| 371 | BC | Battle of Leuctra: Epaminondas of Thebes defeats Cleombrotus I of Sparta -- Learn More |
| 83 | BC | Devastating fire destroys the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus in Rome |
| 0 | | Feast of St. Romolo of Fiesole, Disciple of St. Peter, Bishop and Martyr, Patron of Fiesole, and that of St. Fermin, Patron of Pamplona |
| 432 | | Consecration of Pope St. Sixtus III (432-440) |
| 1266 | | Norway cedes Man and the Hebridies to Scotland |
| 1322 | | Battle of the Bassignana: The Visconti defeat their enemies |
| 1348 | | Pope Clement VII's first condemnation of violence against Jews by those blaming them for the Plague |
| 1483 | | Coronation of England's King Richard III (r. June 25, 1383-Aug. 22, 1385) |
| 1495 | | French King Charles VIII defeated the Italian League in the Battle of Foronovo / the Taro-- Learn More |
| 1553 | | Mary I ascends the throne of England (1553-1558) |
| 1560 | | Treaty of Edinburgh: Scotland abandons its French ties to ally with England |
| 1641 | | Battle of Sedan: Imperialists defeat the French |
| 1652 | | Netherlands declares war on England: First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-54) |
| 1685 | | Battle of Sedgemoor: King James II defeats his nephew the Duke of Monmouth |
| 1699 | | Capt William Kidd arrested in Boston |
| 1758 | | Carlo Della Torre Rezzonico elected Pope as Clement XIII (1758-1769) |
| 1777 | | Burgoyne's British & Hessians capture Fort Ticonderoga |
| 1782 | | Battle of Negapatam: Indecisive Anglo-French naval clash off India |
| 1801 | | First Naval Battle of Algeciras: Franco-Spanish squadron defeats the British |
| 1809 | | Napoleon defeated the Austrians on the second day of the Battle of Wagram -- Learn More |
| 1844 | | Radical Protestant Nativists in Philadelphia, tried to burn the Roman Catholic church of St. Philip Neri, leading to 12 deaths |
| 1861 | | Skirmish at Middle Creek Fork/Buckhannon, WVa |
| 1862 | | Battle of Devall's Bluff, AR |
| 1863 | | Battle of Williamsport/Hagerstown/Falling Waters Line, Md begins (to Jul 14) |
| 1864 | | Jubal Early's Rebs capture Hagerstown, Maryland |
| 1898 | | US Auxiliary Cruiser 'Dixie' captures three Spanish merchantmen |
| 1911 | | First naval air station established, Annapolis, MD. |
| 1917 | | T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Army capture Aqaba |
| 1937 | | Battle of Brunete: Spanish Republicans open offensive (defeated by 26th) |
| 1940 | | HM destroyer 'Griffen' was attacked in the English Channel by 36 Dornier bombers, suffering no casualties and only minor damage from near misses |
| 1942 | | German troops capture Voronez, USSR |
| 1942 | | The Frank family seeks shelter in the After house, Amsterdam |
| 1943 | | Kula Gulf: USS 'Helena' (CL-50) lost to "Tokyo Express," which loses a destroyer |
| 1943 | | U.S. ships begin periodic shelling of Japanese positions on Kiska |
| 1945 | | Movement to the US of captured German scientists and equipment begins |
| 1945 | | President Truman establishes the Medal of Freedom |
| 1967 | | Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade secessionist province |
| 1976 | | Women are admitted to the U.S. Naval Academy for the first time |
| 1985 | | USS 'Nautilus' (SSN-571) arrives at Groton, Ct., to become a museum |
| 1987 | | Sikh extremists begin a series of massacres in India |
| 1989 | | Col. Oliver North convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and ordering the destruction of documents, in the Iran-Contra Scandal; later vacated |
| 1998 | | Anti-Catholic rioting in Northern Ireland |