862 | Battle of Shiloh, day one. U.S. Grant was caught by surprise and forced to retreat.. |
| | 1917 | U.S. declares war on Germany. |
| | 1941 | Germans attack Yugoslavia. |
| | 1942 | Japanese capture Admiralty Islands in the South Pacific. |