This day in military history.. - Page 101




 
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June 23rd, 2010  
George
 
June 23
1314 Battle of Bannockburn, 1st day
1757 Battle of Plassey
1758 Battle of Krefeld
1760 Battle of Landshut
1780 Battle of Springfield, N.J.
1812 Napoleon invades Russia
1865 C.S. Gen. Stand Watie, a Cherokee, surrenders his troops, the last Confederate General to surrender.
1919 Battle of Cesis, Estonians defeat the German Freikorps
1942 British capture an FW-190 that gets lost & lands in Wales
1943 Italian sub Ascianghi sunk after torpedoing Cruiser HMS Newfoundland
June 24th, 2010  
George
 
June 24
972 Battle of Cedynia
1128 Battle of Sao Mamede
1314 Battle of Bannockburn, 2nd day
1340 naval Battle of Sluys
1821 Battle of Carabobo
1859 Battle of Solferino
1862 Gen. Williams begins an eventually unsucsessfull siege of Vicksburg, Ms
1864 USS Queen City captured & burned on the White River, Ark.
1866 Battle of Custoza
1916 Battle of the Somme begins
1948 Berlin Blockade begins
June 25th, 2010  
George
 
June 25
524 Battle of Vezeronce
841 Battle of Fonte-en-Puisaye
1862 Battle of Fair Oaks, beginning of the 7 days Battles
1864 Tunneling begins @ Petersburg that results in the Battle of the Crater
1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn, Custer's Last Stand
1944 Battle of Tali-Ihantala Finland
1948 Berlin Airlift begins
1950 Korean War begins
1996 Khobar Towers bombing
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June 26th, 2010  
George
 
June 26
1723 Russians capture Baku
1862 The Seven Days Battles continue in Va.
1917 US troops arrive in France
1918 Battle of Belleau Wood ends
1936 1st flight of Fock-Wulf FW 61 helicopter
1942 1st flight of Grumman F6F Hellcat
June 27th, 2010  
George
 
June 27
1790 Battle of Poltava
1743 Battle of Dettingen
1759 Siege of Quebec begins
1862 Seven Days Battles: Battle of Gaine's Mills. Adm. Farragut runs his fleet past Vicksburg, Ms. Gen. Bragg replaces Gen. Beauregard as Commander of the Army of Mississippi(Soon to be renamed Army of Tennessee).
1863 Gen. Hooker resigns as Commander of the Army of the Potomac, replaced by Gen. Meade
1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.
1905 Potemkin Mutiny
1923 1st aireal refueling
1941 Germans capture Bialystok
1991 Yugoslavia invades Slovenia starting the 10 Day War.
June 28th, 2010  
George
 
June28
1651 Battle of Beresteczko
1776 Battle of Ft. Sullivan, Charleston, S.C. Royal Navy attack fails, with loss of Frigate HMS Aceton
1778 Battle of Monmouth, N.J.
1914 Franz Ferdinand assasinated
1919 Treaty of Versailles ends WWI
1950 N. Korea captures Seoul, S. Korea
June 29th, 2010  
George
 
June 29
1149 Battle of Inab
1444 Battle of Torvioll
1644 Battle of Cropredy Bridge
1659 Battle of Konotop
1862 Seven Days Battles: Battle of Savage's Station
June 30th, 2010  
George
 
June 30
1422 Battle of Arbedo
1651 Battle of Beresteczko, 3rd & final day
1758 Battle of Domstadtl
1794 Battle of Ft. Recovery, Ohio, 1st day
1861 Commerce Raider CSS Sumter runs the Blockade from New Orleans.
1862 Seven Days Battles: Battle of Frazier's Farm
1863 Battle of Gettysburg, initial fighting
1941 Germans captur Lviv
1944 US troops capture Cherbourg
July 1st, 2010  
George
 
July 1
1097 Battle of Dorylaeum
1520 La Noche Triste Aztecs defeat Cortez in Mexico
1690 Battle of the Boyne(Julian date)
1794 Battle of Ft. Recovery, 2nd day
1862 Seven Days Battles: Battle of Malvern Hill, final Battle of the week
1863 Battle of Gettysburg, 1st real day of fighting
1898 Battle of San Juan Hill, Cuba
1916 Battle of Albert, the beginning of the Battle of the Somme.
1942 1st Battle of El Alamein
1947 Philipine Air Force established
July 2nd, 2010  
George
 
July 2
1298 Battle of Gollheim
1555 Ottomans sack Paola, Italy
1644 Battle of Marston Moor
1863 Battle of Gettysburg, 2nd day