1499 – Battle of Zonchio (also Sapienza) (Ottoman-Venetian
War of 1499-1503) (Naval)
1580 - Battle of
Alcantara (War of the Portuguese Succession)
1651 – Battle of Wigan Lane (Third English Civil War)
1758 – Battle of Zorndorf (Seven Years’ War)
Battle between Prussian infantry and Russian Cossacks at Zorndorf 1758 -
1862 painting oil on canvas by Emil Hunten
1782 – Battle of Trincomalee begins (American Revolutionary
War) (Naval)
1814 – (Night of 24-25) British burn the Capitol including
the small library of Congress in the building (War of 1812)
1862 – Jackson’s raid on Manassas Station begins; First
Battle of Rappahannock Station ends (US Civil War)
1862 photo - Fugitive African Americans fording the Rappahannock,
fleeing from Jackson's army.
1864 – Second Battle of Ream’s Station (US Civil War)
1904 – Battle of Liaoyang begins (Russo-Japanese War)
1914 – Battle of Lorraine ends (WWI)
1920 – Battle of Warsaw ends (Polish-Soviet War)
1941 – Britain and the Soviet Union invade Iran to protect
its oil (WWII)
Soviet troops are crossing the border with Iran. Monday, August 25, 1941.
Photo from August 25, 1941 - The Iranian warship Babr (Tiger) after being shelled by the British Navy during surprise attack on Iran, August 1941.
1942 – Battle of the Eastern Solomons ends (Naval); Battle
of Milne Bay begins (WWII)
1943 – Soviets take Zenkov and Akhtyrka (WWII)
1944 – Rumania
declares war on Germany; Battle of Paris ends; Canadians take Elbeuf, Americans
take Avignon, France; Russians take Tartu, Estonia (WWII)
1945 – Pingyu
Campaign ends (Chinese Civil War)
1946 – Battle of
Rugao-Huangqiao begins (Chinese Civil War)
1991 – Battle of
Vukovar begins (Croatian War of Independence)
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