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Treaty of Gulistan: The Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813 comes to a close with the signing of the Treaty of Gulistan, under which terms Qajar Iran agrees to cede the bulk of its Caucasian territories, w�
Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.
Jack Warner, English actor and singer (died 1981)
Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (born 1752)
War of the First Coalition: The Battle of Schliengen was fought between the French and Austrian armies, who both claimed victory.
After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade.
Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins.
War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.
Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England, with his men-at-arms and archers, defeats the larger French army in the Battle of Agincourt.
David S. Ward, American director and screenwriter
Thomas Babington Macaulay, English poet, historian, and politician, Secretary at War (died 1859)
Henry Knox, American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War (born 1750)
American Civil War: During Price's Missouri Expedition, Union troops defeated Sterling Price's Confederate army in three successive battles: Marais des Cygnes, Mine Creek, and Marmiton River.
Crimean War: The ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade was decisively repelled by Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava.
Hundred Years' War: The army of Henry V of England, consisting mostly of archers, unexpectedly defeated the numerically superior French cavalry at the Battle of Agincourt (pictured) on Saint Crispin's�
Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.