1457 BC: Battle of Megiddo: Egyptian forces of Thutmose III defeat a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. First battle recorded with a reliable account.

1705: Queen Anne of England knights scientist Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge

1746: Battle of Culloden: Royalist troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeat the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart in the final battle of the Jacobite Rising on British soil

1900: US Post Office issues its first stamp booklets containing 12, 24, or 48 two-cent stamps

1948: Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) forms in Paris

2003: Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens, admitting 10 new member states to the European Union

Source: Onthisday.com