This day in military history..

June 17
1497 Battle of Depthford Bridge
1775 Battle of Bunker Hill
1861 Battle of Vienne, Va.
1862 Battle of St. Charles, Mo.: A shell explodes the boiler of Ironclad USS Mound City, killing 125, and wounding 25, of her 175 crewmembers. Single deadliest shot of the War.
1863 Ironclad CSS Atlanta captured by Monitors USS Weehawken and Nahant near Savannah. Battle of Aldie
1870 USS Mohican burns Mexican Pirate ship Forward.
1876 Battle of Rosebud
1877 Battle of White Bird Canyon
1900 Battle of Taku ends
1937 Spanish Republican Battleship Jaime I blows up at Cartagena
1940 Soviets invade Lithuania. Troopship HMS Lancastria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lancastria) bombed/sunk off St. Nazaire. Trawler HMS Murmansk runs aground and is abandoned, put in KM service as FB-06. Italian sub Andrea Provano damaged/captured by French Sloops La Curieuse and Commandant Bory, but sinks off Oran. French Aux. Minesweepers Inginieur Riebell and Roche Noire scuttled at Brest.
1942 Destroyer HMS Wild Swan Bombed/sunk in Bay of Biscay
1943 USN Sub Chaser SC-740 ran aground and sank on the Great Barrier Reef.
1944 RO-117 sunk by USN PB4Y east of Saipan
1945 Minelayer Eijo sunk by USS Spadefish off Hokkaido in the Sea of Japan
 
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June 18
1053 Battle of Civiate
1429 Battle of Patay
1757 Battle of Kolin
1778 British evacuate Philadelphia
1799 Naval Action of June 18th
1812 War of 1812 begins
1815 Battle of Waterloo
1940 French Sloop Vauquois damaged by mine off Brest & is scuttled.
French ships scuttled at Brest: Battleship Clemanceau, Destroyer Cyclone, Subs Pastuer Achille, Agosta, Ouessant, Sloops Etouadi, Vasquois, Patrol Ship Mouette, Aux. Minelayer Alexis de Tocqueville, Gunboat Etourdi, Tugs Athlete and Lutteur, Tanker Dordorgne.
Lorient: Sloop Enseigne Henry, Aux. Minesweeper Kergroise, Pluvose, Water ship Ondine II, Tug La Valette.
Cherbourg: Navy tug Goury and Aux. Minesweeper Marquitta.
KM Minesweeper M-5 sunk by mine off Fro Havet
1941 U-138 sunk by 5 R.N. ships west of Cadiz
1943 R.N. LCT 358 lost in the Med. R.N. LCT 395 damaged by mine and wrecked in the Med.
1944 USN PT-63 and 107 burned in a refueling accident in Hamburg Bay Emirau USN LCI(G)-468 torpedoed by aircraft east of Guam and scuttled. U-767 sunk by 3 R.N. ships in the English Channel.
1945 US Minesweeper YMS-50 damaged by mine off Balikpapan and scuttled by USS Denver.
1981 1st flight F-117
 
June 20
451 Battle of Chalons
1756 British troops imprisoned in the "Black Hole of Calcutta".
1813 naval battle in Hampton Roads.
1863 Battle of La Forche, La
1864 Siege of Petersburg begins
1898 US occupies Guam
1900 Siege of the Peking Legation Quarter begins
1940 Italy invades France. Dutch sub O XIII probably sunk in a collision with Polish sub Wilk. Italian sub Diamante sunk by sub HMS Pathian off Tobruk. Captured Dutch Coast Defence Vessel Vliereede bombed/sunk by RAF Hudson at Den Helder, raised, rebuilt as KM Anti-Aircraft Battery ship Ariadne.
1941 Trawler HMS Resmilo bombed/sunk off Peterhead. Sub USS O-9 sank in a diving accident off Portsmouth, N.H.
1942 R.N. Harbor Defence Motor Launches HDML 1039 and 1069 captured at Tobruk, LCT 119 and 150 lost off Tobruk
1943 U-388 sunk by USN PBY south-east of Cape Farewell.
1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea ends: Carrier Hiyo bombed/torpedoed/sunk. KM Torpedo Boat T-31 sunk off Finland. USN LCT-208 ran aground and sank off Algeria
 
June 21
217 B.C. Battle of Trasimene
1529 Battle of Landriano
1798 Battle of Vinegar Hill
1813 Battle of Victoria
1824 Egyptians capture Psara
1826 Battle of Mani
1854 1st Victoria Cross awarded
1864 Battle of Jerusalem Plank Rd begins
1898 USS Charleston captures Guam
1919 High Seas Fleet scuttled at Scapa Flow
1936 1st flight Handley Page Hampden.
1940 Q Ship HMS Cape Howe sunk south of Ireland. French Aux Patrol Ship Mercedita mined/beached/scuttled off Le Verdon. KM E Boats S-21 and S-32 sunk by mines, S-21 raised, repaired, returned to service. Trawler HMS Charde sank at Portsmouth.
1941 Free French capture Damascus
1942 R.N. sub P 514 rammed and sunk by Minesweeper HMCS Georgian off Newfoundland. Whaler HMSAS Parktown sunk by Italian MAS boats off Tobruk. Italian Destroyer Strale damaged by Swordfish and beached at Ras el Amar, wreck destroyed by HMS Turbulent 8 August
1944 USCG Patrol Boats CG 83415 and 83477 wrecked in a storm off Normandy. Damaged and out of service Cruiser Bolzano sunk by British and Italian frogmen at La Spezia
1945 Battle of Okinawa ends. US LCT-59 sunk by Kamakazes off Okinawa. High Speed Transport USS Barry crashed by Kamakaze, sinks next day. Trawler HMS Hildasay wrecked near Kilindili, Kenya.
 
June 22
217 B.C. Battle of Raphia
168 B.C. Battle of Pydna
1593 Battle of Sisak
1622 Battle of Macau begins
1807 Chesapeake Affair
1893 HMS Camperdown rams/sinks HMS Victoria
1940 France signs armistice with Germany. Armed Yacht HMS Campeador V sunk by mine off Bembridge, Isle of Wight. French Destroyer Bastiase sunk by mine off Hartlepool. Destroyer Le Fier sunk by mine in Bay of Biscay, Destroyer L'Entreprenant scuttled in the Geronde Estuary
1941 Operation Barbarossa begins. Germany, Italy and Romania declare War on the USSR. Trawler HMS Beech bombed/sunk at Scrabaster. Soviet Patrol Boat MO-238 sunk by E Boat S-44 off Hanko.
1943 US invades Woodlark Island, the Trobriands. USN LST-333 damaged by U-593 off Algeria and beached, sank on July 6 during attempted refloat. USN Sub Chaser SC751 ran aground and sank off Cape Range, Australia. I-7 damaged by Destroyer USS Monaghan, ran aground and sank off Kiska.
1944 Operation Bagration begins. I-185 sunk by Destroyers USS Chandler and Newcomb
2012 Syria shoots down Turkish F-4
 
June 23
1180 Battle of Uji
1280 Battle of Moclin
1314 Battle of Bannockburn begins
1757 Battle of Plassey
1758 Battle of Krefeld
1760 Battle of Landslaut
1780 Battle of Springfield, N.J.
1812 HMS Belvidera engages & then escapes from Frigates USS President, Congress & United States
1864 battle of Jerusalem Plank Road ends ends
1865 CS Gen. Stand Watie surrenders the last CS Army in the field
1913 Battle of Dorian ends
1919 Battle of Cesis
1940 French sub Emeraude scuttled @ Toulouse. Destroyer HMS Khartoum sevearly damaged by a her own torpedo equipment, beached but sinks next day off South Yemen. HMIS Pathan sunk by explosion of own depth charged off Bombay. Italian sub Torricelli sunk in Red Sea by R.N. ships
1941 Soviet Destroyer Bystry sunk by bombing @ Sevastopol, Destroyer Gnevnyi sunk by mine off Hiiumaa, Estonia, Sub M-78 sunk off Latvia by U-144, and Sub S-3 by E Boats S-35 & S-60 off Germany. Trawler Nogi bombed/sunk off Cromer. KM Supply/POW ship Alsteror scuttled in the Atlantic when intercepted, 200 Allied POWs rescued
1942 Italian Navy cargo ship L-18 sunk off Libya by HMS Thrasher
1943 US Navy cargo ships USS Aludra & Deimos sunk by Ro-103 off San Cristobal Island. Sub Tender Sagara Maru damaged by Sub USS Harder off Honshu and beached
1944 E Boat S-190 sunk.
 
June 24
637 Battle of Moira. naval Battle of the Mull of Kintyre
972 Battle of Cedynia
1128 Battle of Sao Mamede
1230 Siege of Jaen begins
1314 Battle of Bannockburn ends
1340 naval Battle of Sluys
1622 Battle of Macao ends
1779 Great Siege of Gibraltar begins, ends 7 Feb., 1783
1812 Napoleon invades Russia
1813 Battle of Beaver Dams
1821 Battle of Carabobo
1859 Battle of Solferino
1862 1st Siege of Vicksburg begins
1864 Battle of Clarendon,Ark: Tinclad Gunboat USS Queen City captured
1866 Battle of Custoza
1940 Italian sub Galvani sunk by Sloop HMS Falmouth
1941 Soviet subs M-71, M-80, S-1, Ronis, and Spidala scuttled at Liepaja. Minesweeper T-208 sunk at Glotava Bank.Sloop
1942 HMS Auckland sunk by aircraft in the Kola Inlet
1943 U-119 sunk by Sloop HMS Starling in Bay of Biscay. U-194 sunk by USN PBY s.w. of Iceland. U-200 sunk by RAF B-24 s.w. of Iceland. U-449 sunk by 4 R.N. Sloops n.w. of Cape Ortigal
1944 I-52 sunk in the Atlantic by US aircraft and ships. U-971 sunk by Destroyers HMS Eskimo, HMCS Haida and a Czech B-24 in the English Channel. U-1225 sunk by RCAF PBY that was also shot down west of Norway. Trawler HMS Lord Austin, Minesweeper MMS 8, and Destroyer HMS Swift sunk by mines off Normandy. USN PT-193 ran aground and was burned off Noemfoor, New Guinea.
1948 Berlin Airlift begins
1954 Battle of An Khe begins
 
June 25
524 Battle of Vezeronce
841 battle of Fontenoy
1658 Battle of Rio Nuevo
1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn begins
1940 Destroyer HMCS Fraser rammed/sunk by Cruiser HMS Calcutta in the Geronde Estuary. French Aux. Patrol ship St. Marguerite scuttled at Le Verdan. KM Flackship V-1107 sunk by HMS Snapper off Norway
1941 Vichy French sub Souffleur sunk by sub HMS Pathian off Beirut
1942 Destroyer Yamakaze sunk with all hands by USS Nautilus off Yokosuka
1944 1st flight Ryan FR Fireball Fighter. Battle of Tali-Ihantala begins. U-269 sunk by Frigate HMS Bickerton south east of Torquay. Frigate HMS Goodson damaged by U-984, scrapped
1945 R.N. Minesweeper MMS-168 sunk by mine off Genoa
1950 Korean Conflict begins
1996 Khobar Tower bombing
 
June 26
363 Battle of Samarra
1723 Russia captures Baku
1740 Battle of Ft. Mose
1862 Battle of Mechanicsville
1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn ends
1918 Battle of Belleau Wood ends
1936 1st flight FW-61 helicopter
1941 Destroyer Moskva sunk by mine off Constanta. Soviet Sub M-3 scuttled at Libau. Soviet Sub M-101 sunk in the Baltic. Trawler HMS Tranio bombed/sunk off Happisburgh
1942 1st flight F6F Hellcat. US Army cargo ship Matagorda burns out at Sydney. Soviet Sub A-1 scuttled at Sevastopol. Soviet Sub S-32 sunk off Sevastopol. Destroyer Bezuprechny bombed/sunk south of The Crimea. R.N. MGB 644 damaged by mine west of Sicily, scuttled.
1944 Battle of Osuchy ends. U-317 sunk by RAF B-24 north-east of the Shetland Islands. U-719 sunk by Destroyer HMS Bulldog off Scotland. frigate HMS Goodson damaged by U-984, not repaired. R.N. MTB 734 sunk by Allied ships and planes off Normandy. Damaged Cruiser Gorizia further damaged by manned torpedoes at La Spezia, scrapped post War.
1945 US Minesweeper YMS -39 sunk by mine, and YMS-365 damaged by a mine and scuttled, off Balikpapan
 
June 27
1709 Battle of Poltava
1743 Battle of Dettingen: Last battle where English troops were led in battle by reining Monarch
1759 Siege of Quebec begins
1806 British capture Buenos Aires
1862 Seven Days Battles: Battle of Gaines Mill. Farragut's Squadron run the batteries & pass Vicksburg
1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
1865 CSS Shenandoah captures 11 US Whalers
1905 Potemkin Mutiny begins
1923 US Army DH-4 aircraft perform 1st aereal refueling
1940 Italian sub Console Generale Luizzi damaged by R.N. ships & then scuttled south of Crete. Sub HMS Orpheus sunk by Italian Destroyer Turbine in the Med.
1941 Trawler HMS Force bombed/sunk off Great Yarmouth. Italian sub Glauco sunk by HMS Wishart west of Gibraltar, & Scalpa sunk by HMS Triumph off Mersa Matra. Soviet sub M-99 sunk by U-149 in the Baltic, Sub S-10 sunk by E Boats S-59 & S-60 in the Irben Strait. E Boats S-43 & S-106 sunk by mines north of Hiiumaa, Finland. U-556 sunk by HMS Gladiolus off Iceland
1944 Corvette HMS Pink damaged by U-988 in the English Channel, not repaired and scrapped post War. R.N. MTB 640 sunk by mine off Vada, Italy
1945 Sub Chaser CH-2 sunk by sub USS Blueback in the Bali Sea off Lombok
1976 PFLP hijacks Air France flight 139 forcing it to fly to Entebbe, Uganda
 
June 28
1098 2nd Siege of Antioch ends
1651 Battle of Berestechko
1745 Siege of the Louisbourg Fortress ends
1776 Battle of Ft. Sullivan
1778 Battle of Monmouth Courthouse
1814 USS Wasp captures HMS Reindeer
1863 Battle of Donaldsonville, Ms.
1914 Franz Ferdinand assasinated
1922 Irish Civil War starts
1940 Italian Sub Argonauta sunk by 5 R.N. ships north of Cape Ras el Hilal, Libya, and Destroyer Espero sunk by 5 Cruisers north of Libya.
1941 Soviet Destroyer Lenin scuttled at Liepaja
1942 German Case Blue Offensive begins
1943 Italian Cruiser Bari bombed at Livoro, sinking on the 30th
1944 LSI(H) HMS Maid of Orleans sunk by mine south-east of the Isle of Wight. Frigate CD-24 sunk by USS Archerfish off Iwo Jima. R.N. MGB 326 sunk by mine off Normandy.
1950 N. Korea captures Seoul
 
June 29
1149 Battle of Inab
1444 Battle of Torvioll
1644 Battle of Cropredy Bridge
1659 Battle of Konotop
1776 Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
1807 Battle of Lemnos
1862 Battle of Savage's Station
1940 Italian sub Uebi Scebeli sunk by Destroyers HMS Dainty and Ilex south-west of Crete, and Sub Rubino sunk by RAF Sunderland in the Ionian Sea. Norwegian MTB No. 6 sank in a storm off Beachy Head. Q Ship HMS Edgehill sunk by U-51 south-west of Ireland
1941 U-651 sunk by 5 R.N. ships south of Iceland. Destroyer HMAS Waterhen bombed off Sidi Barani, sank next day.
1943 Minesweeper USS Redwing sunk by mine off Bizerte. USCG Patrol Boat CG 83421 sunk in a collision with a sister Patrol Boat.
1944 Minelayer Tsugaru sunk by USS Darter off Biak. Minesweeper USS Valor sunk in a collision with Destroyer Escort USS Richard Suessans in Buzzard's Bay, Mass.. U-988 sunk by 4 R.N. ships and an RAF B-24 west of Guernsey.
2002 2nd naval Battle of Yeonpyeong
 
June 30
1422 Battle of Arbedo
1520 Battle of Tenochtitlan
1521 Battle of Noain
1651 Battle of Berestechko ends
1758 Battle of Domstadt
1794 Battle of Ft. Recovery begins
1815 USS Peacock captures HMS Nautilus, last action of the War of 1812
1862 Battle of Frazier's Farm
1917 Greece declares War on the Central Powers
1941 Gunboat HMS Cricket bombed off of Egypt, used for parts. Soviet Patrol Boat MO-143 sunk by mine in the Baltic
1942 Minesweeper USS Hornbill sunk in a collision with lumber schooner Esther Johnson in San Francisco Bay. US Patrol Boat YP-128 runs aground and sinks off Monterey, Ca., and YP-270 off Baja California. Submarine Depot Ship HMS Medway sunk by U-372 off Port Said. U-158 sunk by USN PBM Mariner west of Bermuda
1943 US invades Rendova. Seaplane Tender USS Hulbert grounds on Attu during a storm, refloated, repaired, returned to service. Attack Transport USS McCawley torpedoed by Japanese aircraft, then sunk by USN PT Boats off Rendova
1944 Battle of Cherbourg ends. KM Torpedo Boat Kondor bombed/wrecked in dry dock at Le Havre. U-478 sunk by RCAF PBY and an RAF B-24 north-east of the Faroe Islands. Soviet MTBs TK-43, 63, 161 sunk by KM Minesweepers in the Baltic. Damaged and abandoned Italian MTB MAS-562 captured by PT-306 off Elba
 
July 1
1097 Battle of Dorylaeum
1431 Battle of La Higueruela
1690 Battle of the Boyne
1782 Lunenburg Raid
1862 Battle of Malvern Hill
1863 Battle of Gettysburg begins
1898 Battle of San Juan Hill
1914 Royal Navy Air Service Est.
1916 Battle of the Somme begins
1940 U-26 damaged by RAF Sunderland and Corvette HMS Gladiolus, scuttled south-west of Ireland. U-102 sunk by Destroyer HMS Vansittart south-west of Ireland.
1941 Flying Tigers formed. Norwegian MTB No. 5 sunk off Dover by an explosion. KM Naval Whaler Adjutant scuttled after engine failure off Chatom Islands, New Zealand by KM Raider Komet. Trawler HMS Devon County sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary. Armed Boarding Vessel HMS Malvernian bombed/abandond, sunk on July 19th by a R.N. ship. Soviet Destroyer Bystry mined/beached at Sevastopol, Sub M-81 and minesweeper Imanta sunk by mines off Estonia.
1942 1st Battle of El Alamein
1944 R.N. Motor Launches ML 265 and 287 burned at Freetown. HMCS MTB 460 sunk by mine off Normandy
1945 Battle of Balikpapan begins. Frigate CD-75 sunk by sub USS Haddo west of Changshan, Korea
1947 Philippine Air Force Est.
1991 Warsaw Pact dissolved.
 
July 2
1298 Battle of Gollheim
1582 Battle of Yamazuki
1644 Battle of Marston Moor
1747 Battle of Lauffeld
1823 Siege of Salvador ends.
1853 Crimean War starts
1918 Transport USS Covington sinks after being damaged by U-86 the day before.
1940 KM E Boat S-23 sunk by mine off Foreland
1942 Soviet Destroyers Taskent and Bditelnyi bombed/sunk at Novorossiyk
1943 US troops invade New Georgia. PT-153 and 158 run aground and are abandoned off Munda Point, New Georgia
1944 US troops invade Noemfoor Island. U-543 sunk by an Avenger from USS Wake Island. KM Minesweeper R-180 sunk off Fe Camp. USN Minesweeper YMS-350 sunk by mine off Utah Beach. R.N. Minesweeper MMS 1019 sunk by mine off Normandy.
1950 naval Battle of Chumonchin Chun
 
July 3
324 Battle of Adrianople
1754 Battle of Ft. Necessity
1778 Battle of Wyoming
1863 Battle of Gettysburg ends
1866 Battle of Koniggratz
1889 Denmark adopts the Krag-Jorgensen.
1898 naval Battle of Santiago
1940 Long Range Desert Group formed. Royal Navy siezes 2 French Battleships, 9 Destroyers and other warships, and Destroyer Mistral scuttled, at Plymouth and Portsmouth. Battleships Bretagne sunk, Dunkerque and Provence damaged/beached and Destroyer Mogador sunk at Mers el Kebir, Dunkerque, Provence and Mogador raised, repaired, returned to service.
1941 Trawlers HMS Receptive and Rosme sunk by mines in the North Sea.
1942 U-153 sunk by Destroyer USS Landsdowne off Colon, Panama. U-215 sunk by Trawler HMS Le Tiger east of Boston
1943 U-126 sunk by RAF Wellington and U-628 sunk by RAF B-24, both north west of Cape Ortegal. R.N. LST 429 burns/sinks off Zuwarah, Libya
1944 U-154 sunk by Destroyers USS Inch & Frost north west of Madiera
 
July 4
362 B.C. Battle of Mantinea
1187 Battle of Hattin
1253 Battle of West-Capelle
1359 Papal forces capture Forli
1456 Siege of Beldrade begins
1610 Battle of Klushino
1771 Stars and Stripes flag 1st flown on USS Ranger
1802 US Military Academy(West Point) opens
1810 French occupy Amsterdam
1842 1st test of electronically triggered torpedo(mine) sinks target Gunboat USS Boxer
1863 Siege of Vicksburg ends. Battle of Helena, Ark
1879 British capture/destroy Ulundi
1903 US-Philippine War ends
1918 Battle of Hamel
1940 French Sloop Rigault de Genouilly sunk by sub HMS Pandora off Algeria. Anti-Aircraft ship HMS Foylebank bombed at Portland, sinks next day
1941 Trawler HMS Akranes bombed/sunk off Bridlington. French Auxiliary St. Didier sunk by Swordfish off Turkey
1942 Destroyer Nenohi sunk by sub USS Triton off Attu
1943 Battle of Kursk begins
1944 KM Minesweeper M-469 sunk off Vlieland. US Sub S-28 lost in training off Pearl Harbor. Minelayer Surushima, Minesweeper W-25, Aux. Minesweeper Toshi Maru No. 5, Sub Chaser CH-16, Landing ship No. 103 bombed/sunk off Chichi Jima, Landing Ship No. 130 bombed/sunk off Iwo Jima, Aux. Netlayer Taiko Maru bombed/sunk off Onagawa Retto, all by USN aircraft. Sub I-10 sunk by Destroyer USS David W. Taylor and Destroyer Escort USS Riddle off Saipan.
1945 Brazilian Cruiser Bahia sinks herself during gunnery drills when shells detonate her depth charges.
1976 Entebbe Raid
 
July 5
1316 Battle of Manolada
1594 Portugal invades the Kingdom of Kandy on Ceylon
1770 naval Battle of Chesma begins
1809 Battle of Wagram begins
1814 Battle of Chippawa
1833 3rd Battle of Cape Finisterre
1861 Battle of Carthage, Mo
1940 Romania joins the Axis. HMS Shark bombed/damaged/surrendered, sank under tow by KM Minesweepers the next day off Egersund. Destroyer HMS Whirlwind damaged by U-34, scuttled. Italian Destroyer Zeffiro sunk by Swordfish at Tobruk.
1941 Italian sub Michele Bianchi sunk by sub HMS Tigris in Bay of Biscay, and sub Jantina sunk by sub HMS Torbay south of Melos. Aux. Minesweeper HMS Snaefell bombed/sunk in North Sea off Sunderland. Soviet Patrol Boat MO-209 sunk by mine off Gogland
1942 Fleet Auxilery Oiler Aldersdale damaged by JU-88s and abandoned, sunk by U-457 on the 7th. Minesweeper HMS Niger sunk by mine off the north west coast of Iceland. Trawler HMS Sword Dance sunk in a collision in the Murey Firth. Destroyer Arare sunk by sub USS Growler in Kiska Harbor.
1943 Destroyer USS Strong torpedoed by IJN Destroyers, then shelled/sunk by shore batteries off New Georgia. U-535 sunk by RAF B-24 north east of Cape Finisterre. Minesweeper R-111 bombed/sunk by British aircraft off Vlieland. Soviet sub M-106 rammed/sunk by KM Sub Chaser UJ-1217.
1944 R.N. MTB 666 sunk by KM surface ships off Ijmuiden. Trawler HMS Ganilly sunk in the English Channel by U-390, in turn sunk by Destroyer HMS Wanderer and Frigate HMS Tavy. U-273 rammed/sunk by Destroyer Escort USS Thomas. U-586 and U-642 bombed/sunk at Toulon. Destroyer Usugumo sunk by USS Skate south west of Paramushiro.
1950 Battle of Osan
 
July 6
371 B.C. Battle of Leuctra
640 Battle of Heliopolis
1044 Battle of Menfo
1495 Battle of Fornovo
1614 Zejtun Raid
1685 Battle of Sedgemoor
1770 Battle of Chesme begins
1777 Siege of Ft. Ticonderoga ends
1779 naval Battle of Grenada
1801 1st naval Battle of Algecirus
1809 Battle of Wagram ends
1836 Battle of Sikkak
1917 Battle of Aqaba
1937 Battle of Brunete begins. Marco Polo Bridge Incident begins.
1940 KM Sub Chaser UJ-D sunk by mine off Norway. French Patrol Ship Terre Neuve torpedoed and sunk by her depth charges detonating, also sinks the newly torpedoed Battleship Dunkerque. Minesweeper Estrel V is also torpedoed and sunk, all at Mers-el-Kebir
1941 1st Battle of Smolensk begins. Italian Gunboat De Lutti sunk by HMS Triumph off Benghazi. Soviet sub ShCh-206 sunk by mine, and Minesweeper T-216 sunk off Estonia.
1942 U-502 sunk in Bay of Biscay by RAF Wellington. Destroyer Tender Shunsho Maru sunk by USS Thresher
1943 KM E-Boat S-59 bombed/sunk. Battle of Kula Gulf: Cruiser USS Helena torpedoed/sunk, Destroyer Nagatsuki shelled/beached, bombed/sunk next day. Destroyer Niisuki shelled/sunk.
1944 Desytoyer Hokaze sunk by sub USS Paddle in the Celebes Sea. Frigate HMS Trollope damaged by an E Boat, not repaired. Minesweepers HMS Cato and Magic sunk by KM Neger manned torpedo devices off Normandy. KM Minesweeper R-224 sunk by sabotage at Le Havre.
1945 Norway declares War on Japan
1947 initial production of AK-47 begins
1967 Nigerian Civil War begins
 
July 7
1520 Battle of Otumba
1543 France invades Luxenburg
1575 Raid of the Redeswire
1770 Battle of Larga. naval Battle of Chesma ends
1777 Battle of Hubbardton
1798 US-French "Quasi-War" begins. USS Delaware captures French Privateer La Croyable.
1915 1st Battle of Isonzo ends
1937 Marco Polo Bridge Incident begins
1941 US troops replace British troops occupying Iceland. Free French-British occupy Beirut. Trawler HMS Lord St. Vincent sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary. Soviet Minesweeper Petrozavodsk sunk off Kronstadt
1942 U-701 bombed/sunk by US Army A-29 off Cape Hatteras
1943 U-951 sunk by USN PB4Y north east of Cape St. Vincent
1944 Destroyer Tamanami sunk with all hands by sub USS Mingo south west of Manila Bay. U-678 sunk by 2 RCN Destroyers and an R.N. Corvette south west of Brighton. HMCS MTB 463 sunk by mine off Normandy. Fighter Director Tender HMS FDT 216 torpedoed/sunk by German aircraft off Cherbourg.
1945 1st flight Mitsubishi J8M/Ki-200 (Me-163 copy)
1946 1st flight Hughes XF-11 Recon plane, plane crashes.
1991 10 Day War ends
 
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