| 1338 | Sultan of Delhi Feroz Tughlaq Shah III passed away. |
| 1933 | Social activist and British woman Annie Besant, who fought for the independence of Hindustan, died. |
| 1819 | Death of Goa scientist-revolutionary Jose Custodio Faria. |
| 1856 | Birth of Shri Narayana Guru, the great saint and reformer of India. |
| 1857 | British troops liberated Delhi from the rebels and captured it. |
| 1878 | The famous Madras newspaper The Hindu was first published as a weekly in the editing of GSS Iyer. |
| 2009 | Marathi film Harishchandrachi Factory selected in Oscar Awards foreign film category |