| 118 | | Hadrian, Rome's new emperor, makes his entry into the city. |
| 455 | | Avitus, the Roman military commander in Gaul, becomes Emperor of the West. |
| 1553 | | Maurice of Saxony is mortally wounded at Sievershausen, Germany, while defeating Albert of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. |
| 1609 | | Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of worship. |
| 1755 | | General Edward Braddock is killed by French and Indian troops. |
| 1789 | | In Versailles, the French National Assembly declares itself the Constituent Assembly and begins to prepare a French constitution. |
| 1790 | | The Swedish navy captures one third of the Russian fleet at the Battle of Svensksund in the Baltic Sea. |
| 1850 | | U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies in office at the age of 55. He is succeeded by Millard Fillmore. |
| 1861 | | Confederate cavalry led by John Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentucky. |
| 1900 | | The Commonwealth of Australia is established by an act of British Parliament, uniting the separate colonies under a federal government. |
| 1942 | | Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the attic above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse. |
| 1943 | | American and British forces make an amphibious landing on Sicily. |
| 1971 | | The United States turns over complete responsibility of the Demilitarized Zone to South Vietnamese units. |
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