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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.
Ragnar Ulstein, Norwegian journalist and war historian (died 2019)
Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1530)
The first bloodshed of the American Civil War took place when Confederate sympathizers in Baltimore, Maryland, attacked members of the Massachusetts militia en route to Washington, D.C.
War of the Fifth Coalition: French general Louis-Nicolas Davout defeated an Austrian force in Lower Bavaria, allowing him to rejoin the main French army.
The American Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord in the British colony of Massachusetts.
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.
Lord Richard Cecil, British soldier and journalist in the Rhodesian Bush War
War of the Fifth Coalition: Commanded by Napoleon, Franco-German forces defeated a reinforced Austrian corps at the Battle of Abensberg.
Anglo-Spanish War: The English navy sank much of a Spanish treasure fleet at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife off the Canary Islands, but was unable to capture the treasure.
Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
War of the First Coalition: In the climax of the Montenotte Campaign, Napoleon Bonaparte decisively defeats the army of Piedmont at the Battle of Mondovi, leading to Piedmont's surrender a week later�
Odd Lindbäck-Larsen, Norwegian Army general and war historian (died 1975)
The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.