| 29 | BC | Day 1 of Octavian's Triumph, for the conquest of Illyria -- Learn More |
| 0 | | International Day of the Left Handed |
| 0 | | Feast of St. Cassian of Imola, Martyr, Patron of Imola, Mexico City, and Teachers, and that of St. Hippolytus of Rome, Martyr, Patron of Horses |
| 523 | | Election of Pope St. John I (523-526) |
| 900 | | Battle of Susteren: Count Ranier of Hainaut defeats King Zwentibold of Lorraine |
| 1284 | | Battle of Cape Corso: the Genoese fleet defeats the Pisans |
| 1415 | | King Henry V & the English army land at the mouth of the Seine |
| 1447 | | Milanese establish the "Ambrosian Republic" (1447-1450) |
| 1516 | | Treaty of Noyon: France & Spain make peace over Italy, temporarily |
| 1521 | | Cortez captured Tenochtitlan from the Aztecs amidst great slaughter after a ten week siege |
| 1648 | | French troops supporting Masaniello's Rebellion withdraw from Naples |
| 1704 | | Marlborough and Prince Eugene defeated the French and Bavarians under Tallard at Blenheim -- Learn More |
| 1704 | | Naval Battle of Malaga: French Adm de Bourbon (50 ships-of-the-line) defeats Sir George Rooke (41 English & 12 Dutch), but fails to regain Gibraltar |
| 1759 | | Battle of Kunersdorf: The Russians defeat the Prussians |
| 1762 | | the Spanish surrendered Havana to the British after a 54 day siege -- Learn More |
| 1777 | | Americans attempt to mine a British vessel off New London |
| 1799 | | English fleet under Lord Seymour captures Surinam |
| 1846 | | CDR Robert Stockton leads an Army-Navy-Marine party to seize Los Angeles |
| 1870 | | Armed tug 'Palos' is the first U.S.N. ship to transit the new Suez Canal |
| 1898 | | Ambush at Las Marias, P.R.: US force inflicts heavy casualties on Spanish troops |
| 1898 | | Battle of Manila: US troops occupy the city against light resistance |
| 1898 | | an armistice ended the Spanish-American War at noon, EST-- Learn More |
| 1906 | | The Brownsville Riot: Black soldiers stage mutinous protest against racism |
| 1923 | | Turkish National Congress elects Mustafa Kemal Pasha president |
| 1933 | | President/Strongman Gerard Machado of Cuba (1925-1933) is ousted by Carlos de Cespedes (August 3-Sep 5, 1933) |
| 1937 | | Japanese attack Shanghai |
| 1941 | | The Red Army evacuates Smolensk |
| 1941 | | Lt. Gen. Walter Short, Commanding at Hawaii, said "an attack upon these islands is not impossible and . . . might not be improbable" -- Learn More |
| 1942 | | New Guinea: Japanese seize the pass over the Owen Stanley Mts |
| 1943 | | B-24s from Australia bomb the Balikpapan oil fields, in Borneo. |
| 1943 | | Red Army recaptures Demiansk |
| 1943 | | US scouts report few Japanese left on Vella Lavella. |
| 1944 | | Fourteenth Air Force reconnoiters Manila from Chinese bases |
| 1945 | | Air raids on Tokyo. |
| 1945 | | Okinawa: USS 'LaGrange' (APA-124) is the last US ship hit by a kamikaze in WW II |
| 1953 | | Gen of the Army Omar Bradley becomes Chairman of the JCS |
| 1961 | | East German Communists began construction of the Berlin Wall |
| 615 | BC | Servius Tullius, sixth King of Rome (578-534 BC) |
| 1489 | | Francesco Ferrucci, condottiero, Captain of Florence, kia 1530 |
| 1851 | | John Clem, later "John Lincoln Clem," the 'Drummer boy of Chickamauga', sometime Maj. Gen., US, d. 1937 |
| 1907 | | Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, arms manufacturer, Nazi slave master who got over, d. 1967 |
| 1918 | | Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal, d. 1997 |
| 1927 | | Fidel Castro, sometime Hollywood bit player, lousy baseballer, Dictator of Cuba (1959-2008), d. 2016 |
| 1958 | | Randy Shughart, American soldier, kia 1993 in Mogadisciu, earning the Medal of Honor |
| 662 | | Maximus Confessor, c. 62, Greek theologian, civil servant, soldier, crusader, in exile in Georgia |
| 875 | | Holy Roman Emperor Louis II (855-875), King of Italy (844-875), c. 50, at Milan |
| 900 | | King Zwentibold of Lorraine (895-900), at c. 29 |
| 1447 | | Duke Filippo Maria Visconti of Milan (1412-1447), 54, the last of a ruthless line |
| 1860 | | Danilo I Petrovich-Njegosh, 34, Prince-Bishop (1851-1852), later Prince of Montenegro (1852-1860), assassinated |
| 1910 | | Florence Nightingale, 90, "The Lady with the lamp" |
| 1946 | | H. G. Wells, author ("The Land Ironclads"), pacifist, wargamer, at 79 |
| 1991 | | James "Jimmy" Roosevelt, presidential son, sometime U.S. Marine and politician, at 83 -- Learn More |
| 2004 | | Julia Child, master chef, OSS staffer, at 91. |