2567 results for “World War” — type: events (366 ms)
American Revolutionary War: American forces battle and defeat the British and Iroquois forces at the Battle of Newtown.
American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
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�
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.
Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, the culmination of the Atlanta campaign, begins as Union forces under General William T. Sherman clash with Confederate troops under General William J.�
Peninsular War: Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.
War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
�f Aragon and Charles, Count of Valois sign the Peace of Caltabellotta, which ends the War of the Sicilian Vespers and divides the old Kingdom of Sicily into an island portion and a peninsular portion.
Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.
Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald�