2026 results for “World War” — type: events (515 ms)
American Civil War: On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg - the Battle of Little Round Top takes place and results in a Union victory after the Confederate troops unsuccessfully try to assault�
United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, enabling Prussia to exclude Austria from German affairs.
American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
War of 1812: American forces capture Fort Erie from British troops in Upper Canada.
American Revolutionary War: The Iroquois, allied with Britain, massacre 360 Patriot soldiers during the Battle of Wyoming.
American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: The Confederate army in Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege, contributing to the Union capture of th�
American Civil War: Union forces repulse a Confederate army at the Battle of Helena in Arkansas. The battle thwarts a Rebel attempt to relieve pressure on the besieged city of Vicksburg, and paves the�
American Civil War: Retreat from Gettysburg: The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signaling an end to his�
American Revolutionary War: US forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
Ottoman–Hungarian wars: The Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) begins.
Genkō War: Forces loyal to Emperor Go-Daigo seize Tōshō-ji during the Siege of Kamakura. Hōjō Takatoki and other members of the Hōjō clan commit suicide, ending the rule of the Kamakura shogunate.