| 1223 | | In France, Louis VIII succeeds his father, Philip Augustus. |
| 1430 | | Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, is handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais. |
| 1456 | | Hungarians defeat the Ottomans at the Battle of Belgrade, in present-day Yugoslavia. |
| 1536 | | France and Portugal sign the Treaty of Lyons, aligning themselves against Spain. |
| 1789 | | The Bastille, a fortress in Paris used to hold political prisoners, is stormed by a mob. |
| 1798 | | The Sedition Act is passed by the U.S. Congress. |
| 1864 | | At Harrisburg, Mississippi, Federal troops under General Andrew Jackson Smith repulse an attack by General Nathan Bedford Forrest. |
| 1900 | | European Allies retake Tientsin, China, from the rebelling Boxers. |
| 1933 | | Nazi Germany promulgates the Law for the Protection of Hereditary Health--the begining of the Euthanasia program. |
| 1940 | | A force of German bombers attacks Suez, Egypt, from bases in Crete. |
| 1941 | | Vichy French Foreign Legionaries sign an armistice in Damascus, allowing them to join the Free French Foreign Legion. |
| 1945 | | American battleships and cruisers bombard the Japanese home islands for the first time. |
| 1951 | | The George Washington Carver National Monument in Joplin, Missouri becomes the first national park honoring an African American. |
| 1964 | | The United States sends 600 more troops to Vietnam. |
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