| 0 | | Feast of St. Florian, Patron of Poland and of Firefighters, and that of the Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla -- "El Pelé", Patron of the Romani People |
| 0 | | International Firefighters' Day and International 'Star Wars' Day |
| 1471 | | the Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians at Tewksbury, making Edward IV King of England |
| 1481 | | Neapolitans liberate Otranto from the Ottomans |
| 1493 | | Pope Alexander VI divides the Americas between Spain & Portugal |
| 1540 | | Treaty of Constantinople, between Venice and Turkey |
| 1626 | | Peter Minuit bought Manhattan from the Lenape Indians, for a lot more than $24 |
| 1652 | | Battle of Etampes: Turenne's French Royal Army defeats the Fronde rebels |
| 1799 | | the English captured Seringapatam from Tipu Sultan of Mysore -- Learn More |
| 1814 | | Bourbon Restoration in France; Louis XVIII "the Unavoidable" becomes king (1814-1815, 1815-1824) |
| 1833 | | the poem "The Soldier's Farewell" was published in the British magazine 'The Olio' -- Learn More |
| 1858 | | Mexican War of Reform: The Juaristas establish a capital at Vera Cruz |
| 1863 | | Battle of Chancellorsville: Army of the Potomac withdraws |
| 1864 | | U. S. Grant crosses the Rapidan to begin the Overland Campaign |
| 1865 | | Confederate Lt Gen Richard Taylor surrenders to Maj Gen Edward Canby, at Citronelle, Ala |
| 1865 | | Lincoln is laid to rest in Springfield, Ill |
| 1886 | | Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen in a still unsolved crime |
| 1891 | | Sherlock Holmes falsely reported dead at Reichenbach Falls |
| 1898 | | U.S. landing party skirmishes with Spanish troops at Guanoy, Philippines |
| 1912 | | Italians capture Rhodes from the Turks |
| 1916 | | Germany abandons unrestricted submarine warfare, at the "request" of the US |
| 1917 | | "The Mayflower Returns" - US destroyers reached Ireland, to join the U-Boat war |
| 1917 | | Arab rioters sack the Jewish settlement of Tel Aviv |
| 1942 | | Corregidor subject to an intense artillery and aerial bombardment. |
| 1942 | | USS "Yorktown" (CV-5) raids Japanese at Tulagi, damaging a destroyer. |
| 1945 | | British ships bombard Japanese in the Sakishimas, off Okinawa |
| 1945 | | German troops in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway surrender |
| 1946 | | US Marines recapture Alcatraz from rioting prisoners |
| 1970 | | the Ohio National Guard killed four students at Kent State |
