- 1204 – Fourth Crusade: Count Baldwin IX of Flanders was crowned the first Latin Emperor in Constantinople.
- 1811 – Peninsular War: An allied force of British, Spanish, and Portuguese clashed with the French Army at the Battle of Albuera.
- 1866 – Root beer (pictured) was first prepared commercially.
- 1877 – President Patrice de Mac-Mahon dismissed Jules Simon and installed Albert, Duc de Broglie as Prime Minister, triggering a political crisis in the French Third Republic.
- 1929 – The first Academy Awards were handed out at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.
