307 – Emperor Severus II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. He is later executed (or forced to commit suicide) after Galerius unsuccessfully invades Italy.
1763– In Campo Maior, Portugal, at 3 am, a storm hits the Armory, located on the Castle's main tower, which contains 6000 arrobas of gunpowder and 5000 pieces of ammunition. A violent explosion ensues, followed by a fire, killing two thirds of its inhabitants.
1795 – The first occupation by United Kingdom of Cape Colony, South Africa with the Battle of Hout Bay, after successive victories at the Battle of Muizenberg and Wynberg, after William V requested protection against revolutionary France's occupation of the Netherlands.
1992 – The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
2007 – Mercenaries working for Blackwater Worldwideshoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad; all criminal charges against them are later dismissed, however they are later tried and convicted of the crime.