3810 results for “World War” (725 ms)
Sri Lankan Civil War: The Indian Peace Keeping Force began Operation Pawan to take control of Jaffna from the Tamil Tigers and enforce their disarmament as a part of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.
French Revolutionary Wars: The Royal Navy captured eleven Dutch Navy ships without any losses at the Battle of Camperdown.
American Revolutionary War: A British fleet defeated American ships at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, but gave American forces enough time to prepare their defenses for the Saratoga c�
The Treaty of Shaoxing was ratified, ending the Jin–Song wars, although sporadic fighting continued until 1234.
Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
Flemish and Luxembourgish peasants launch the rebellion against French rule known as the Peasants' War.
War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
Charlie Ward, American basketball player and coach
The Peasants' War began in Overmere, Southern Netherlands, with peasants taking up arms against the French occupiers.
War of 1812: Sir Isaac Brock's British and native forces repel an invasion of Canada by General Rensselaer's United States forces.
French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
War of 1812: After three days of fighting, the beached U.S. Revenue Cutter Service vessel Eagle was captured by the Royal Navy.
War of 1812: British troops and Mohawk warriors repelled an American invasion from across the Niagara River at the Battle of Queenston Heights near Queenston, Ontario.
Queen Anne's War: French and Wabanaki forces surrendered to end the Siege of Port Royal, giving the British permanent possession of Nova Scotia.
Goguryeo–Tang War: Led by Emperor Taizong, the Tang army was forced to abandon a siege of Ansi Fortress.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a war on drugs.
Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
After the Irish Civil War the 1923 Irish hunger strikes were undertaken by thousands of Irish republican prisoners protesting the continuation of their internment without trial.
American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon decisively defeats Prussia at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.