Sunday, September 7, 2014

Today in military history: September 7, 2014


871 – Battle of Basra begins (Zanj Rebellion) 
1101 – Battle of Ramla (Crusades) 
1191 - Battle of Arsuf (Third Crusade) 
1706 – Siege of Turin ends (War of the Spanish Succession)
 Pietro Micca at the Siege of Turin, 1706 by Tancredi Scarpelli 1929-1932

Battle of Turin, 1706
  
1757 – Battle of Moys (Seven Years’ War) 
1778 – Invasion of Dominica (partly Naval); Siege of Boonesborough begins (American Revolutionary War) 
1779 – Capture of Fort Bute (American Revolutionary War) 
1812 - Battle of Borodino (French invasion of Russia); Siege of Fort Madison ends (War of 1812) 
1855 - Battle of Malakoff (Crimean War) 
1863 - Second Battle of Fort Sumter begins (US Civil War) 
1901 – Boxer Rebellion ends (China) 
1914 – Siege of Maubeuge ends; First Battle of Masurian Lakes begins (WWI) 
1937 - Battle of Belchite ends; Battle of Santander ends (Spanish Civil War) 
1940 – Massive German air raid on London (WWII) (Air) 
1942 – Battle of Milne Bay ends (WWII) 
1943 – Allies take Bova Marina, Italy; Soviets take Baturin and Zvenkov (WWII) 
2007 – 2007 Lebanon conflict ends    

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