| 0 | | Air Force Day in Pakistan and Military Intelligence Day in Ukraine |
| 0 | | Feast of St. Regina, Martyr, Patron of Torture Victims, and that of St. Gratus of Aosta, Patron of Vineyards |
| 831 | | the Arabs captured Palermo from the Byzantines |
| 871 | | enslaved African Kharijite freedom fighters captured and sacked Basra from the Abbasids |
| 1101 | | First Battle of Ramalah: Crusaders defeat the Fatimids |
| 1117 | | Pisa allied with the Count of Barcelona for an expedition to Mallorca -- https://strategypage.com/cic/docs/cic252c.asp |
| 1158 | | Milan surrenders to Frederick Barbarossa |
| 1159 | | Orlando Bandinelli elected Pope as Alexander III (1159-81) |
| 1191 | | Battle of Arshouf: Richard Lionheart defeats Saladin |
| 1191 | | Battle of the Strymon: the Byzantines defeat William II of Sicily |
| 1298 | | Naval Battle of Curzola: Genoese defeat the Venetians, capture Marco Polo |
| 1303 | | The Colonna capture Pope Boniface VIII, a Caetani, at Anagni |
| 1664 | | The English fleet anchors off Nieuw Amsterdam |
| 1706 | | Battle of Turin: Prince Eugene defeats the French |
| 1714 | | Treaty of Baden: French retain Alsace, Austria gets right bank of Rhine |
| 1776 | | David Bushnell's submersible 'American Turtle' tried to sink HMS 'Eagle' in New York harbor -- Learn More |
| 1812 | | Napoleon gained a Pyrrhic victory over Kutuzov at Borodino -- Learn More |
| 1815 | | Grand Review of 150,000 Russian troops outside Paris for Tasr Alexander I, Emperor Francis I of Austria, and King Frederick William III of Prussia, on the anniversary of the Battle of Borodino. |
| 1822 | | Pedro, son of King João VI of Portugal, declares himself emperor of an independent Brazil (1822-1831) |
| 1848 | | Messina: The Borbons retake the city from rebels after two days’ fighting |
| 1860 | | Garibaldi and the Army of the South made a triumphal entry into Naples as Bourbon forces retreated |
| 1862 | | Stonewall Jackson writes a pass so he can attend divine services |
| 1862 | | Battle of Cumberland Gap, Tn: By the 9th Union forces have seized the Gap and c. 2,500 prisoners |
| 1870 | | HMS 'Captain' capsized off Cape Finisterre, with heavy loss of life -- Learn More |
| 1927 | | Mao Tse-dung writes, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." |
| 1940 | | The London "Blitz" Begins: As Britain goes on "invasion Imminent" status, the Luftwaffe begins 57 consecutive nights of air raids |
| 1942 | | Battle of Alam Halfa: Defeat of Rommel's attempt to reach the Nile |
| 1942 | | Celebrating Labor Day, 150 warships are either laid down or launched by shipyard workers |
| 1943 | | Heavy fighting around Lae, Papua-New Guinea |
| 1943 | | Heavy fighting on Vella Lavella, Upper Solomon Is. |
| 1947 | | Hindus & Muslims battle in New Delhi |
| 1950 | | Communists close all monasteries in Hungary |
| 1956 | | Bell X-2 sets unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000' |
| 1986 | | Unsuccessful attempt to assassinate President/Dictator Augusto Pinochet of Chile |