| 1214 | | At the Battle of Bouvines in France, Philip Augustus of France defeats John of England. |
| 1245 | | Frederick II is deposed by a council at Lyons, which found him guilty of sacrilege. |
| 1586 | | Sir Walter Raleigh returns to England from Virginia. |
| 1663 | | British Parliament passes a second Navigation Act, requiring all goods bound for the colonies be sent in British ships from British ports. |
| 1689 | | Government forces defeat the Scottish Jacobites at the Battle of Killiecrankie. |
| 1777 | | The Marquis of Lafayette arrives in New England to help fight the British. |
| 1778 | | British and French fleets fight to a standoff in the first Battle of Ushant. |
| 1793 | | Robespierre becomes a member of the Committee of Public Safety. |
| 1861 | | President Abraham Lincoln replaces General Irwin McDowell with General George B. McClellen as head of the Army of the Potomac. |
| 1909 | | Orville Wright sets a world record for staying aloft in an airplane--one hour, 12 minutes and 40 seconds. |
| 1914 | | British troops invade the streets of Dublin, Ireland, and begin to disarm Irish rebels. |
| 1921 | | Canadians Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolate insulin at the University of Toronto. |
| 1944 | | U.S. troops complete the liberation of Guam. |
| 1953 | | Representatives of the United Nations, Korea and China sign an armistice at Panmunjon, Korea. |
| 1964 | | President Lyndon Johnson sends an additional 5,000 advisers to South Vietnam. |
| 1993 | | Israeli guns and aircraft pound southern Lebanon in reprisal for rocket attacks by Hezbollah guerrillas. |
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