3810 results for “World War” (700 ms)
American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.
War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.
American Revolutionary War: A combined Franco-American assault on British defenses during the Siege of Savannah is repulsed with heavy casualties.
Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
Syrian civil war: Turkish forces began an offensive into north-eastern Syria following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region.
Late in the Napoleonic Wars, Empress Marie Louise (pictured) issued decrees conscripting tens of thousands of French teenagers, who became known as Marie-Louises.
Great Northern War: Russia defeated Sweden at the Battle of Lesnaya on the Russian–Polish border, in present-day Belarus.
Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.
Karl Genzken, German physician and convicted war criminal (born 1885)
Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
