| 509 | BC | Dedication of the Temple of Jupiter, Juno, & Minerva, on the Capitoline |
| 45 | BC | Caesar writes his will, in which he adopts his grand-nephew Gaius Octavius -- later known as Augustus |
| 0 | | Feast of St. Venerius the Hermit, Patron of Lighthouse Keepers |
| 81 | | Domitian succeeded his brother Titus as Roman Emperor (81-96) -- Learn More |
| 122 | | Construction begins on Hadrian's Wall |
| 533 | | Belisarius crushes the Vandals in the Battle of the Tenth Milestone/Ad Decimum -- Learn More |
| 604 | | Consecration of Pope Sabinianus (604-606) |
| 1276 | | Pedro Julião (Petrus Juliani) elected Pope as John XXI [XX] (Sept 13, 1276-May 20, 1277) |
| 1515 | | Battle of Marignano: Franco-Venetian victory over the Swiss |
| 1625 | | Rabbi Isaiah “the Shelah” Horowitz & 15 other rabbis were arrested by Mufti of Jerusalem and held for ransom |
| 1759 | | James Wolfe defeated Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozonon in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, securing Canada for Britain -- https://strategypage.com/cic/docs/cic438b.asp#one |
| 1782 | | the British beat off a "grand assault" on Gibraltar by the French & Spanish -- Learn More |
| 1814 | | the British began an overnight bombardment of Fort McHenry -- Learn MorelCmBvYMRs |
| 1847 | | US soldiers & marines storm Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City -- Learn More |
| 1861 | | Skirmish at Booneville, Mo |
| 1871 | | the "Seven Days' War" began, Britain's first peacetime maneuvers -- Learn More |
| 1880 | | War of the Pacific: Chilean ships begin a two-day bombardment of Peruvian ports, during which, the Chilean 'Covadonga' is sunk by a Peruvian explosive boat; 20 die, 43 captured |
| 1882 | | Britain invades Egypt to crush the Arabi Pasha "Revolution" |
| 1931 | | the “Massie Affair” began in Hawaii -- Learn More |
| 1940 | | The Mitsubishi "Zero" debuts over Chungking; Japan 26, China 0. |
| 1942 | | German forces attack Stalingrad |
| 1942 | | Guadalcanal: Bloody Ridge - Marines probe the Japanese positions. |
| 1942 | | Red Air Force "girl" pilot became the woman to down enemy aircraft in combat, scoring two German planes.wo |
| 1943 | | Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of China |
| 1943 | | German counter attack at Salerno |
| 1944 | | Palau Is: USN pounds Peleliu |
| 1961 | | Battles between UN & Katangan troops in Congo |
| 1971 | | New York National Guardsmen storm Attica Correctional Facility, to end 4-day uprising; 32 prisoners, 9 guards die |
| 1978 | | Maiden flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-18A Hornet |
| 1990 | | Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait |
| 1999 | | Islamist terror bombing in Moscow, c. 120 killed |
| 1087 | | Byzantine Emperor John II "the Good" Komnenos (co-emperor 1092, sole 1118-1143 |
| 1806 | | Joseph Lewis Hogg, Brig Gen, C.S.A., d. 1862 |
| 1813 | | John Sedgwick, Major Gen, U.S., kia 1864 |
| 1817 | | John McAuley Palmer, Maj Gen, U.S., d. 1900 |
| 1836 | | John McCausland, Brig Gen, C.S.A., d. 1927 |
| 1851 | | Walter Reed, U.S.A., confirmed mosquitoes caused yellow fever, d. 1902 |
| 1860 | | General of the Armies John J. Pershing, d 1948 |
| 1863 | | Arthur Henderson, pacifist, 1934 Nobel Peace Prize, d. 1935 |
| 1865 | | William Riddell Birdwood, British soldier, Boer War, Gallipoli, later Field Marshal Birdwood, d. 1951 |
| 1887 | | Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who earned every American decoration for ground combat, d. 1944 -- Learn More |
| 1891 | | Max Pruss, German airshipman, last captain of the ill-fated 'Hindenburg' |
| 1895 | | Capt. Bernard A. Warburton-Lee, RN, the first VC of World War II, Narvik, 1940, posthumously |
| 1941 | | Oscar Arias Sanchez, President of Costa Rica (1986-1990), Nobel Peace Prize (1987) |
| 81 | | Roman Emperor Titus (79-81), at 41 |
| 1321 | | Dante Alighieri, sometime cavalryman, poet, and traveler, at c. 56 |
| 1438 | | Dom Duarte, King of Portugal (1433-1438), at 46 |
| 1598 | | King Philip II of Spain (1556-98), at 71 |
| 1759 | | British Maj. Gen. James Wolfe, kia at 32 on the Plains of Abraham, winning Canada for Britain -- Learn More |
| 1800 | | Claude Martin, 65, French born major general of the British East India Company |
| 1803 | | John Barry, c. 58, first commodore of the U.S. Navy |
| 1808 | | Battle of Jutas: Swedes defeat the Russians |
| 1810 | | Capt. Robert Corbet, R.N. notorious flogger, kia off Mauritius -- Learn More |
| 1847 | | Maj. Levi Twiggs, USMC, kia Chapultepec, at 54 -- Learn More |
| 1918 | | Fanya Kaplan, 28, Socialist Revolutionary, shot for trying to kill Lenin on August 30th |
| 1921 | | Ludwig-Alexander Battenberg/Mountbatten, British admiral, at 67 |