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First World War: The British Empire's Sinai and Palestine campaign began with a victory at the Battle of Romani.
World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.
World War II: In the first major naval engagement of the Guadalcanal campaign, Japan forced the U.S. Navy to withdraw from the Solomon Islands.
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the Guadalcanal campaign.
First World War: German forces captured Rossignol in Belgium, taking more than 3,800 French prisoners.
The Battle of Cer ended with the first Allied victory of World War I.
Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen (replica pictured).
With the first use of his 1.2-metre (3.9 ft) telescope, then the largest in the world, William Herschel discovered a new moon of Saturn, later named Enceladus (pictured).
First World War: The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force invaded German New Guinea, winning the Battle of Bita Paka.
Second World War: The Royal Navy lost its first warship in the war when German submarine U-29 torpedoed and sank HMS Courageous.
First World War: The German submarine U-9 sank three Royal Navy cruisers, resulting in approximately 1,450 deaths.
SS Patrick Henry, the first of 2,710 Liberty ships built during World War II by the United States, was launched.
World War I: The Battle of St Quentin Canal took place, which led to the British Fourth Army making the first breach of the German defensive Hindenburg Line.
Second World War: General Władysław Sikorski (pictured) became the first prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
Congo Crisis: In order to stop the secession of South Kasai from the Republic of Congo, Armée Nationale Congolaise forces launched an invasion of South Kasai.
Following the killing of two English football fans by Galatasaray supporters in the previous month, British and Turkish hooligans rioted on the day of the UEFA Cup Final in Copenhagen, Denmark.
John Campbell released the first issue of The Boston News-Letter, the first continuously published newspaper in British North America.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as Pope Leo XIV (pictured), making him the first pope born in the United States, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenship, the first from the O�
First English Civil War: The first siege of Wardour Castle ended after six days with the surrender of the Royalist garrison under Lady Blanche Arundell