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| 1798 | Alliance Napoleon I |  |
| Cisalpine Rep An Alliance is concluded with the Cisalpine Republic
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| 1646 | Battle of Warrington Hopton | |
| Warrington Defeated by Cromwell in the final battle of the campaign
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| 1874 | Birth Shackleton, Ernest Henry | |
| Kilkea Birth of Ernest Henry Shackleton, County Clare, Ireland
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| 1817 | Capture San Martin, Jose de | |
| Santiago Helps capture Santiago from the Spanish
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| 1942 | Capture Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Singapore Singapore surrenders to the Japanese
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| 1942 | Capture Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| Singapore Singapore surrenders to Yamashita, 130,000 British are taken prisoner
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| 1945 | Capture Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| River Neisse Reaches the Oder-Neisse line
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| River Oder Reaches the Oder-Neisse line
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| 1938 | Capture Franco-Bahamonde, Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo | |
| Teruel Franco's forces recapture Teruel & make a drive towards the Mediterranean
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| 1940 | Commander Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Appointed Commander of the 7th Panzer Division with the rank of Major General
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| Appointed Commander of the 7th Panzer Division with the rank of Major General
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| 1971 | Composition Harrison, George | |
| Releases the single, "What Is Life?" in America
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| 1980 | Conference of Organization of Islam Karmal, Babrak | |
| Islamabad The foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference deplore the invasion and demand Soviet withdrawal at a meeting in Islamabad
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| 1637 | Death Ferdinand II | |
| Death of Ferdinand II
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| 0670 | Death Oswy | |
| Northumbria Death of Oswy, Mercia reasserts itself as a power
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| 1970 | Death Dowding, Hugh | |
| Tunbridge Wells Death of Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding
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| 2003 | Demonstrations Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| Hyde Park At least 1 million demonstrate against the war in Iraq
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| 2003 | Demonstrations Bush, George Walker | |
| Anti-war protests are held, the largest of their kind since the Vietnam War took place with 6-10 million people in over 60 countries around the world
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| 1941 | Diplomacy Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Britain breaks off relations with Romania
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| 1910 | Election Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Liberals 275 seats, Conservatives 273, Labour 42
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| The Irish Nationalists win 84 seats & again hold the balance of power
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| 1967 | Election Gandhi, Indira Nehru | |
| The ruling Congress Party sustains heavy losses
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| 1967 | Election Husain, Zakir | |
| The ruling Congress Party sustains heavy losses
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| 1972 | Government Mitchell, John | |
| Resigns to become Chairman of the Committee to re-elect the President
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| 1898 | Independence McKinley, William | |
| Havana The battleship USS Maine is sent to menace Imperial Spain and its sinking helps to precipitate the Spanish-American War over the issue of Cuban independence
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| 1980 | Invasion of Afghanistan Karmal, Babrak | |
| Islamabad The foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference deplore the invasion and demand Soviet withdrawal at a meeting in Islamabad
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| 1989 | Invasion of Afghanistan Rabbani, Burhannudin | |
| The last Russian troops withdraw from Afghanistan
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| 1985 | Invasion of Afghanistan Karmal, Babrak | |
| The last Russian troops leave Afghanistan
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| 1989 | Invasion of Afghanistan Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow 14,454 Russians had died in the conflict
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| Moscow Russian withdrawal signifies a Mujahadin victory
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| Moscow The last Russian troops withdraw from Afghanistan
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| 1214 | Invasion of France John | |
| London Lands at la rochelle & begins a campaign in western France
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| 1870 | Legislation Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Introduces the Irish Land Act to give Irish peasant's comparible rights with England
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| London Introduces the Irish Land Act to give Irish peasant's comparible rights with England
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| 1940 | Major General Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Appointed Commander of the 7th Panzer Division with the rank of Major General
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| 1938 | Minister Seyss-Inquart, Arthur | |
| Appointed Minister of Security
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| 1874 | Minister Cross, Richard | |
| Appointed Home Secretary
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| 1996 | Minister Reina, Carlos Roberto | |
| Appointed Minister of Defense
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| 1504 | Peerage Henry VIII | |
| Cornwall Created Duke of Cornwall
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| 1838 | Petition Slavery Adams, John Quincy | |
| Washington Introduces 350 petitions against slavery into the House of Representitives
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| 1972 | President Lara, Guillermo RodrĄguez | |
| Appointed President of Ecuador
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| 1956 | President Kekkonen, Urho Kaleva | |
| Appointed President of Finland
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| 1996 | Prime Minister Zia, Khaleda | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Bangladesh
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| 1870 | Reform Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Introduces the Irish Land Act to give Irish peasant's comparible rights with England
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| 1971 | Reform Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| London Decimal coins replace shillings & pence, known as "D-Day"
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| 1942 | Reshuffle Cabinet Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Churchill goes on the air to rally morale & reorganises his Cabinet
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| 1910 | Secretary Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Appointed Home Secretary
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| 1921 | Secretary Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Appointed Colonial Secretary
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| 1898 | Sinking McKinley, William | |
| Havana The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor, the explosion kills 266 of her crew
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| Havana The battleship USS Maine is sent to menace Imperial Spain and its sinking helps to precipitate the Spanish-American War over the issue of Cuban independence
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| 1838 | Slavery Adams, John Quincy | |
| Washington Introduces 350 petitions against slavery into the House of Representitives
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| 1942 | Surrender Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| Singapore Singapore surrenders to Yamashita, 130,000 British are taken prisoner
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