Today in military history: July 9, 2014

Military history timeline 

1386 – Battle of Sempach (Switzerland)

 Winkelried at Sempach: Arnold von Winkelried's deed in the Battle of Sempach 

- Painting by Konrad Grob, 19th century

1553 - Battle of Sievershausen (Second Margave War) 

1672 – Siege of Groningen begins (Franco-Dutch War)

1755 –  Battle of the Monongahela (French and Indian War) 

1796 – Battle of Ettlingen (Malsch) (French Revolutionary Wars) 

1810 – Siege of Rodrigo ends (Peninsular War) 

1846 – Battle of Yerba Buena (Mexican-American War) 

1847 – Battle of Cienega Creek (Mexican-American War) 

1860 – Damascus pogroms begin (Druze-Maronite conflict of 1860) 

1863 – Battle of Corydon; Port Hudson officially surrenders to Federals (US Civil War) 

1864 – Battle of the Monocacy (US Civil War)

 General Lew Wallace - Photo by Mathew Brady studios sometime after March 21, 1862

1937 – Marco Polo Bridge Incident ends (Second Sino-Japanese War) 

1940 – Battle of Calabria (WWII) (Naval) 

1941 – Allies take Damour and Homs, Syria (WWII) 

1943 – Invasion of Sicily begins (WWII) 

1944 – Battle of Saipan ends (Naval); Battle of Tali-Ihantala ends; Canadians take Carpiquet Airfield; US takes Volterra, Italy; Belorussians take Lida (WWII) 

1945 – Chinese take Tanchuk airbase (WWII)

 American trainer explains a tactical situation to Chinese soldiers - Photo from 1942-1945

1966 – Battle of Minh Thanh Road (Vietnam War)