This day in military history..

Feb 28
1710 Battle of Helsingborg
1844 Expeiremental wrought iron cannon explodes on USS Princeton, killing 8 including the Secretarys of War & the Navy.
1862 Charleston, Va occupied by Union troops
1863 Monitor USS Montauk destroys CSS Nashville on the Ogeechee River
1864 Kilpatrick/Dahlgren Cavalry raid on Richmond begins
1893 USS Indiana launched, 1st US Battleship
1900 Siege of Ladysmith ends
1942 Battle of Sunda Strait USS Houston & HMAS Perth sunk in battle with Japanese invading Java
1991 Gulf War 1 ends
1998 1st flight RQ-4 Global Hawk
Feb 29
1704 French & Indians raid Deerfield, Mass, killing 100 men, women, children
1864 CS forces mass to defend Richmond
1944 US troops land in the Admiralty Islands
 
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Mar 1
1864 Kilpatrick/Dahlgren Raid. The Union force is operating as 2 groups. Kilpatricks group arrives @ Richmond & finds it well defended & pulls back before Dahlgrens group arrives.
1870 Battle of Cerro Cora
1896 Battle of Adawa, Ethiopia
1941 Bulgaria joins the Axis
2002 Afganistan: Operation Anaconda begins
 
Mar 2
1476 Battle of Grandson, Switzerland
1811 naval Battle of San Nicolas
1864 Kilpatrick/Dahlgren Raid: Col. Dahlgren's group is ambushed in the night & Dahlgren is killed. Plans found on his body showed a plot to assasinate Pres. Jeff Davis & to burn Richmond.
1865 Battle of waynesboro, Va
1942 Australia declares War on Thailand
1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea
1965 Vietnam: Operation Rolling Thunder begins
 
Mar 3
1575 Battle of Tukaroi
1776 Battle of Nassau begins Continental Marines make thier 1st landing
1779 Battle of Brier Creek, Ga
1942 Japanese air raid on Broome, Australia
 
Mar 4
1238 Battle of Sit River
1776 Battle of Nassau ends. Siege of Boston: Artillery is emplaced on Dorchester Heights forcing British to evacuate Boston a few days later.
1814 Battle of Longwood, Canada
1863 Battle @ Springhill Tn.
1865 During the night of Mar 3-4 gunboat CSS Spray scuttled in the St. Marks River, Fla. to prevent capture
1913 Battle of Bizani begins
1941 Operation Claymore: British Raid on the Lofoten Islands
1945 Finland declares War on Germany
1970 French sub Eurydice explodes while submerged
 
Mar 5
1279 battle of Aizkraukle
1824 British declare War on Burma
1906 1st Battle of Bud Dajo US crushes Moro force
1912 1st use of airship for military purpose. Italians fly recon behind Turkish lines
1943 1st flight Gloster Meteor
1944 Red Army begins Umen-Botosani Offensive
 
Mar 6
1836 Battle of The Alamo ends
1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark. begins
1865 Battle of Natural Bridge, Fla. CS victory leaves Tallahassee as the only Capitol east of the Mississippi to remain uncaptured during the War
1945 US troops capture Cologne

Mar 7
1799 Napolion captures Jaffa, Palestine
1814 Battle of Craonne
1827 Brazilian Marines unsucsessfully attack Argentine Navy base @ Carmen De Patagones
1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, 2nd day
1902 Battle of Tweebosch, S.A.
1936 Germany reoccupies the Rhineland
1945 US troops sieze the Ludendorf Bridge @ Remagen, germany
1951 Korean War: Operation Ripper begins
1968 Vietnam war: Operation Troung Cong Dinh begins
 
Mar 8
1722 Battle of Gulnabad
1862 Battle of Pea Ridge ends. Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins, CSS Virginia destroys USS Cumberland & Congress
1863 Lt. John S Mosby captures Gen. Edwin Stoughton in his HQ.
1865 Battle of Kinston, N.C. begins
1916 Battle of Dujaila
1937 Battle of Guadalajara
1942 Dutch forces on Java surrender to the Japanese
 
Mar 9
1230 Battle of Klokotnitsa
1811 Battle of Tacuari
1847 Siege of Vera Cruz begins. 1st large amphib landing by US forces
1862 naval Battle of Hampton Roads, 2nd day. CSS Virginia returns to finish off US ships but encounters USS Monitor, having had arrived after dark yesterday. The 2 ships fight to a draw.
1865 Battle of Kinston, 2nd day. Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, Va CS cavalry catches Kilpatrick's Union cavalry by suprise in camp. Kilpatrick flees in his drawers
 
Mar 10
241 B.C. battle of the Aegates Islands. Roman fleet sinks Carthaginian fleet, ending the 1st Punic War
1607 Battle of Gol
1814 Battle of Laon
1830 KNIL, the Dutch East Indies Army, is formed
1865 Battles of Kinston, N.C. & Monroe's Crossroads, Va end
1945 Firebomb Raid on Tokyo kills 100,000 people
 
Mar 11
1387 Battle of Castagnaro
1865 Union troops take Fayetteville, N.C.
1917 British capture Baghdad
1941 Lend-Lease Act signed into Law
1942 Gen. McArthur evacuated from Corrigidor
1945 Operation Tan #6, Large Kamakaze attack on US ships @ Ulithi.
 
Mar 12
538 Siege of Rome ends when besiegers retreat home
1811 Battle of Redinha
1862 Union troops occupy Jacksonville, Fla
1864 Red River Campaign begins with 13 Ironclads & 7 gunboats, plus 27,000 Union troops, entering the Red River
1938 Anschluss: Germany annexes Austria
1940 Winter War ends
 
Mar 13
1884 Siege of khartoum begins(ends Jan 26, '85)
1900 British occupy Bloemfontien, Orange free State
1953 Battle of Dien Bien Phu: Viet Mihn take French position Biatrice
 
Mar 14
1590 Battle of Ivry
1780 Spanish capture Ft. Charlotte, Mobile, Ala., from the British
1862 1st Battle of New Bern, N.C. Union troops capture New Bern. Union troops capture New Madrid, Mo.
1863 Adm. Farragut tries to run the River Fleet past CS batteries @ Port Hudson, Miss. 2 make it, 4 retreat, & USS Mississippi runs aground within range of CS batteries
1864 Red River Campaign: Union troops capture Ft. DeRussy near Simsport, La
1915 German Light Cruiser SMS Dresden is scuttled off Chile to prevent capture
1951 UN troops recapture Seoul, S.K.
1978 Operation Letani: Israel invades southern Lebanon
 
Mar 15
933 Battle of Riade
1311 Battle of Halmyros
1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse, N.C.
1863 Under fire from CS batteries USS Mississippi is abandond & set on fire. @ 3 AM she floats free & drifts through the Federal fleet, blowing up down stream when the fire reaches the magazine. Schooner JM Chapman is siezed in port @ San Francisco. She was being fitted with 6 guns as a CS Privateer.
1864 Red River Campaign: Federal fleet arrives @ Alexandria, La
1939 Germany occupies rest of Czechoslovakia
1943 3rd Battle of Kharkov Germans recapture the City.
 
Mar 16
597 B.C. Babylonians capture Jerusalem
1322 Battle of Boroughbridge
1812 Siege of Badajaz begins
1818 2nd Battle of Cancha Rayada
1865 Battle of Averasbough, N.C.
1945 Battle of Iwo Jima ends
1968 My Lai Massacre
 
Mar 17
45 B.C. Battle of Munda
624 Battle of Badr
1776 British evacuate Boston
1860 1st Taranaki War begins in N.Z.
1863 Battle of Kelly's Ford, Va
1865 Mobile, Ala Campaign begins
1939 Battle of Nanchang
1947 1st flight B-45
1988 Battle of Afabet, Eritrea
 
Mar 18
1241 Battle of Chmielnik
1865 Battle of Bentonville begins
1915 Gallipoli Campaign: British/French fleet of 18 Battleships, plus escorts, try to force the Dardenelles. Fleet turns back with loss of a couple Battleships & others heavily damaged
1937 Battle of Guadalajara ends
2002 Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends
 
Mar 19
1279 Battle of Yamen
1861 1st Taranaki War ends
1863 USS Hartford & Albatross run the CS batteries @ Grand Gulf, Miss & take position south of Vicksburg, cutting off shipping to the City
1865 Battle of Bentonville, 2nd day
1944 Germans occupy Hungary
1945 USS Franklin severly damaged by Kamakaze.
1982 Falkland Islands War start when Argentinians invade.
 
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Mar 20
1862 Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign begins
1863 Vicksburg Campaign: Attempt by Federal fleet to by pass Vicksburg by using Steele's Bayou is defeated @ Rolling Fork, Miss.
1865 Battle of Bentonville, 3rd day
1922 USS Langley commision, 1st US Carrier
1988 Battle of Afabet ends
2003 Allies invade Iraq
 
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