3811 results for “World War” (800 ms)
Ottoman wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade: John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire.
Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in the Old Zürich War.
Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk.
American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta.
Gia Long conquered Hanoi and unified modern-day Vietnam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
Williamite forces defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.
First War of Scottish Independence: English forces led by Edward I defeated William Wallace's Scottish troops at the Battle of Falkirk.
Arab–Byzantine wars: The forces of the Abbasid Caliphate defeated Byzantine troops led by Emperor Theophilos at the Battle of Anzen, near present-day Dazman, Turkey.
The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
American Civil War: Henry Halleck becomes general-in-chief of the Union Army.
Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
Raphael Warnock, American politician and minister
Robin Warren, Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1937)
Johnny Wardle, English cricketer and manager (born 1923)
Warner of Grez, French nobleman, relative of Godfrey of Bouillon
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girkê Legê.
The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to Congress following the American Civil War.
American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.