1822 – First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia between the Ottoman Empire, led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha, and a GreekRevolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.
1847 – Liberia becomes independent, with Joseph Jenkins Roberts being its first President.
2006 – A conference begins in Rome, Italy to discuss a solution to the Israel-Lebanon War, though without the participation of Israel, Hezbollah, Hamas and Syria.