|   | 1464 | Battle of Hedgeley Moor.  Yorkists rout Lancastrians, killing Sir Ralph Percy. | 
|   | 1707 | Battle of Almanza. Franco-Spanish forces defeat English-Dutch-Portuguese leaving Philip V secure on the Spanish throne. | 
|   | 1815 | British forces capture the mountain fortress of Almorah during British-Gurkha War. | 
|   | 1846 | U.S. declares war on Mexico. | 
|   | 1945 | United Nations Conference starts. | 
|   | 1945 | Soviet and American armies meet at the Elbe river. |