| 27 | BC | Octavian "Restored the Republic", and ruled for 41 years as Augustus, the first Roman Emperor -- Learn More |
| 0 | | Feast of St. Conan of Man, and that of St. Hilary of Poitiers, Doctor of the Church and "Hammer of the Arians" |
| 532 | | The Nika Riots: The people of Constantinople rise against Justinian and Theodora, initiating five days of bloody rioting, c. 30,000 die |
| 858 | | Battle of Aclea: Danes wax Wessex |
| 888 | | Accession of Odo as King of the West Franks (888-898) |
| 1099 | | Crusaders burn Mara, Syria |
| 1631 | | Treaty of Barwalde: France buys Swedish military support for five years. |
| 1642 | | the First Castro War began in Italy -- Learn More |
| 1649 | | The Fronde rebels storm the Bastille |
| 1830 | | Third Great Fire of New Orleans: a hearth fire goes out of control, many buildings burn, blamed on a slave conspiracy |
| 1842 | | the Afghans destroyed the British 44th Foot in the Battle of Gandamak -- Learn More |
| 1865 | | US Army & Navy laid siege to Ft Fisher, NC |
| 1874 | | Battle between jobless & police in NYC, 100s injured |
| 1874 | | US troops land in Honolulu to protect King Lunalilo of Hawaii |
| 1881 | | the Chileans defeated the Peruvians in the Battle of Chorillos, and pressed on toward Lima (falls 17th) -- Learn More |
| 1894 | | Revolution in Sicily is crushed by government troops |
| 1895 | | Battle of Coatit: Italians defeat the Abyssinians |
| 1898 | | Publication of "J'Accuse!", Emile Zola's defense of Dreyfus , in Paris |
| 1917 | | Munitions disaster at Ekonomia, near Arkhangel, Russia -- c. 10,000 tons explode, 1,500 die |
| 1942 | | Elms Br 18th Div reach Singapore, as Japanese close in |
| 1942 | | Heavy fighting on Bataan, as Philippine troops counterattack |
| 1943 | | Guadalcanal: the 25th Inf Div captures the Galloping Horse, as the 2nd Mar Div attacks westward along the coast |
| 1943 | | Hitler declares Germany must wage "Total War" |
| 1943 | | Submarine 'Guardfish' (SS-217) torpedoes a Japanese patrol vessel off New Ireland. |
| 1943 | | Three "Jewish transports" arrive at Auschwitz, from Berlin, the Netherlands, and Zambrów, totalling some 3,960 people, of whom 2,446 are immediately gassed |
| 1944 | | Northern Burma: Chinese forces secure the Tarung river line. |
| 1945 | | Luzon: Heavy fighting |
| 1945 | | Hundreds of artillery pieces fired salutes in Moscow, to celebrate the Red Army's crossing of the Vistula, interrupting the premier performance of Sergei Prokofiev's Fifth Symphny |
| 1958 | | 9,000 scientists from 43 nations petition the UN for a nuclear test ban |
| 1967 | | Military coup in Togo |
| 1968 | | Beginning of the Tet Offensive in Vietnam |
| 1986 | | Bloody coup overthrows government of South Yemen |
| 915 | | AH 302 al-Hakam ibn 'Abd ar-Rahman, Al-Hakam II Alhaquén, the second Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba |
| 1334 | | Henry of Trastámara, King Henry II of Castile (1366-1367, 1369-1379) |
| 1505 | | Joachim II Hector, Prince-Elector of Brandenburg (1535-1571). |
| 1777 | | Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, courtesy of her brother, Napoleon Bonaparte, d. 1820 |
| 1807 | | Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Maj Gen, U.S., d. 1883 |
| 1808 | | Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln's Treasury Secretary, Chief Justise, d. 1873 |
| 1812 | | Humphrey Marshall, Brig Gen, C.S.A., d. 1872 |
| 1815 | | William Henry French, Maj Gen, U.S., d. 1881 |
| 1869 | | Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy-Aosta, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian General, d. 1931 |
| 1880 | | Umberto Pugliese, Italian Jewish naval architect, designer of the 'Littorio" Class, etc., d. 1961 |
| 1904 | | Richard Stewart Addinsell, composer ("Warsaw Concerto" aka "Suicide Squadrons"), d. 1977 |
| 1913 | | Delta Sigma Theta |
| 86 | BC | Gaius Marius, two weeks into his seventh consulship, at c. 70 |
| 858 | | King Ethelwulf of Wessex (839-858), kia at c. 58 |
| 888 | | Charles III "the Fat," 49, King of East Francia (882-888), of West Francia (884-888), a few weeks after being deposed |
| 1049 | | Count Dirk IV of Holland (1039-49), kia at c. 25 |
| 1138 | | Duke Simon I of Lorraine (1115-1138), c. 63 |
| 1177 | | Heinrich Babenberg, c. 70, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1140-1141) &, Margrave of Austria (1141-1156) as Heinrich II & Duke of Bavaria (1141-1156) and of Austria, (1156-1177) as Heinrich XI |
| 1330 | | Frederick "the Fair" von Hapsburg, c. 40, Duke Frederick I of Austria (1308-1330) and King Frederick III of Germany (1314-1330) |
| 1414 | | 45 Lollard rebels, executed in England |
| 1759 | | The Duke of Aveiro, the Marquis of Tavora and his wife, and various of their servants, executed for treason in Lisbon |
| 1916 | | José Victoriano Huerta Márquez, 65, Mexican soldier, putchist, murderer, President (1913-1914) |
| 1929 | | Wyatt Earp, at 80, in bed, in Hollywood |
| 1934 | | Maj.Gen. Jean-Baptiste Marchand, daring soldier and explorer, at 70 |
| 1986 | | Pres Abdel Fattah Ismail of Yemen (1969-80), c. 46, murdered |
| 1988 | | Pres Chiang Ching-kuo of Taiwan (1978-88), at 81, son and heir of Chaing Kai-shek |