| | 1675 | Battle of Fehrbellin. Swedish military prestige suffered when defeated by the Elector of Brandenberg. |
| | 1776 | First Battle of Charelston. Failed attempt by British to capture fort guarding entrance to Charleston, South Carolina. |
| | 1778 | Battle of Monmouth. Inconclusive sparring between British and American Revolutionaries. |
| | 1914 | Archduke Ferdinand of Austria assassinated by a Bosnian student. |
| | 1919 | the Treaty of Versailles, ending World War I, was signed. |