786 Harun al-Rashid becomes Caliph of Baghdad (786-809)
1115 Battle of Tel-Danith: Principlaity 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 Munfordsville, 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 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
