1146: European leaders outlaw the crossbow, intending to end war for all time

1363: Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang, clash in one of the largest naval battles in history during the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty

1590: Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)

1682: William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World

1862: Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, ends with a Confederate victory over Union forces

1914: Battle of Tannenberg (WWI) in East Prussia ends in the destruction of the Russian Second Army, with 122,000-170,000 soldiers killed, injured, or captured by the German 8th Army led by Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff

1928: Jawaharlal Nehru submits the Nehru Report, officially requesting independence for India and outlining a federal constitution with reserved seats for minorities

Source: Onthisday.com