Today in military history: September 24, 2014

Military history timeline 

1454 – Battle of Leskovac (Ottoman wars in Europe) 

1645 – Battle of Rowton Heath (First English Civil War) 

1762 – Battle of Manila begins (Anglo-Spanish War of 1761-1763) 

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

1846 – Battle of Monterrey ends (Mexican-American War) 

1864 – Confederates capture Athens, Alabama (US Civil War) 

1877 - Satsuma Rebellion ends (Japan); Battle of Shiroyama (Satsuma Rebellion) 

1907 – Battle of Tarafiyah (Saudi-Rashidi War) 

1914 – Siege of Przemysl begins (WWI) 

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

1940 – Bombing of Berlin ends (Air) (WWII) 

1943 – Soviets take Borispol (WWII) 

1946 – Linfen – Fushan Campaign ends (Chinese Civil War) 

1949 – Ningxia Campaign ends (Chinese Civil War) 

1952 – Battle at Outpost Kelly ends (Korean War) 

1968 – Operation CAMPAIGN GROVE ends (Vietnam War)