1203 results for “World War” — type: events (228 ms)
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.
Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
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.
In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" resolution is approved, authorising Mahatma Gandhi to campaign for India's independence from Britain.
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.
AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same 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.
American Civil War: The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union Navy ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustain�
Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon.
Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War: Battle of Grunwald: The allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the army of the Teutonic Order.
Swedish–Novgorodian Wars: A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva.