2372 results for “World War” — type: events (239 ms)
The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.
American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Vietnam War: The United States Air Force uses B-52 bombers to attack guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the sec�
American Revolutionary War: The British Army abandons Philadelphia.
Tokhtamysh–Timur war: Battle of the Kondurcha River: Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde in present-day southeast Russia.
Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus and starts pillaging the suburbs of the Byzantine capital Constantinople.
War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
King Roger, an opera about Roger II of Sicily by Karol Szymanowski, is premiered at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw.
War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.
American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
The Treaty of Anagni, an attempt mediated by the papacy to end the War of the Sicilian Vespers, is signed by the crown of Aragon, the kingdom of France and kingdom of Naples.
First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
Boxer Rebellion: China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
Peninsular War: Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria.