786 Harun al-Rashid becomes Caliph of Baghdad (786-809)

1115 Battle of Tel-Danith: The principality of Antioch defeats the Seljuks

1146 Nur-ed-Din Zangi becomes Atabeg of Aleppo and Mosul (1146-1174) in succession to his father, Zangi

1307 Battle of Paisley Forest: The English defeat the Scots

1346 Battle of Itri: Count Nicola Caetani of Fondi ambushes the Neapolitans

1402 Battle of Homildon Hill: Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, defeats Archibald Douglas

1423 Venetians capture Thessaloniki

1437 The Magyars, Székely, & Saxons form a united Transylvania (ignoring the Romanians)

1522 Treaty of Moscow: ends Polish/Lithuanian war with Russia

1655 Indian amphibious assault on Nieuw Amsterdam, scores die

1808 Battle of Oravais: Russians defeat the Swedes

1812 Napoleon occupies Moscow, which is torched by the retreating Russians and burns for four days

1824 Following a referendum, Chiapas requests incorporation into Mexico

1829 Peace of Adrianople: Russo-Turkish War ends

1847 American troops under Winfield Scott capture Mexico City

1856 Battle of San Jacinto: Nicaraguans defeat American filibusters under William Walker

1861 Naval skirmish off Pensacola, Fl

1862 Antietam Campaign: Battle of South Mountain/Boonesboro/Crampton's Gap/Fox's Gap, Md.

1862 Battle of Munfordville, Ky: Confederates under Simon B. Bucker invest John T. Wilder's Union garrison, which surrenders on the 17

1869 Explosion at the "Arsenale" at Venice, scores die

1901 Theo. Roosevelt is sworn in as President, the youngest ever at 42

1917 Provisional republican government established in Russia

1923 Miguel Primo de River becomes dictator of Spain (1923-1930)

1930 Nazis gain 107 seats in German elections

1938 Maiden flight of 'Graf Zeppelin II', world's largest airship

1938 Navy N2C-2 radio drone makes a simulated dive-bombing attack on target ship 'Utah'

1940 FDR signs the first U.S. peacetime draft bill.

1940 The Blitz: German bomb hits a shelter in Chelsea; 100s die

1942 First US air raid on Kiska, from Adak

1942 Guadalcanal, Bloody Ridge: Japanese retire

1942 New Guinea: Aussies fall back on the Kokoda Trail, to the Imita Ridge.

1943 New Guinea: Heavy fighting around Lae.

1945 Ticker tape parade on Broadway for General Jonathan Wainwright.

1957 UN resolution deplores and condemns the Soviet invasion of Hungary

1960 Coup by Col Joseph Desire Mobutu in the Congo puts him in control until 1997

1966 Vietnam: Operation Attleboro begins against VC sanctuaries on the Cambodian Border

1973 Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s