Today in military history: July 12, 2014

Military history timeline 

1109 – Siege of Tripoli ends (post First Crusade) 

1191 – Siege of Acre ends (Third Crusade)

 Illuminated manuscript from between 1425-1449 showing Richard I of England 

authorizing Guy of Lusignan to take Cyprus during the Third Crusade

  

1416 - Battle of Sant'Egidio (Italy) 

1780 – Battle of Williamson’s Plantation (American Revolutionary War) 

1784 – Second Bombardment of Algiers (Spanish-Barbary Conflicts of 1694-1784) (Naval) 

1801 – Second Battle of Algeciras begins (French Revolutionary Wars) (Naval) 

1812 – Invasion of Upper Canada begins (War of 1812) 

1813 – Raid on Ocracoke (War of 1812) (Naval) 

1814 – Battle between USS Syren and HMS Medway (War of 1812) (Naval) 

1861 – Confederates conclude treaties with Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians; Battle of Beverley (US Civil War) 

1862 – Confederates take Lebanon, Kentucky (US Civil War) 

1864 – Battle of Fort Stevens ends; Confederates withdraw from Washington area (US Civil War) 

1877 – Battle of the Clearwater ends (Nez Perce War)

 Nez Perce Warriors, War of 1877 -- Him-mim-mox-mox or Yellow Wolf - Yellow Wolf, full-length portrait, facing slightly right, holding rifle and tomahawk - Photo from 1877

  

1915 – Attack on Ache Baba (WWI) 

1941 –Moscow bombed for the first time in the war (WWII) 

1943 – Battle of Kolombangara begins (Naval); Allies take Lentini, Sicily (WWII)  

1944 – US takes Lajatico, Italy; Russians take Idritsa (WWII) 

1945 – Australians take Maradi, Borneo (WWII) 

1946 - Campaign along the Southern Section of the Datong-Puzhou Railway (Chinese Civil War) 

1993 – Attack on Aidid compound (Somali Civil War)

 18 December 1993 - The German Army prepares for a well dedication ceremony; their 2nd Contingent dug the well during UNOSOM II. German Defense Minister Voelker Ruehe was on hand to dedicate the well.

  

2006 – Hezbollah cross-border raid; Battle of Ayta ash-Sha’b begins (2006 Lebanon War)