3746 results for “War of the First Coalition: Napoleon Bonaparte conquers Venice” — type: events (573 ms)
World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.
A cross-border raid by Hezbollah militants starts the 2006 Lebanon War.
World War II: Battle of Kursk: German and Soviet forces engage in the Battle of Prokhorovka, one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
World War II: Montenegrins begin the Trinaestojulski ustanak (Thirteenth of July Uprising), a popular revolt against the Axis powers.
The 1913 Romanian Army cholera outbreak during the Second Balkan War starts.
American Civil War: The New York City draft riots begin three days of rioting which will later be regarded as the worst in United States history.
Nine Years' War: French naval forces led by Anne Hilarion de Tourville fresh from their victory at Beachy Head sail West and launch a raid on the small English town of Teignmouth leaving it devastated�
English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.
Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
The Finnish War: the Battle of Lapua is fought.
Anglo-Spanish War: English and Dutch troops sack the Spanish city of Cádiz before leaving the next day.
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine.
Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.