338 BC: Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over Greece and the Aegean Sea

216 BC: Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae – Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army under the command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro

1776: Formal signing of the US Declaration of Independence by 56 people (date most accepted by modern historians)

1790: First US census conducted; population is 3,929,214, including 697,624 slaves

1832: Battle of Bad Axe, Wisconsin: 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sauk and Fox Native Americans, ending the Black Hawk War

1858: The Government of India is transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown

2018: Apple becomes the first American publicly listed company to reach $1 trillion in value

2022: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the first speaker to visit Taiwan in 25 years, prompting condemnation from the Chinese Communist Party

Source: Onthisday.com