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American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
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.
George Warrington, American businessman (died 2007)
Billy Ward, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2002)
Korean War: A North Korean attack was repelled by Allied forces at the Battle of Nam River.
American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga began in northwestern Georgia and would end in the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater.
Hundred Years' War: English forces led by Edward the Black Prince decisively won the Battle of Poitiers and captured John II of France.
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.
Irish War of Independence: British auxiliary police officers known as Black and Tans went on a rampage in Balbriggan, burning more than fifty homes and businesses and killing two people.
The French Army achieved its first major victory of the War of the First Coalition at the Battle of Valmy.