Saturday, May 31, 2014

Today in military history: Unknown day in June

58 BC – Battle of the Arar (Gallic Wars)
 A Gaul and His Daughter Imprisoned in Rome -1898 painting by Felix-Joseph Barrias
  
402 – Battle of Verona (Gothic War 401-403) 
634 – Battle of Bosra begins (Arab-Byzantine Wars) 
1070 – Sack of Peterborough Abbey (England)          
1255 – Battle of Bryn Derwin (Wales/UK) 
1258 – Battle of Karydi (War of the Euboeote Succession) 
1401 – Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen (The Welsh Revolt, 1400-1415) 
1553 – First Battle of Kawanakajima (Japan)
 1843-1844 - Uesugi Kenshin seated

1847 – Second Battle of Tuxpan (Mexican-American War) 
1916 – Battle of Khanaqin begins and ends (WWI) 
1948 - Jingshan – Zhongxiang Campaign ends (Chinese Civil War) 
1950 - Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northern China ends (Chinese Civil War) 
1953 - Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Central and Southern China ends (Chinese Civil War) 
1955 - Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Wuping ends (Chinese Civil War)
 
Chinese Regular 50Fen Stamp in 1955 depicting a sailor

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