- 1010 The Counts of Barcelona and Urgel ally with Muhammad II against Sulayman, from whose reign the Kingdoms of Taifas will derive.
- 1774 In Mexico City, Spaniard Pedro Romero de Terreros founded the Nacional Monte de Piedad, under the name of "Sacro Real del Monte de Piedad de Ánimas", which provided a solution to the economic problems of the residents of New Spain.
- 1782 Carlos III creates the National Bank of San Carlos.
- 1881 Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine on sheep.
- 1899 The last men in the Philippines leave Baler after 337 days sieged in the town church.
- 1944 The Germans take Rome, prepared to defend themselves there by sending the Pope to Germany, but eventually rectify their position and leave the city.
- 1945 Allied bombing of Osaka, Japan's second largest city.
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