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First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement…
In their first major action of the First World War, the British Expeditionary Force engaged German troops in Mons,…
The Battle of Cer ended with the first Allied victory of World War I.
World War I: During the sack of Louvain in Belgium, German troops burned the town's Catholic university, destroying…
World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrendered to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
World War I: As the British Expeditionary Force and French Fifth Army began their retreat from Mons, the British II…
World War I: The Battle of Tannenberg resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian 2nd Army by the…
First World War: The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force invaded German New Guinea, winning the Battle…
World War I: The French army repulsed a German assault against their positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
HMAS AE1 (pictured), the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea; its wreck was not found until 2017.
Andrew Fisher, who in his previous term as premier oversaw a period of reform unmatched in the Commonwealth until the…
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia married Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover; the occasion was one of the last great so
In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strik
More than 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans gathered at the Gettysburg Battlefield, the largest combined reunion of
Second Balkan War: The Serbian Army began the Siege of Vidin, which they abandoned six days later when an armistice…
While on a campaign in Bulgaria, the Romanian Army suffered a cholera outbreak that led to around 1,600 deaths.
The Albanian revolt ended when the Ottoman government agreed to meet most of the rebels' demands.
Mexican Revolution: A force of Maderistas captured Torreón and proceeded to massacre 303 of the city's Chinese residents
Mexican president Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco I
Mexican president Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco I