1211 results for “World War” (270 ms)
American Revolutionary War: British Army regulars defeated Patriot militias in the Battle of Ridgefield, galvanizing resistance in the Connecticut Colony.
Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Covenanter forces defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Carbisdale near the village of Culrain, Scotland.
Four Years' War: The combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeated a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.
Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
Nezahualcoyotl, Acolhuan philosopher, warrior, poet and ruler (died 1472)
Second Anglo-Mysore War: British troops surrendered the fortress of Bednore in southwestern India to French and Mysorean forces; many of the prisoners were later murdered.
Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese Army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnam-held Trường Sa Islands.
Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an attempt to cut off supplies to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army.
American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth begins as Union forces under General Henry Halleck move to engage Confederate forces led by General P. G. T. Beauregard.
Maryland in the American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.
Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1891)
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare (United Nations)
Vietnam War: North Vietnam concluded its East Sea Campaign by capturing all of the Spratly Islands held by South Vietnam.
Vietnam War: South Vietnamese forces began the Cambodian campaign, aiming to attack North Vietnamese jungle bases.