2581 results for “World War” (528 ms)
Second Balkan War: The Serbian Army began the Siege of Vidin, which they abandoned six days later when an armistice between the Serbs and Bulgarians was signed.
French Revolutionary Wars: A squadron of British ships of the line defeated a larger squadron of Spanish and French vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar.
Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.
A cross-border raid by Hezbollah militants starts the 2006 Lebanon War.
Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
Warren Jabali, American basketball player (born 1946)
Croatian War of Independence: The Croatian Army concluded Operation Tiger, advancing 17 kilometres (11 miles) into the Dubrovnik hinterland.
English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Roundway Down near Devizes, Wiltshire.
Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company repelled a fleet of Spanish and Maltese galleys at the Battle of Pantelleria.
The 1913 Romanian Army cholera outbreak during the Second Balkan War starts.
American Civil War: The New York City draft riots begin three days of rioting which will later be regarded as the worst in United States history.
Nine Years' War: French naval forces led by Anne Hilarion de Tourville fresh from their victory at Beachy Head sail West and launch a raid on the small English town of Teignmouth leaving it devastated�
English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.
Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" resolution is approved, authorising Mahatma Gandhi to campaign for India's independence from Britain.
The Finnish War: the Battle of Lapua is fought.
Anglo-Spanish War: English and Dutch troops sack the Spanish city of Cádiz before leaving the next day.
Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (died 2013)