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American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.
French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
Irish War of Independence: British police known as "Black and Tans" burn the town of Balbriggan and kill two local men in revenge for an IRA assassination.
The White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with the British warship HMS Hawke.
American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma.
The decade-long Ragamuffin War starts when rebels capture Porto Alegre in Brazil.
The Treaty of Kerden concludes the Ottoman–Persian War (1743–1746).
War of the Grand Alliance: A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeats an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay.
A British force repels an Egyptian force led by Ahmed Urabi in the battle of Qassasin during the Anglo-Egyptian War.
The treaty of Tangier ends the Franco-Moroccan War, which Morroco lost, and forces it to recognise the French possessions in Algeria.
Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
War of 1812: British forces abandon their unsuccessful siege of Fort Erie.
British Secretary of War Lord Castlereagh and Foreign Secretary George Canning meet in a duel on Putney Heath, with Castlereagh wounding Canning in the thigh.
American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
The Treaty of Arras is promulgated, causing Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War.
Iraq invades Iran, sparking the nearly eight year Iran–Iraq War.