| 480 | BC | Battle of Salamis: The Athenian-Allied fleet defeats the Persians off Athens [Alt] |
| 61 | BC | Second Day of Pompey's Third Triumph: for the defeat of the Pirates |
| 0 | | Feast of the Archangels, St. Michael, Patron of Soldiers, St. Gabriel, Patron of Diplomats and Signalmen, and St. Raphael, Patron of Travelers, Lovers, Youth, and more. |
| 440 | | Consecration of Pope Leo I "The Great" (440-461), later canonized |
| 855 | | Consecration of Pope Benedict III (855-859) |
| 1096 | | the Byzantine city of Nicaea fell to the Seljuks, who slaughtered all who refused conversion to Islam |
| 1259 | | Battle of Cassano d'Adda: Ezzelino da Romano is captured by his numerous enemies |
| 1349 | | Jews of Krems, Austria, accused of poisoning wells |
| 1364 | | Battle of Auray: Anglo-Bretons defeat the Franco-Bretons |
| 1399 | | England's King Richard II (1377-1399) is coerced into abdicating in favor of his cousin Henry IV (1399-1413), which is accepted by Parliament the next day |
| 1744 | | Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo: The Spanish defeat the Piedmontese |
| 1813 | | William Henry Harrison recaptures Detroit from the British |
| 1860 | | Ancona surrenders to the Piedmontese |
| 1861 | | Skirmish at Munson's Hill, Va: 69th Pa accidentally fires on the 71st Pa, 9 die |
| 1864 | | Battle of Chaffin's Farm/New Market Heights/Laurel Hill/Forts Harrison-Johnson-Gilmer: Union forces tighten the ring around Petersburg, at a price |
| 1911 | | Italy declared war on the Ottoman Empire, to seize Libya and the Dodecanese Is. |
| 1918 | | the 107th Infantry in the lead, NY's 27th Div broke through the Hindenburg Line at the St. Quintin Tunnel -- Learn More |
| 1961 | | Syria secedes from its union with Egypt in the United Arab Republic of Syria (1958-1961) |
| 1962 | | JFK authorizes use of federal troops to integrate Ole Miss |
| 1988 | | UN Peacekeepers win the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 106 | BC | Pompey the Great -- Learn More |
| 1276 | | King Christopher II of Denmark (1320-1326, 1329-1332) |
| 1547 | | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, sometime marine and ‘Glory of Spanish Literature’ d. 1616 -- Learn More |
| 1583 | | Count Johan VIII de Jongere of Nassau-Siegen |
| 1725 | | Robert Clive, who rose from office clerk to Maj. Gen. & C-in-C India, d. 1774 |
| 1757 | | Thomas Pakenham, later Admiral Sir Thomas Pakenham GCB, d. 1836 -- Learn More |
| 1758 | | Horatio Nelson, Victor of the Nile, Copenhagen, & Trafalgar, humbler of Napoleon, who loved Lady Hamilton, d. 1805 -- Learn More |
| 1829 | | Bradley Tyler Johnson, Brig Gen, C.S.A., d. 1903 |
| 1829 | | Giles Alexander Smith, Maj Gen, U.S., d. 1876 |
| 1830 | | John Parker Hawkins, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1914 |
| 1831 | | John McAlister Schofield, Maj Gen, U.S., SecWar, d. 1906 |
| 1901 | | Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist who "discovered a new world," d. 1954 |
| 1907 | | Gene Autry, CBI airman, cowboy, d. 1998 |
| 1916 | | Trevor Howard, Royal Signalman, actor ("Mutiny on Bounty"), d. 1988 |
| 1943 | | Lech Walesa, President of Poland (1990-1995) |
| 855 | | Lothair I, King of Italy (818-855) & Holy Roman Emperor (840-855), c. 60 |
| 1298 | | Count Guido I of Montefeltro (1255-66, 1282-83, 1293-96), Lord of Cesena, Forli, Senigallia, Jesi, & the Guelf Romagna (1282-93), Lord of Pisa (1289-93), monk (1296-1298), c. 75 |
| 1560 | | King Gustav I Eriksson of Sweden (1523-1560), at 64, founder of the Vasa Dynasty |
| 1833 | | King Ferdinand VII "the Unavoidable" of Spain (1808-1833), 48, touching off the Carlist Wars |
| 1902 | | Émile Zola, 62, French author and journalist, defender of Dreyfus |
| 1936 | | Prince Carlo Borbone delle Due Sicilie, kia at 28, Elgoibar, Spain |
| 1956 | | Anastasio Somoza, Dictator/President of Nicaragua (1937-1947, 1950-1956), assassinated at 60 -- Learn More |
| 2010 | | Tony Curtis, USN veteran & actor ("Operation Petticoat"), at 85 |