2026 results for “World War” — type: events (599 ms)
Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the sec�
American Revolutionary War: The British Army abandons Philadelphia.
Tokhtamysh–Timur war: Battle of the Kondurcha River: Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde in present-day southeast Russia.
Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus and starts pillaging the suburbs of the Byzantine capital Constantinople.
War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
King Roger, an opera about Roger II of Sicily by Karol Szymanowski, is premiered at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw.
War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.
American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
The Treaty of Anagni, an attempt mediated by the papacy to end the War of the Sicilian Vespers, is signed by the crown of Aragon, the kingdom of France and kingdom of Naples.
First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
Boxer Rebellion: China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
Peninsular War: Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria.
French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.
Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
British Army Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson is killed by the Irish Republican Army helping to spark the Irish Civil War.