1590 results for “World War” — type: events (408 ms)
The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.
Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks.
Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Abd el-Krim ends surrenders to the French, bringing an end to the Rif War.
Conclusion of the American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galvest�
Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo.
Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.
The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Eighty Years' War.
Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
Somaliland War of Independence: The Somali National Movement launches a major offensive against Somali government forces in Hargeisa and Burao, then the second- and third-largest cities of Somalia.
Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
American Civil War: The first Union infantry assault of the Siege of Port Hudson occurs.
Giuseppe Garibaldi begins the Siege of Palermo, part of the wars of Italian unification.
War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland.