660 BC The accession of Jimmu as the first Emperor of Japan (660-585 BC)

244 Battle of Misiche (near Fallujah): the Parthians defeat the Romans in what may not have been more than a skirmish

1115 Battle of Welfesholz: Lothair II of Lotharingia defeats uncrowned HRE Henry V

1531 Parliament recognizes Henry VIII as supreme head of the Church in England

1543 Battle of Wayna Daga: Ethiopians & Portuguese defeat the Sultan of Adel

1573 Francis Drake sees the Pacific from a treetop in Panama

1659 Battle of Copenhagen: The Danes beat off a Swedish attempt to storm the city, inflicting heavy losses

1720 2nd Peace of Stockholm: ends Swedish-Prussian war

1814 Battle of Montmirail: The French defeat the Russo-Prussians

1840 Premiere of Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Fille du Régiment", in Paris.

1843 Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "I Lombardi", in Milan.

1851 Hong Xiuquan, self-proclaimed "Younger Brother of Jesus Christ", initiates the Tai-Ping Rebellion in China, which lasts until 1864 and causes maybe 50 million deaths.

1855 Coronation of Kassa Hailu as Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia (1855-1868),

1858 Felici Orsini, condemned to death for trying to assassinate Napoleon III, writes him a letter urging he help liberate Italy.

1864 US Navy bombards Lamar, Texas.

1873 The Spanish parliament fires King Amadeo de Saboya (1870-1873) and declares a republic

1918 The "Beffa di Buccari": in MAS-96 warrior-poet Gabriele D'Annunzio raids Austrian anchorage in Buccari Bay

1929 The Lateran Treaty: The Holy See and the Kingdom of Italy resolve the "Roman Question" and establish the "State of Vatican City"

1941 Erwin Rommel lands in Tripoli to assume command of the Afrika Korps

1942 Burma: Japanese overrun elms Indian 46th Bde, on the Salween River

1942 Japanese demand the surrender of Singapore

1944 Burma: Japanese continue heavy attacks in the Arakan

1944 Japan stops using Truk as a major naval base

1964 Greeks & Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus

1971 US, UK, USSR, others sign a treaty banning nuclear weapons on the seabed