| 1236 | | Henry III marries Eleanor of Provence. |
| 1526 | | Francis of France, held captive by Charles V for a year, signs the Treaty of Madrid, giving up most of his claims in France and Italy. |
| 1797 | | Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Austrians at Rivoli in northern Italy. |
| 1858 | | Emperor Napoleon and Empress Eugenie escape unhurt after an Italian assassin throws a bomb at their carriage as they travel to the Paris Opera. |
| 1864 | |
Confederate President Jefferson Davis writes
to General Joseph E. Johnson, observing that troops may need to be sent
to Alabama or Mississippi. |
| 1911 | | The USS Arkansas, the largest U.S. battleship, is launched from the yards of the New York Shipbuilding Company. |
| 1915 | | The French abandon five miles of trenches to the Germans near Soissons. |
| 1916 | |
British authorities seize German attaché
Franz von Papen's financial records confirming espionage activities in the
U.S. |
| 1917 | | A Provisional Parliament is established in Poland. |
| 1920 | | Berlin is placed under martial law as 40,000 radicals rush the Reichstag; 42 are dead and 105 are wounded. |
| 1942 | | President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders all aliens in the U.S. to register with the government. |
| 1943 | | Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Charles DeGaulle meet at Casablanca to discuss the direction of the war. |
| 1943 | | Italian occupation authorities refuse to deport Jews living in their territories in France. |
| 1969 | |
A blast on the U.S. carrier Enterprise
in the Pacific results in 24 dead and 85 injured. |
| 1980 | | The United Nations votes 104-18 to deplore the Soviet aggression in Afghanistan. |
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