Today in military history: September 25, 2014

Military history timeline 

1066 – Battle of Stamford Bridge (Viking invasions of England) 

1396 – Battle of Nicopolis (Ottoman wars in Europe) 

1598 – Battle of Stangebro (War against Sigismund) 

1609 – Siege of Smolensk begins (Polish-Muscovite War 1605-1618) 

1775 – Battle of Longue-Pointe (American Revolutionary War) 

1799 – Second Battle of Zurich begins (War of the Second Coalition) 

1812 – Battle of Tucuman ends (Argentine War of Independence) 

1861 – Battle of Chapmansville; Battle of Lewinsville (US Civil War) 

1915 – Battle of Loos begins (WWI) 

1916 – Battle of Morval begins (WWI) 

1918 – Battle of Megiddo ends (WWI) 

1920 – Battle of the Niemen ends (Polish-Soviet War) 

1937 – Battle of Pingxingguan ends (Second Sino-Japanese War) 

1943 – Soviets take Smolensk and Roslavl (WWII) 

1944 – British take Helmond and Deurne; Russians take Haapsalu; Yugoslav partisans take Banja Luka (WWII) 

1949 – Ningxia Campaign ends (Chinese Civil War) 

1969 – Operation IDAHO CANYON ends (Vietnam War)