96 Marcus Cocceius Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor Marcus Cocceius Nerva, 67, Roman Emperor (Sep. 18, AD 96-Jan. 27, AD 98)

327 Battle of Chrysopolis: Constantine the Great defeats Licinius, to become sole emperor

1454 Battle of Konitz: The Teutonic Knights defeat the Poles

1494 Prospero Colonna captures Ostia for the French from his former overlord, the Pope

1497 Two day Battle of Exeter ends: the Earl of Devonshire defeats Perkin Warbeck

1544 The Peace of Crepy paused the Franco-Spanish Italian Wars (1494-1559)

1631 Battle of Breitenfeld: Swedes & Saxons defeat the Imperialists

1649 Battle of Bologna: Papal forces defeat the Parmeggiani

1738 Peace of Vienna: Ends the War of the Polish Succession (1733-1738)

1739 Treaty of Belgrade: Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks

1755 French complete Ft Carillon (Ticonderoga), NY

1778 First US treaty with an Indian nation, Delaware

1806 Fra Diavolo defeated by the French near Itri, Naples

1851 The New York Times begins publication

1860 Battle of Castelfidardo: Italo-Piedmontese defeat the Papal Army

1861 Skirmish at Barboursville, WVa

1864 Battle of Martinsburg, WVa

1864 Confederate troops under Richard M. Gano and Stand Watie massacre black hay cutters near Wagoner, Oklahoma

1873 Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, setting off the "Panic of 1873", the first "Great Depression" (1873-1879)

1914 Battle of the Aisne: the Germans hold the French, trench warfare begins

1914 South African troops land in German southwest Africa

1918 Battle of Megiddo begins.

1931 Japan occupies Manchuria

1934 USSR admitted to the League of Nations

1939 Joint German-Soviet "Victory Parade" over Poland in Brest-Litovsk

1940 Italian troops capture Sidi Barrani

1942 British troops land at Tamatave, Madagascar.

1943 B-24s bomb Tarawa, in the Gilbert Islands.

1958 Andorra officially ends the state of war which it had declared against Germany in 1914

1965 "The Wackiest Ship in the Army" premiers on NBC, runs for one season

1969 Trimaran yacht 'Mianna' goes down at 16° 48' N, 28° 21' W

1982 Christian militia kills 600 Palestinians in Lebanon, the Jews are blamed

1988 Coup in Haiti