This day in military history..

Sept 30
489 Battle of Verona
737 Battle of the baggage
1744 Battle of Madonna del l'Olmo
1813 Battle of Barbula
1864 Battle of Chaffin's Farm ends. Battle of Peeble's Farm begins
1918 Bulgaria surrenders
1939 Polish Guard Ship Komendant Pilsudski sunk. Raised, repaired & entered KM service as M-3109 Heisternest
1940 Trawler HMS Comet sunk by mine off Falmouth. Italian sub Gondar sunk by Destroyer HMAS Stuart and RAF Sunderland off Alexandria
1941 Italian sub Adua sunk by destroyers HMS Gurkha & Legion in the Med. Soviet Armored Cruiser Aurora bombed/sunk in Oranienbaum Harbor. raised & repaired post War. Trawlers HMS Eileen Duncan & Star of Deveron bombed/sunk in the Tyne
1942 R.N. MGB 18 sunk by KM ships off Terschelling
1943 USCG patrol ship Wilcox foundered off Cape Hatteras. R.N. LCT 2231 lost aboard R.N. LST 79 when she was torpedoed and sunk by German aircraft off Corsica. PT-68 ran aground and was scuttled off New Guinea
1944 KM supply ship Herman Von Salza scuttled at St. Nazaire. Raised, repaired & put in French service post war. U-1062 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS Fessenda south west of the Cape Verde Islands
1949 Berlin Airlift ends
1954 Sub USS Nautilus Commissioned, world's 1st nuclear power ship.
1975 1st flight Hughes Helicopter AH-64 Apache
 
Oct 1
331 B.C. Battle of Gaugamela
1787 Battle of Kinburn
1800 French Diana captured by USS Experiment
1814 Battle of Rancaqua begins
1827 Russia captures yerevan
1918 Arabs/Australians capture Damascus
1939 KM Minesweeper M-85 sunk by mine off Jastarnia, Poland
1941 KM Sub Chaser UJ-117 sunk by mine off Hanko, Finland
1942 1st flight P-59. Soviet sub M-118 sunk by Romanian Sub Chasers off Cape Burnas
1943 Allies capture Naples. R.N. LCT 553 lost in the Med. US LST-203 heavily damaged off Nanumea, Ellice Islands and not repaired. Soviet Minesweeper T-896 sunk by U-960 in the Kara Sea. Italian Destroyer Euro sunk by German aircraft off Leros.
1944 Minelayer Ajiro sunk by USS Snapper off the Bonins. R.N. MTBs 347 and 360 sunk by KM surface ships off Ijmuiden. US Minesweeper YMS-385 sunk by mine off Ulithi
1947 1st flight F-86
1991 Siege of Dubrovnik begins, ends 31 May, '92
 
Oct 2
1187 Siege of Jerusalem ends
1263 Battle of Largs
1552 Russia captures Kazan
1814 Battle of Rancagua ends
1835 Battle of Gonzales
1864 1st Battle of Saltville
1939 Polish Minesweepers Czajk, Mewa, Rybitwa and Zuraw scuttled at Hel, raised, repaired, put in KM service.
1940 Italian sub Berillo damaged by Destroyers HMS Hasty and Havoc, scuttled off Sidi Barrani
1941 I-61 sunk in a collision with Aux. Gunboat Kiso Maru in the Tsushima Strait
1942 Battle of Moscow begins. Trawler HMS Stonehaven sunk by E Boat S-112 off Eddystone Lighthouse. Cruiser HMS Curacao cut in half and sunk by RMS Queen Mary north west of Ireland. U-512 sunk by a B-18 off French Guiana
1943 US LCT-496 sunk in the English Channel. R.N. LCT 618 lost in the Med.
 
Oct 4
23 Rebels capture the Chinese Capital of Changan
1363 naval Battle of Lake Poyang ends
1636 Battle of Wittstock
1693 Battle of Margaglia
1777 Battle of Germantown
1853 Crimean War begins
1862 Battle of Corinth, Miss.
1917 Battle of Broodseinde
1918 Morgan Depot munitions disaster
1940 Sub HMS Rainbow rammed/sunk by Italian S.S. Antonietta Costa off Bari
1941 Whaler HMS Whippet bombed/sunk off Bardia. U-111 sunk by Trawler HMS Lady Shirley south of Tenerife
1943 U-279 bombed/sunk by USN PV-1 south west of Ireland. U-389 sunk by an RAF B-24 south west of Ireland. U-422 and U-460 sunk by aircraft from USS Card north of The Azores
1944 U-92, 437, and 993 bombed at Bergen, 993 sunk & 92, 437 scrapped. Frigate HMCS Chebogue damaged by U-1227, not repaired. IJN Landing Ship T-134 wrecked at Iwo Jima. US LCT-579 sunk by mine at Palau
 
Oct 5
1813 Battle of the Thames
1862 Battle of the Big Hatchee River
1864 Battle of Alatoona Pass
1915 Bulgaria joins the Central Powers
1940 Trawler HMS Kingston Sapphire sunk by Italian sub Nani south of Cadiz
1942 U-582 sunk by USN PBY, and U-619 sunk by RAF Hudson, both south west of Iceland
1943 U-336 sunk by RAF Hudson in the Denmark Strait. Italian Minelayer Legano bombed/sunk by German aircraft off Leros. US LST-448 sank from bomb damage inflicted off Vella Lavella on the 1st
1944 Minesweeper HMS BYMS 2255 sunk by mine off Boulogne. Harbor Defence Motor Launch HMS HDML 1227 sunk by KM surface ships off Piraeus. KM Minelayer Pommern sunk by mine off Toulon. Germans scuttled unfinished Italian Aircraft Carrier Sparviero at Genoa. Finnish Minesweeper SM 3 sunk by mine off Suursaari
 
Oct 6
105 B.C. Battle of Arausio
69 B.C. Battle of Tigranocerta
1762 Battle of Manila ends
1777 Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery
1940 Italian sub Gemma sunk by Italian sub Tricheo south east of Crete. Minesweeper HMS Poulmic sunk by mine off Penlee Point
1942 3rd Battle of the Matanikau begins. R.N. MGB 76 sunk by, and R.N. MTB 295 sunk in a collision with, E Boats in the North Sea. I-22 sunk by a PBY in the Coral Sea
1943 naval Battle of Vella Lavella: Destroyers USS Chevalier and Yugumo sunk. Soviet Destroyers Besposhchadny, Kharkov and Sposobny bombed/sunk by JU-87 Stukas south of the Crimea
1944 U-168 sunk by Dutch sub Zwaardish in the Java Sea. Frigate CD-21 sunk by USS Seahorse in the S. China Sea.
1973 Yom Kippur War begins
1977 1st flight Mig-29
 
Oct 7
1513 Battle of La Motta
1571 naval Battle of Lepanto
1777 2nd Battle of Saratoga
1780 Battle of Kings Mountain
1800 HMS Kent captured by French Privateer La Confiance
1864 CSS Florida is illegally seized by USS Wachusett in the Port of Bahia, Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality and International Law.
1939 KM Flackship V-804 sunk by mine off Holland
1942 Rescue Tug HMS Caroline Moller sunk by E Boat S-80, and ML 339 sunk by S-62, off Cromer.
1943 US LCT-215 and 216 lost in heavy seas off the North African coast. R.N. LCT 621 lost in the Med. US sub S-44 sunk by Frigate Ishigaki off the Kuriles. IJN Salvage Tug Ojima sunk by explosion of SS Kikukawa Maru at Truk.
1944 Indian Navy Harbor Defence Motor Launch HMIS HDML 1119 sunk by Allied aircraft off Burma. KM Torpedo Boat TA 37 sunk by Destroyers HMS Termagant and Tuscan
1985 Achille Lauro hijacking begins
2001 US invades Afghanistan
 
Oct 8
314 Battle of Cibalae
1480 Battle of Ugra
1573 Siege of Alkmaar ends
1821 Peruvian Navy est.
1862 Battle of Perryville
1879 naval Battle of Angamos
1932 Indian Air Force est.
1939 U-12 sunk by mine off Dover
1940 Barrage balloon ship HMS Borealis bombed/sunk south of the Isle of Wight
1941 Germans capture Mariupol
1942 U-179 sunk by Destroyer HMS Active s.w. of Cape Town. KM R Boats R 77, 78, 82 & 86 sunk in North Sea
1943 Polish Destroyer Orkan sunk by U-378 in Barents Sea off Greenland. U-643 & 419 sunk by RAF B-24s, & U-610 sunk by RCAF Catalina, in N. Atlantic
1944 Battle of Crucifix Hill. Troopship Dainichi Maru sunk by sub USS Gurnard in South China Sea with 2,089 casualties. minesweeper HMS BYMS 2030 sunk by mine in Seine Bay.
1967 Che Guevara captured
 
Oct 9
1238 Aragon captures Valencia
1264 Castile captures Jerez
1594 Battle of Danture ends
1708 Battle of Lesnaya
1799 HMS Lutine wrecked/sunk off Terschelling
1812 HMS Caledonia and Detroit captured by a cutting out party, HMS Detroit destroyed in the bombardment between US and British batteries
1854 Siege of Sevastopol begins.
1861 Battle of Santa Rosa Island, Fla.
1864 Battle of Tom's Brook
1914 Germans capture Antwerp
1938 Spanish Republican sub C 1 bombed/sunk by Nationalist aircraft at Barcelona.
1940 Trawler HMS Sea King sunk by mine in the Humber Estuary
1942 3rd Battle of the Matanikau ends. U-171 sunk by mine off Lorient. Sperrbrecher 143 sunk by mine off Neuport
1943 Destroyer USS Buck sunk by U-616 off Salerno. Destroyer HMS Panther bombed/sunk by JU-87 Stukas in the Scarpanto Strait. KM Sub Chaser UJ-1210 bombed/sunk of Gdynia. Italian MTB MS-26 wrecked off Leros
1944 KM sub chaser UJ-1711 bombed/sunk off Norway. US LCT-459 lost by grounding off west coast of France
 
Oct 10
680 Battle of Karbala
1471 Battle of Brunkeberg
1575 Battle of Dormans
1845 US Naval Academy Est.
1940 Patrol Ship HMS Girl Mary sunk by mine in the Firth of Forth
1941 R.N. LCT 102 lost as cargo on SS Nailsea Manor when she is sunk by U-126 off Mauritania. R.N. LCT 103 lost in Home Waters. Romanian Minelayer Regele Carol I sunk by mine off Varna
1942 Soviet Patrol Boat MO-175 sunk by German barges in Lake Ladoga. Protected Cruiser Komintern, sunk in July, is repositioned as a breakweater in Chopi River
1944 U-2331 sank in diving accident off Hel. R.N. MGB 663 sunk by mine off Rimini, France. Minelayer Takashima bombed/sunk north north west of Okinawa and Submarine Tender Jingei, 6 Midget subs sunk by F6F Hellcats, and Escort Kaii, all by USN aircraft at Okinawa.
1985 Achille Lauro hijacking Incident ends
 
Oct 11
1531 Battle of Keppel
1649 Siege of Wexford ends
1776 naval Battle of Valcour Island
1797 naval Battle of Camperdown
1912 Greeks take Kozani
1940 Armed Yacht HMS Aisha sunk by mine off the Isle of Sheppy. Trawler HMS L'Istrac sunk by KM Torpedo Boat Grief, and Trawler HMS Warwick Deeping sunk by KM Torpedo Boats Falke and Kondor, off the Isle of Wight.
1941 KM Auxiliary NB-11 bombed/sunk off Bergen by a RAF Hudson. R.N. ML 288 founders off Hartepool
1942 Battle of Cape Esperance begins: Destroyers Fubuki and Furukawa sunk, USS Duncan sinks next day. Soviet Naval Trawler Mussen sunk by mine off Chernyj Kame Island. Sub L-16 sunk by I-25 west of Seattle
1943 Minesweeper HMS Hythe sunk with all hands by U-371 off Bougie, Algeria. USS Wahoo bombed/sunk in the La Peruse Strait. R.N. HDML 1054 wrecked off Tees.
1944 KM Minesweeper M-303 sunk off Norway. PT-368 ran aground off Halmahera and was scuttled. US LCT-293 foundered in a storm in the English Channel.
1987 Operation Pawan begins
 
Oct 12
633 Battle of Hatfield Chase
1748 naval Battle of Havana
1917 1st Battle of Passchendaele
1936 Spanish Republican Sub B-5 bombed/sunk off Malaga
1940 Battle of Cape Passero: Italian Torpedo Boats Ariel and Airone sunk by Cruiser HMS Ajax, Destroyer Artigliere damaged by Ajax, later sunk by Cruiser HMS York. French Naval Trawlers Chassuers 6 and 7 sunk by KM Torpedo Boat Grief. Trawler HMS Resolvo damaged by a mine, beached/abandoned off Sheerness. E Boat S-37 sunk by mine off Orfordness. 1st flight Il-2 Sturmovik
1941 Soviet sub S-8 sunk by a mine off Dago, Estonia. A-Lighters(LCT Mk 1s) 2 and 7 sunk by U-75 between Tobruk and Mersa Matrah.
1942 Battle of Cape Esperance: Destroyers Natsugumo and Murakama bombed/sunk by US aircraft. Soviet sub ShCh-311 sunk by Finnish Patrol Ships VMV-13 and 15 in the Gulf of Finland. U-597 sunk by RAF B-24 south west of Ireland
1943 R.N. Motor Launch ML 835 bombed/sunk at Leros. Guardship Mishima Maru bombed/sunk at Rabaul
1944 Minesweeper HMS MMS 170 sunk by mine off Gorgana Island, Italy. KM Sub Chaser UJ-1220 sunk by Soviet sub S-104 off Norway. Red Army captures Riga, Athens Liberated.
2000 USS Cole Terrorist bombing
 
Oct 13
1644 naval Battle of Fehmarn
1775 Continental Navy Est.
1812 Battle of Queenston Heights
1915 Battle of Loos ends
1918 Ottomans sign armistice with the Allies
1939 U-40 sunk by mine in the English Channel. U-42 sunk by Destroyers HMS Imogen and Ilex south west of Iceland
1940 Trawler HMS Summer Rose sunk by mine off Sunderland. Rescue Tug HMS Danube III sunk by mine off Sheerness. KM Minesweeper Gnom 7, Kobold 1 and 3 sunk by mines in the North Sea.
1943 Italy declares War on Germany. Destroyer USS Bristol sunk by U-371 off Algiers. U-402 sunk by aircraft from USS Card
1942 I-30 sunk by mine off Singapore
1944 US LCT-454 sank in a storm in Lyme Bay. Motor Launch HDML 1057 lost in an accident at Kilindili, Kenya
1945 Last Wellington produced
1990 Lebanese Civil War ends
 
Oct 14
1066 Battle of Hastings
1322 Battle of Byland Moor
1758 Battle of Hochkirch
1805 Battle of Elchingen
1806 Battle of Jena-Auerstedt
1863 Battle of Bristoe Station
1938 1st flight P-40
1939 Battleship HMS Royal Oak sunk by U-47 at Scapa Flow. U-45 sunk by 3 R.N. Destroyers south west of Ireland
1940 KM Netlayer Genua sunk by Destroyer HMS Cossack off Egersund, raised, repaired, returned to service. Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Cheshire damaged by U-138 and beached, repaired and returned to service. Trawler HMS Lord Stamp sunk by mine south west of Portland Bill. 1941 Corvette HMS Fleur de Lys sunk by U-206 west of Gibraltar. Trawler HMS Forerunner sunk in a collision in the Thames. KM Patrol Ship UJ-1709 bombed/sunk west of Lister. Italian Torpedo Boat Pleida sank after being bombed the day before
1942 KM Raider Komet sunk by R.N. MTB 236 off Cape de la Hague. R.N. LCMs 508, 509, 519, 522, 523, 532, 537, 547, 620 and LCT 2006 lost as cargo when SS Southern Express was sunk by U-211 east of Newfoundland
1943 USCG Patrol Ship Dow wrecked off Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
1944 R.N. Motor Fishing Vessel MFV 117 sunk by an explosion in the Aegean.
1952 Battle of Triangle Hill begins
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis begins
 
Oct 16
456 Battle of Piacenza
1780 Royalton and Tunbridge Raid
1793 Battle of Wattignies ends
1813 Battle of Leipzig begins
1859 John Brown's Harper's Ferry Raid begins
1937 1st flight Short Sunderland
1940 R.N. MTB 106 sunk by mine north of Scheerness. Minesweeper HMS Dundalk damaged by mine off Harwich, sinks next day. Destroyers HMS Ashanti and Fame ran aground off Sunderland, refloated, repaired, returned to service
1942 U-253 sunk by Destroyer HMS Fame.
1943 R.N. MTB 356 sunk by KM surface units off Holland. Armed Yacht USS Moonstone sunk in a collision with Destroyer USS Greer off Cape May, N.J. A Wolfpack consisting of U-470, 844, and 964 is sunk by RAF B-24s. U-533 sunk by a RAF Blenheim in the Gulf of Oman
1944 KM Patrol Boat V-6707 sunk by Soviet aircraft off Kirkenes. Minesweeper R-301 sunk by Soviet aircraft off Vardo. U-1006 sunk by Frigate HMCS Annan south east of the Faeroes. Torpedo Boat TA 39 sunk by mine off Salonika. Torpedo Boat Hato sunk by US Navy aircraft south east of Hong Kong.
1949 Greek Civil War ends
1964 China detonates its 1st nuclear weapon
 
Oct 17
456 Battle of Placentia
1244 Battle of La Forbie
1346 Battle of Neville's Cross
1448 2nd Battle of Kosovo begins
1777 Gen. Burgoyne surrenders his Army at Saratoga
1781 Siege of Yorktown ends
1917 naval Battle of Moon Sound ends: Russian Battleship Slava damaged by Battleship SMS Konig and scuttled.
1939 Battleship HMS Iron Duke bombed/beached at Scapa Flow, raised, repaired, returned to service
1940 Trawler Kingston Cairngorm damaged by a mine, sinks the next day.
1941 Corvette HMS Gladiolus sunk by U-558
1942 Destroyer Oboro bombed/sunk by B-26s north east of Kiska.
1943 KM Raider Michel sunk by USS Tarpon east of Yokohama. U-540 sunk by RAF B-24 east of Cape Farewell. U-631 sunk by Corvette HMS Sunflower south east of Cape Farewell. U-841 sunk by Frigate HMS Byard east of Cape Farewell
1944 Minelayer Itsukushima sunk by Dutch sub Zwaardvish in the Java Sea. Destroyer-Minelayer USS Montgomery damaged by a mine off Palau and scrapped. US Minesweeper YMS-70 sank in a storm in Leyte Gulf. Soviet Patrol Boat BMO-527 sunk by U-1165 in the Baltic. KM Patrol Boat V-6107 bombed/sunk in Varangerfjord.
 
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Oct 18
1016 Battle of Ashingdon
1081 Battle of Dyrrhachium
1540 Battle of Mabila
1599 Battle of Sellenberk
1775 Falmouth, Mass. (now Portland, Maine) Raid
1779 Siege of Savannah ends
1812 USS Wasp captures HMS Frolic
1859 US Marines capture John Brown & his Raiders
1940 Trawler HMS Kingston Cairngorm, damaged by a mine the day before, sinks. Rescue Tug HMS Assurance wrecked at Lough Foyle, N. Ireland. Sub HMS H-49 sunk by KM Sub Chasers UJ-116 and UJ-118 off Texel. Aux. Minesweeper HMCS Bras d'Or lost with all hands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Italian sub Durbo sunk by 2 Saunders-Roe London seaplanes & HMS Firedrake and Wrestler.
1941 Destroyer HMS Broadwater sunk by U-101 south of Iceland.
1943 Sub Chaser CH-23 bombed by B-25s, losing her bow and beached near Rabaul. Refloated, repaired and returned to service mid-December.
1944 Salvage ship Chinzei Maru sunk by USS Bluegill south west of Manila. Minelayer Maeshima, Aux. Minelayer Shinko Maru, Landing Ships T-135 and 136 all sunk by USN aircraft off Lompoc. Minesweeper HMAS Geelong sunk in a collision with US tanker SS York off New Guinea. US LST-906 wrecked off Leghorn.
 
Oct 19
1805 Battle of Ulm ends
1812 French retreat from Moscow
1813 Battle of Liepzig ends
1864 St. Albans, Vt Raid. Battle of Cedar Creek
1914 1st Battle of Ypres begins
1939 Soviet sub ShCh-424 sunk in a collision with Trawler RT-43 in Kola Bay
1940 Destroyer HMS Venetia sunk by mine off Margate. Trawler HMS Velia sunk by mine in the North Sea. Minesweeper HMCS Bras d'Or sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
1941 U-204 sunk by Corvette HMS Mallow and Sloop HMS Rochester in the Strait of Gibraltar
1942 Destroyer USS O'Brien sinks from damage from being torpedoed by I-15 on Sept 15. Destroyer Giovanni da Verrazzano sunk by sub HMS Unbending north west of Lampadusa.
1944 Battle of Leyte begins. U-957 collieded with a German freighter at Lofoten & is decommissioned. R.N. LCTs 480, 488, 491, 494, 7014, and 7015 sink in a storm off Land's End.
1950 Red China joins the Korean War. China finishes occupation of Tibet.
1976 Battle of Aishiya
1987 US Navy attacks Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf
 
Oct 20
1448 2nd Battle of Kosovo ends
1572 Siege of Goes ends
1824 USS Porpoise captures 4 Pirate ships off Cuba
1827 naval Battle of Navarino
1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff begins
1937 Spanish Republican sub C-6 scuttled after being damaged in an air attack.
1939 KM Patrol ship V-701 sunk by mine in the Baltic off Denmark
1940 Italian Destroyer Francesco Nullo damaged by 3 R.N. Destroyers and beached near Massawa, bombed/destroyed next day. Italian sub Lafole sunk by 3 R.N. Destroyers north of Melilla
1941 Italian Torpedo Boats Aldebaran and Altair sunk by mines in the Gulf of Athens
1942 U-216 sunk by RAF B-24 south west of Ireland
1943 U-378 sunk by aircraft from USS Core.
1944 Red Army & Partisans capture Belgrade. Partisans capture Dubrovnic. KM Sub Chaser UJ-1219 sunk by Soviet sub V-4 off Cape Nordkyn.
1962 Sino-Indian War begins
 
Oct 21
1096 Battle of Civetot
1097 Siege of Antioch begins, ends June 2, 1098
1600 Battle of Sekigahara
1797 USS Constitution launched, now oldest USN Commissioned ship
1805 Battle of Trafalgar
1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff ends
1864 Battle of Little Blue River
1912 Kardzhali captured by Bulgaria
1937 Nationalists capture Gijon, Spain, Republican Destroyer Ciscar bombed/sunk in the Harbor.
1940 Trawlers HMS Joseph Button and Waveflower sunk by mines off Aldeburgh. R.N. MTB 17 sunk by mine off Ostend
1941 Gunboat HMS Gnat damaged by U-79, towed to Alexandria and used as a stationary Anti-Aircraft Battery. Soviet sub M-58 sunk by mine off the mouth of the Danube.
1942 KM Transport Palatia sunk by N.Z aircraft off Norway. Soviet sub S-7 sunk by Finnish sub Vesihiisi in the Baltic
1943 Minesweeper HMCS Chedabucto sunk in a collision with Cable Ship S.S. Lord Kelvin near Rimouski, Quebec. Destroyer USS Murphy rammed and cut in two by British tanker Bulkoil off New Jersey, forward third sinks, repaired with a new bow and returned to service. U-431 sunk by RAF Wellington north of Algiers
1944 Battle of Aachen ends. KM Minesweeper M-31 sunk off Norway, and R-151 sunk by Soviet aircraft at Vardo.
1950 Battle of Yongju begins
 
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