| 0 | | Feast of Saint João de Britto, Patron of Portugal, and that of Saint Andrew Corsini, Patron of Diplomats, Florence, and Fiesole |
| 211 | | Caracalla (24) and Geta (21) became co-Emperors of Rome on the death of their father Septimius Severus -- Learn More |
| 634 | | Battle of Dathin: Moslem forces defeat an outnumbered Byzantine army near Gaza |
| 900 | | Coronation of Louis "the Child" III/IV as King of the Germans (900-911) |
| 960 | | Coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as the Emperor Taizu, the first Song Emperor of China (960-976) |
| 1194 | | King Richard I of England is ransomed from captivity in Austria for 100,000 marks |
| 1508 | | Maximilian I proclaims himself Holy Roman Emperor (1508-1519), but is never crowned |
| 1538 | | Peace of Grosswardein/Varad/Oradea: John I Zápolya and Archduke Ferdinand I of Hapsburg agree to stop fighting over who is the King of Hungary |
| 1779 | | John Paul Jones takes command of 'Bonhomme Richard' |
| 1787 | | Shays' Rebellion ended as the last insurgents surrendered -- Learn More |
| 1807 | | French capture Amantea, Calabria, from Neapolitan patriots, after a month's siege and heavy losses |
| 1809 | | British troops take their first French eagles (regimental battle standards), from the 62nd & 80th Regiments on Martinique |
| 1820 | | Battle of Valdavia: After a two day fight, a Chilean naval expedition commanded by Lord Thomas Cochrane completes capture of the port from teh Spanish for the Chilean Patriots |
| 1860 | | Spanish capture Tetuan, Morocco |
| 1861 | | Delegates from the seceded states meet in Montgomery, Ala., to form a "Confederate States of America," across the street from a slave auction |
| 1899 | | The Philippine-American War (Philippine Insurrection) begins with heavy fighting at Manila |
| 1932 | | Japanese troops attack Harbin, Manchuria |
| 1938 | | Hitler assumes direct control of German Army |
| 1942 | | Japanese a/c damage 'Marblehead' (CL-12) & 'Houston' (CA-30), Madoera Strait, Bali |
| 1942 | | Last Australian troops on Amboina surrender. |
| 1943 | | Veteran Australian 9th Div sails home from Suez after two years in North Africa. |
| 1944 | | Japanese launch major offensive against British in the Arakan, Burma. |
| 1944 | | US 7th Infantry Division completes capture of Kwajalein |
| 1945 | | FDR, Churchill, & Stalin began the Yalta Conference -- Learn More |
| 1959 | | Keel laid for USS 'Enterprise' (CVN-65), first nuclear aircraft carrier; retired, 2012 |
| 1990 | | Ten Israeli tourists murdered in Cairo |
| 1495 | | Duke Francesco II Sforza of Milano (1521-1535), the last sovereign Duke of Milan |
| 1495 | | Jean Parisot de la Valette, Grand Master of the Knights of St. John (1557-1568), the Defender of Malta |
| 1740 | | Adam Philippe de Custine, French soldier, executed in the Terror, 1793 |
| 1747 | | Andrzej Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish and American patriot, d. 1817 |
| 1826 | | Halbert Eleazer Paine, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1905 |
| 1871 | | Friedrich Ebert, 1st President of Germany during the "Weimar Republic" (1918-1925), died in office |
| 1881 | | Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, Marshal of the Soviet Union, President (1953-60), d. 1996 |
| 1895 | | Johann Baptist Albin Rauter, Senior SS Police officer in the Netherlands, executed 1949 |
| 1902 | | Charles A Lindbergh, aviator, ecologist, isolationist, Nazi sympathizer, d. 1974 -- Learn More |
| 1904 | | Mckinley Kantor, novelist, historian ("Andersonville"), d. 1977 |
| 1906 | | Dietrich Bonhoeffer, anti-Nazi German theologian, executed 1945 |
| 1917 | | Franceska Mann (Manheimer-Rosenberg), Polish ballerina, murdered by the SS in 1943, but not before killing two of them and maiming a third |
| 1931 | | Isabel Martínez de Perón, President of Argentina (1974-1976), widow and successor to Juan Perón |
| 1941 | | The USO (United Service Organization) |
| 211 | | Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (193-211), at 64 |
| 708 | | Pope Sisinnius (15 Jan-4 Feb 708) |
| 1699 | | 350 Streltsi, executed in Moscow by Peter the Great |
| 1781 | | Willem Crul, Dutch Admiral, kia at 59, the West Indies |
| 1843 | | Theodoros Kolokotronis, 72, Greek soldier, senior commander in the War for Indpendence from the Ottomans (1821-1829) |
| 1872 | | John Lawrence Burns, 78. 1812 veteran who in 1863 joined the Union firing line at Gettysburg to defend the Union |
| 1936 | | Wilhelm Gustloff, 41, Swiss Nazi & anti-Semite, murdered by a Jewish student |
| 1940 | | Nikolai Yezhov, 44, Stalin's chief purger (1936-1938), purged |
| 2012 | | Florence Patterson Green, at110 years and 350 days, Women's RAF veteran, 1918-1919, and the last known veteran of the Great War -- Learn More |