This day in military history..

June 27
1709 Battle of Poltava
1743 Battle of Dettingen King George II leads troops into battle, last time an English King leads troops on the field
1759 Siege of Quebec starts
1806 British capture Buenos Aires
1861 An amphibious attack launched from USS Pawnee & USS Freeborn on CS batteries @ Mathias Point is repulsed
1862 Seven Days Battles: Battle of Gaine's Mills, Va. Siege of Vicksburg: Farragut rans his squadron past the CS batteries @ Vicksburg.
1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Ga
1905 Potemkin Mutiny
1991 Yugoslavia invades Slovenia
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June 28
1098 2nd Siege of Antioch ends
1651 Battle of Beresteczko
1776 Battle of Ft. Sullivan, S.C.
1778 Battle of Monmouth, N.J.
1807 Battle of Ensenada
1863 Battle of Donaldsonville, Miss.
1914 Franz Ferdinand assasinated
1942 German offensive Case Blue begins in the USSR.
1950 North Korea captures Seoul, S.K.
 
June 29
1149 Battle of Inab
1444 Battle of Torvioll
1644 Battle of Cropredy Bridge
1659 Battle of Konotop
1807 naval Battle of Athos
1862 Seven Days Battles: Battle of Savage's Station
 
june 30
1422 Battle of Ardedo
1651 Battle of Bevesteczko ends
1758 Battle of Donnstadtl
1861 CSS Sumter leaves New Orleans & slips through the Blockade to begin a 6 month cruise, capturing 18 prizes
1862 Seven Days Battles: Battle of Frazier's Farm
1941 Germans capture Lviv
1944 Allies capture Cherbourg
 
July 1
1097 Battle of Dorylaeum
1690 Battle of the Boyne
1862 Battle of Malvern Hill, last of The Seven Days Battles.
1863 Battle of Gettysburg begins
1898 Battle of San Juan Hill
1916 Battle of the Somme begins
1942 1st Battle of El Alamein
1947 Philippine Air Force est.
1991 Warsaw Pact disolved
 
July 2
1298 Battle of Gollheim
1555 Ottomans sack Paoli
1644 Battle of Marston Moor
1900 1st flight of the Zepplin
 
July 3
324 Battle of Adrianople
1754 Ft. Necessity surrenders to the French
1863 Battle of Gettysburg ends
1864 Union attacks on Ft. Johnson, on Morris Island, & on CS positions on James Island, both near Charleston, S.C. fail.
1866 Battle of Koniggratz
1898 naval Battle of Santiago, Cuba
1940 British bombard French fleet @ its base @ Mers el Kebir, causing heavy casulties & sinking 3 battleships
1944 Minsk liberated by Red Army
1988 USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air flight 655
 
July 4
1187 Battle of Hattin
1253 Battle of West-Capelle
1456 Siege of Belgrade begins
1610 Battle of Klushino
1802 US Military Academy @ West Point, NY opens
1810 French occupy Amsterdam
1863 Vicksburg surrenders. Battle of Helena, Ark.
1976 Israeli anti-Terrorist Raid on Entebbe, Uganda
 
July 5
1316 Battle of Manolada
1770 Battle of Chesma begins
1809 Battle of Wagram
1813 3 weeks of British Raids on upstate New York begin
1814 Battle of Chippewa, Ontario
1833 3rd naval Battle of Cape St. Vincent
1861 Battle of Carthage, Mo
1863 CS Cavalry capture Lebanon, Tn
1950 Battle of Osan
 
July 6
371 B.C. Battle of Leuctra
1044 Battle of Menfo
1495 Battle of Fornovo
1630 Swedes invades Pomerania
1777 Siege of Ft. Ticonderoga ends
1779 Battle of Grenada
1801 naval Battle of Algecirus
1809 Battle of Wagram ends
1917 Arabs capture Aqaba
1947 AK-47 goes into production
1967 Nigeria invades Biafra
 
July 7
1543 France invades Luxembourg
1575 Raid of the Redeswire
1770 Battle of Larga
1777 Battle of Hubbardton
1846 US occupies Monterey, Cal.
1915 1st Battle of Isonzo ends
1937 Battle of Lugou Bridge
1941 US relieves British occupiers of Iceland. French & British occupy Beirut.
 
July 8
1283 naval Battle of Malta
1709 Battle of Poltava
1716 naval Battle of Dynekilen
1758 Battle of Ft. Carillon, New York
1760 naval Battle of Restigouche, Canada
1863 Siege of Port Hudson ends
 
July 9
1386 Battle of Sempach, Swiss defeat Austrians
1701 Battle of Carpi
1755 Battle of the Monongahela "Braddock's Defeat"
1790 2nd naval Battle of Svenskund
1864 Battle of Monocacy, Md
1943 Allies invade Sicily
1944 British/Canadians capture Caen. Battle of Saipan ends. Battle of Tali-Ihantala ends
 
July 11
1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs
1798 US Marine Corps reestablished(Continental Marines were disbanded @ the end of the Revolutionary War).
1862 Battle of Rich Mountain, Va. Battle of Laurel Mountain, Va.
1864 Battle of Ft. Stevens, Washington, D.C.
1882 Royal Navy bombards Alexandria, Egypt
 
July 12
1191 Siege of Acre ends after 2 years
1691 Battle of Aughrim
1812 US invades Canada
1861 Battle of Beverly, Va
1862 Medal of Honor authorized
1864 Battle of Ft. Stevens, Washington, D.C. During the night of July 11-12 Gen. Early calls off the main attack & withdraws. His rear guard maintains action with the defenders of Ft. Stevens. President Lincoln stands on top of the wall under CS fire. He's the last sitting President on a battlefield during a battle.
1913 Siege of Vidin begins
1918 Imp Japanese Navy Battleship Kawachi blows up @ Shunon
1943 Battle of Prokhorovka(part of Battle of Kursk) Largest armor clash in history
 
July 13 1260 Battle of Durbe
1558 Battle of Gravelines
1573 Siege of Haarlem ends after 7 months
1643 Battle of Roundway Down
1794 Battle of Vosges
1854 Battle of Guaymas, Mexico
1862 Gen. Forrest captures Murfreesboro, Tn.
1863 New York City Draft & Race Riot begins
1864 Battle of Tupelo begins
 
July 14
1864 Battle of Tupelo ends
1900 8 Nation Alliance captures Tientsin
1916 Battle of Delville Wood begins(part of the Battle of the Somme)
1950 Battle of Taejon begins
 
July 15
1099 Siege of Jerusalem ends, Crusaders take the City
1240 Battle of the Neva
1410 Battle of Grunwald
1815 Napoleon surrenders
1862 CSS Arkansas fights past 3 US Warships coming up the Yazoo River & then sails down the Mississippi, through Faragutt's fleet that is cought by suprise with its steam down, & arrives safely @ Vicksburg.
1863 New York City Draft & Race Riots ends when put down by troops from the Army of the Potomoc. Most of the Riots casulties are from the troops firing on the mob.
1918 2nd Battle of the Marne
1966 Operation Hastings begins
 
July 16
1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
1683 naval Battle of Penghu
1779 Battle of Stony Point, N.Y.
1863 Jackson, Miss evacuated by Confederates
 
July 17
1203 Crusaders capture Constantinople
1453 Battle of Castillon
1936 Spanish Civil War begins
1944 2 ships loaded with ammo explode in Port Chicago, Cal. 230 killed. 1st use of Napalm, P-38s drop canisters on a fuel depot near St. Lo, France.
1989 1st flight B-2 bomber
 
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