685 Battle of Nechtansmere/Dunnichen Moss: King Bruide of the Picts defeats King Ecgfrith of Northumbria

1217 Battle of Lincoln: Earl of Pembroke defeats the French

1347 With papal help, Cola di Rienzo stages a coup against the barons at Rome and declares himself Tribune of a new "Roman Republic" (to Dec 15th)

1495 Charles VIII of France leaves Naples for home, having initiated a 65 year-long war with Spain

1498 Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut, India

1520 Battle of Vera Cruz: Cortes defeats Panfilo de Narvaez, an agent of the Governor of Cuba

1521 Battle of Pamplona: The French oust the Spanish, wounding Ignatius Loyola in the process

1571 Pope Pius V organizes the Holy League with Venice and Spain, to fight the Turks

1591 The Dutch capture Zutphen from the Spanish

1631 The Sack of Magdeburg: Imperial troops storm the city with great slaughter

1635 Battle of Avein: French defeat the Spanish

1741 Lord Vernon's British expedition retreats from Cartagena de las Indias

1796 Battle of Borghetto: The French defeat the Austrians

1825 Charles X becomes King of France (1825-1830)

1848 First Battle of Vicenza: Austrians defeat Veneto-Papal forces

1859 Battle of Montebello: Franco-Piedmontese defeat the Austrians

1902 US military occupation of Cuba (since June of 1898) ends

1912 Battlecruiser SMS 'Moltke' reaches Hampton Roads, on the only visit to the US by a German capital ship

1930 Pres. Hoover reviews the US Fleet off the Virginia Capes

1932 Engelbert Dollfuss becomes the chancellor of Austria, k. by the Nazis, 1934

1936 Neptunus Rex inducts 29,751 USN polliwogs into the Order of Shellbacks, and personally decorates CNCUS Joseph M. Reeves

1938 Chinese Air Force Martin 139s conduct leafleting raids over Nagasaki and Sasebo

1940 German tanks reach the Channel

1941 Max Schmeling and thousands of other German paratroopers invade Crete

1942 Japanese submarine-borne aircraft reconnoiter Durban, South Africa

1944 US Army Engineers blow up the remnants of the Nofi residence, Itri

1958 Ticker tape parade up Broadway for Van Cliburn, winner of the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition; the only musician to receive the honor

1970 NYC: 100,000 march to support US policies in Vietnam

1971 Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of US soldiers in SE Asia