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Arab–Byzantine wars: The forces of the Abbasid Caliphate defeated Byzantine troops led by Emperor Theophilos at the Battle of Anzen, near present-day Dazman, Turkey.
The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
American Civil War: Henry Halleck becomes general-in-chief of the Union Army.
Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
Raphael Warnock, American politician and minister
Robin Warren, Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1937)
Johnny Wardle, English cricketer and manager (born 1923)
Warner of Grez, French nobleman, relative of Godfrey of Bouillon
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girkê Legê.
The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to Congress following the American Civil War.
American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
War of the Spanish Succession: The French under Marshal Villars win a decisive victory over Eugene of Savoy at Denain.
Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.
Iran–Iraq War: In opposition to the American plan to protect Kuwaiti tankers, Iran laid mines and damaged the SS Bridgeton, resulting in a propaganda victory for Iran.
Franco-Syrian War: At the Battle of Maysalun forces of the Arab Kingdom of Syria were defeated by a French army moving to occupy the territory allocated to them by the San Remo conference.
WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.