4109 results for “World War” (514 ms)
Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
Under the Treaty of Nanking, an "unequal treaty" that ended the First Opium War, the Chinese island from which Hong Kong would grow was ceded to Britain.
Hundred Years' War: Led by King Edward III, a fleet of 50 English ships captured at least 14 Castilian vessels and sank several more at the Battle of Winchelsea.
A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ends the Swedish–Norwegian War.
The Treaty of Wereloe ends the 1788–1790 Russo-Swedish War.
Arab–Byzantine wars: The Arabs abandon the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople due to failure to secure enough supplies, defeat of their relief army by the Byzantines and an outbreak of plague in the�
Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist
Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1535)
Gulf War: US General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. issued General Order No. 1 prohibiting US troops from consuming alcohol or possessing pornographic material.
British and Australian prisoners of war in Singapore revolted against their Japanese captors, who required them to pledge not to escape.
Philippine Revolution: In the Battle of San Juan del Monte, the first real battle of the war, a Katipunan force temporarily captured a powder magazine before being beaten back by a Spanish garrison.
First Jewish–Roman War: Roman forces led by Titus set fire to the Second Temple during the siege of Jerusalem.
The last remaining American troops leave Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in the war.
Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.
Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.
Creek War: Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.
The Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia ends in the Treaty of Nystad.
Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.