295 BC -Third triumph of Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus, for the defeat of the Samnites, Etruscans, & Gauls

476 Odoacer deposes Emperor Romulus Augustulus (475-476): End of the Western Empire

569 The Lombards capture Mediolanum [Milan] from the East Romans

786 Harun al-Rashid becomes Caliph of Baghdad (786-809)

883 Arab raiders sack the Monastery of Monte Cassino

1063 Accession of Alp Arslan ("Heroic Lion") as Seljuk Sultan of Rum (1063-1072)

1187 Saladin captures Ascalon from the Crusaders.

1260 Battle at Montaperti: Sienese Ghibellines rout the Florentine Guelfs

1285 Battle of Les Formigues: Ruggiero di Lauria's Aragonese-Sicilian fleet defeats the French

1479 Peace of Alcacovas: Portugal cedes the Canaries to Castille in return for lands in Africa.

1632 Battle of Burgstall: Imperialists defeat the Swedes

1796 Battle of Roveredo: The French defeat the Austrians

1804 USS 'Intrepid' blows up during an unsuccessful attack on Tripoli

1864 Bread riot in Mobile, Alabama

1870 Uprising at Paris deposes Napoleon the Little & proclaims the Third Republic

1886 Geronimo surrenders to Gen Nelson A Miles at Skeleton Canyon, Ariz

1906 Former draft dodger Benito Mussolini completes two years of military service with the 10th Bersaglieri, and is commended for "ability, enthusiasm, and good conduct"

1916 Seventh Battle of the Isonzo begins (to Sep 17)

1918 US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months

1936 Largo Caballero becomes Prime Minister and Minister of War of the Spanish Republic

1936 Spanish Nationalist troops capture Irun and Talavera de la Reina

1939 Netherlands & Belgium declare neutrality in World War II

1941 German submarine 'U-652' unsuccessfully attacks USS 'Greer' (DD 145), which drops depth charges

1942 Lunga Point, Guadalcanal: Japanese DDs sink two U.S. destroyer transports

1944 1st Marine Div sails from the Solomons for Palau.

1944 Brit 11th Armoured Div liberates Antwerp

1944 Finland breaks diplomatic relations with erstwhile ally Nazi Germany

1945 US reoccupies Wake Is