| 126 | | M'. Aquillius celebrated a triumph for the defeat of the pseudo-Eumenes III Aristonicus, pretender to the throne of Pergamon. |
| 0 | | St Martin of Tours, Patron of Soldiers, and that of St. Menas of Egypt, Martyr, Patron of Heraklion, the falsely accused, peddlers, and travelling merchants. |
| 0 | | Armistice Day / Veterans' Day / Remembrance Day |
| 307 | | Licinius was proclaimed Roman Co-Emperor and Augusts (307-325) -- Learn More |
| 1236 | | Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II 'Stupor Mundi' razed Vicenza |
| 1285 | | Alfonso III ascends the throne of Aragon (1285-1291) |
| 1356 | | Sir Godfrey de Harcourt was defeated and killed by the French in the Battle of Coutances -- Learn More |
| 1417 | | Oddone Colonna elected Pope as Martin V (1417-1431) |
| 1500 | | by secret Treaty of Granada between Louis XII of France and Ferdinand of Spain divided Naples between themselves -- Learn More |
| 1606 | | Peace of Zsitva-Torok: Ends Turko-HRE War of 1593-1606 |
| 1630 | | The "Day of the Dupes": Cardinal Richelieu puts Louis XIII & France in his power |
| 1673 | | Second Battle of Choczim/Khotyn, Ukraine: Jan Sobieski's Polish–Lithuanian army defeats the Ottomans |
| 1778 | | Cherry Valley Massacre: Tories & Iroquois slay c. 40 Americans |
| 1861 | | Skirmish at Little Blue, Mo |
| 1864 | | Sherman's March: Burning of Rome, Georgia |
| 1864 | | Skirmish at Shoal Creek, Al |
| 1865 | | Surgeon Mary Edward Walker was awarded the Medal of Honor |
| 1909 | | USN begins construction of a base at Pearl Harbor |
| 1914 | | First Battle of Ypres: The British I Corps holds off a desperate attack by two German corps |
| 1918 | | an Armistice at 11:00 a.m. ended the Great War -- Learn More |
| 1920 | | Navy Nurse Lenah S. Higbee awarded the Navy Cross for service in the influenza pandemic |
| 1920 | | The "Unknown Warrior" is interred in Westminster Abbey & the "Soldat Inconnu" beneath the Arc de Triomphe |
| 1921 | | Escorted by 30 holders of the Medal of Honor, the "Unknown Soldier" is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery |
| 1923 | | An "Eternal Flame" is lit at the Tomb of the "Soldat Inconnu" at the Arc de Triomphe |
| 1927 | | Dedication of the "Cross of Sacrifice" at Arlington National Cemetery, to commemorate Americans who died in Canadian service during the Great War |
| 1940 | | a nocturnal Britishnaval air attack inflicted grave damage on the Italian fleet at Taranto, prompting Japanese Adm Yamamoto to think about Pearl Harbor -- Learn More |
| 1940 | | the German raider 'Atlantis' captured the liner 'Automedon', and the defense plans for Singapore -- Learn More |
| 1940 | | Thousands of French students silently lay wreaths at the Tomb of the "Soldat Inconnu" to protest the German occupation |
| 1942 | | German troops initiate the occupation of Vichy France |
| 1942 | | Japanese aircraft raid Henderson Field. |
| 1943 | | 41 Japanese a/c from Rabaul attack U.S. carriers, only 8 return to base. |
| 1944 | | Japan commissions carrier 'Shinano', half sister ot the 'Yamato" |
| 1961 | | Congolese rebels murder 13 Italian airmen in UN service |
| 1961 | | Stalingrad is renamed Volgograd |
| 1983 | | US cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain |
| 1993 | | the Service Women's Memorial was dedicated at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington |
| 1050 | | Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1056-1106) |
| 1154 | | King Sancho I "The Populator" of Portugal (1185-1212) |
| 1155 | | King Alfonso VIII of Castile (1158-1214), 53, victor of Las Navas de Tolosa |
| 1599 | | Ottavio Piccolomini, Italian nobleman, Spanish general, Hapsburg field marshal, d. 1656 |
| 1657 | | Guido Wald Rüdiger, Graf von Starhemberg, Austrian field marshal, d. 1737 |
| 1744 | | Abigail Adams, Founding Mother, d. 1818 |
| 1748 | | King Charles IV of Spain (1788-1808), d. 1821 |
| 1811 | | Ben McCulloch, Brig Gen, C.S.A., KIA, 1862 |
| 1839 | | The Virginia Military Institute |
| 1852 | | Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf, brilliantly inept Austro-Hungarian chief-of-the-general staff, d. 1925 -- Learn More |
| 1864 | | Alfred Hermann Fried, German pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize, 1911 |
| 1869 | | King Victor Emmanual III of Italy (1900-46), d. 1947 |
| 1873 | | Daniel Joseph Daly, iconic and eloquent U.S. Marine, with two Medals of Honor, d. 1937 -- Learn More |
| 1885 | | George S. Patton, Jr., who would command the Third Army (1944-1945), d. 1945 -- Learn More |
| 1915 | | Benito Albino Mussolini, illegitimate son of Mussolini and the Russian socialist Ida Dasler, d. 1942 |
| 1920 | | James Bond, fictional naval officer & secret agent |
| 1925 | | Jonathan Winters, sometime Marine, noted comedian, d. 2013 |
| 1028 | | Byzantine Emperor Constantine VIII (1025-1028), c. 68 |
| 1331 | | King Stefan Urosh III Deshanski of Serbia (1322-31), c. 45-47 |
| 1675 | | Tegh Bahadur, 54, Sixth Sikh Guru (1665-1675), murdered by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, after five days of torture to encourage him to convert to Islam |
| 1831 | | Nat Turner, leader of the "Great Southampton Slave Revolt", hanged at 31 |
| 1861 | | King Pedro V d'Alcantara "the Hopeful" of Portugal (1853-61), 24 |
| 1880 | | Edward "Ned" Kelly, 25, "noted" Australian bushranger, hanged |
| 1887 | | George Engel, Adolph Fischer, Albert Parsons, and August Spies, wrongfully executed for the Haymarket Riot |
| 1917 | | Lydia K. Dominis, sometime Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii (1891-1893), until deposed by American businessmen, at 79 |
| 2004 | | Yasir Arafat, inept Palestinian leader, at 75 |
| 2016 | | Robert Vaughn, 83, sometime soldier and actor ("The Man From Uncle", etc.) |