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1776

American Revolutionary War: Continental Army attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières

American Revolutionary War: Continental Army attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.

1663

Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial ensures Portugal's independence from Spain

Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial ensures Portugal's independence from Spain.

1999

Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty

Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.

1967

Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria

Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.

1944

World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in repris

World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.

1944

World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland sinc

World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.

1885

Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of pres

Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.

1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Brandy Station in Virginia, the largest cavalry battle on American soil, ends Confeder

American Civil War: The Battle of Brandy Station in Virginia, the largest cavalry battle on American soil, ends Confederate cavalry dominance in the eastern theater.

1862

American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle o

American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic.

68

Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's Aeneid, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war kn

Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's Aeneid, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors.

1999

Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo

Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.

1982

Lebanon War: The Syrian Arab Army defeats the Israeli Defense Forces in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub

Lebanon War: The Syrian Arab Army defeats the Israeli Defense Forces in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.

1967

The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire

The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.

1944

World War II: Six hundred forty-three men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France

World War II: Six hundred forty-three men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.

1944

World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 228 men, women and children are massacred by German troops

World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 228 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.

1942

World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydr

World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.

1940

World War II: U

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.

1940

World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends

World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.

1935

Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932

Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.

1898

Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U

Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.