1998 results for “World War” (401 ms)
Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
Heinz Warneke, German-American sculptor and educator (died 1983)
John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English magnate (died 1347)
Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (born 1875)
Anglo-Spanish War: After a 15-day siege Spanish troops in San Juan, modern-day Puerto Rico, surrendered to an English force under Sir George Clifford.
War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.
The United States captured Guam from Spain in a bloodless event during the Spanish–American War.
Second Punic War: Commanded by Hannibal, the Carthaginians ambushed a Roman army at the Battle of Lake Trasimene, capturing or killing 25,000 men.
The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.
Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
The National War Memorial for the Dominion of Newfoundland was inaugurated by Field Marshall Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig in St. John's, Newfoundland. The date commemorates the first day of the Battle�
Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
War of the Grand Alliance: Marshal de Luxembourg triumphs over an Anglo-Dutch army at the battle of Fleurus.
Lyncoya Jackson, a Muscogee war orphan adopted by Andrew Jackson
American Civil War: Confederate general Robert E. Lee launched a series of disjointed and ultimately unsuccessful assaults on the nearly impregnable Union position on Malvern Hill in Henrico County, V�
American Revolutionary War: Five American privateer vessels raided the British settlement at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (depicted).
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�