1590 results for “World War” — type: events (474 ms)
American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars.
The French Army captures Veracruz in the Pastry War.
French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor: Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the First Jewish–Roman War.
The Cambodian Civil War ends and the Cambodian Genocide begins. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
American Revolutionary War: Colbert's Raid: A Spanish garrison under Captain Jacobo du Breuil defeat British irregulars at Arkansas Post.
The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War.
American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition. On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a First�
American Revolutionary War: Following the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Siege of Boston begins with American militias blocking land access to the British-held city.
For the first time in history, oil prices drop below zero, an effect of the 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war.
Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
U.S. President William McKinley signs a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.