1797 - The last invasion of the Great Britain begins when a force of 4,000 French troops lands in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales. They surrender two days later.
1890 - The Walmut Grove Dam breaks in Arizona, causing a flood that kills between 50 and 150 people.
1899 - Filipino forces led by GeneralAntonio Luna launch counter-attacks for the first time, against American forces in the Philippine-American War, though fail to retake Manila.
1901 – 2000
1901 - A Pacific mailsteamer sinks in Golden Gate Harbor, killing 128 people.
1904 – UK recognises the South Orkney Islands as part of Argentina, in 1908 claims them again.
1923 – The United States begins the first transcontinental air mail route.
1923 – Barcelona (Catalonia): Albert Einstein visits the city, invited by the scientist Esteban Terradas i Illa, as part of the monografics course of High Studies and Exchange organized by the Mancomunitat de Catalunya and conducted by Rafael de Campalans.