1016 Accession of Cnut the Great as King of England (1016-1035), later also of Denmark and Norway

1335 Battle of Culblean: Sir Andrew Moray beats David of Strathbogie

1700 Battle of the Narva: A small Swedish army under Charles XII defeats a much larger Russian one.

1707 Second British Siege of Pensacola: After a three-day investment, the British withdraw from the pro-Bourbon held Spanish fort

1782 Preliminary Treaty of Paris: American and British delegates sign preliminary articles to end the Revolutionary War

1803 Spain cedes Louisiana to France, in return for Tuscany; 20 days later, France sells Louisiana to the US

1808 Battle of Somosierra: Spearheaded by Polish Lancers, Napoleon's French defeat the Spanish

1838 The Pastry War: Mexico declares war on France, which occupied Vera Cruz on the 27th

1840 Napoleon is entombed in the Invalides

1853 Battle of Sinop: The Russian Black Sea squadron annihilates an Ottoman one by using explosive shell

1864 Battle of Franklin, Tennessee: John Bell Hill outdoes 'Pickett's Charge,' ruining the Confederate Army of Tennessee in the process

1864 Battle of Honey Hill, SC

1895 Battle of Iguara: Cuban Rebels are defeated by Spanish forces, with whom Winston Churchill is serving, in his first battle

1934 Dedication of the Anzac Memorial at Gallipoli, presided over by Kemal Ataturk

1938 Fascist coup in Romania fails1939 USSR invades Finland

1942 Battle of Tassafaronga: Japanese destroyers best U.S. cruisers and destroyers

1942 German raider 'Thor' accidentally burns at Yokohama

1943 Teheran Conference: FDR, Churchill, & Stalin agree that Operation Overlord will take place in May of 1944

1945 British Adm Louis Mountbatten accepts the surrender of Japanese Field Marshal Hisaichi Terauchi, who hands over his sword, Saigon

1947 Arabs attack Jewish settlements in Palestine

1949 Chinese Communists capture Chungking