This day in military history..

July 3
324 Battle of Adrianople
1754 Battle of Ft. Necessity
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 R.N. 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 R.N. 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
 
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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
1802 US Military Academy(West Point) opens
1810 French occupy Amsterdam
1842 1st test of electronicly 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
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 R.N. 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, Sub Chaser CH-16, Landing ship No. 103 Bombed sunk off Chichi Jima, Landing Ship No. 130 bombed/sunk off Iwo Jima, 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 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. Minesweeper HMS Snaefell bombed/sunk in North Sea.
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. R.N. 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. Soviet sub M-106 rammed/sunk by KM Sub Chaser UJ-1217.
1944 R.N. MTB 666 sunk by KM surface ships off Ijmuiden. R.N. 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
 
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July 6
371 B.C. Battle of Leuctra
1044 Battle of Menfo
1777 Ft. Ticonderoga evacuated by US troops
1801 1st naval Battle of Algecirus
1809 Battle of Wagram ends
1917 Battle of Aqaba
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.
1942 U-502 sunk in Bay of Biscay by RAF Wellington
1943 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. R.N. Minesweepers HMS Cato and Magic sunk by KM Neger manned torpedo devices off Normandy
1945 Norway declares War on Japan
1947 initial production of AK-47 begins
1967 Nigerian Civil War begins
 
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July 7
1520 Battle of Otumba
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. R.N. Trawler HMS Lord St. Vincent sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary.
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.
1946 1st flight Hughes XF-11 Recon plane, plane crashes.
1991 10 Day War ends
 
July 8
1283 naval Battle of Malta
1716 naval Battle of Dynekilen
1758 1st Battle of Ft. Carillon
1760 naval Battle of Restigouche begins
1937 2nd Sino-Japanese War begins
1940 French Sloop Suippe bombed/beached at Falmouth. Destroyer HMS Escort torpedoed by Italian sub Marconi, sinks on the 11th under tow. R.N. Trawler HMS Cayton Wyke sunk by E-Boat S-36 south east of Dover
1941 KM Minesweeper M-1104 sunk in a collision
1943 KM Sperrbrecher 165 sunk by mine off Gothenburg, Sweden. U-232 sunk by US Army B-24 in Bay of Biscay. U-514 sunk by RAF B-24 north west of Cape Finisterre. R.N. LCT 547 foundered off Malta
1944 KM Minesweeper M-264 sunk off Heligoland. U-243 sunk by RAAF Sunderland in Bay of Biscay
1945 R.N. Trawler HMS La Nantaise sunk in a collision in The Downs. Dutch Sub O-19 runs aground on Ladd Reef in the South China Sea, scuttled by USS Cod on the 10th.
 
July 9
1386 Battle of Sempach
1701 Battle of Carpi
1745 Battle of Melle
1755 Battle of the Monongahela
1846 USS Portsmouth captures San Francisco, Ca.
1863 Siege of Port Hudson ends
1864 Battle of Monocacy
1917 Battleship HMS Vanguard blows up at Scapa Flow
1940 naval Battle of Calabria
1943 Allies invade Sicily
1944 Battle of Saipan ends. British/Canadians capture Caen. Battle of Tuli-lhantala ends
 
July 10
48 B.C. Battle of Dyrrhachium
1460 Battle of Northampton
1645 Battle of Langport
1882 Battle of La Concepcion begins
1940 Battle of Britain begins. Italian Destroyer Leone Pancado sunk by Swordfish at Augusta, raised, repaired, put back in service
1943 RN LCTs 154 and 311 sink off Bizerte. Battle of Gela begins: Destroyer USS Maddox and USN LST 313 bombed/sunk off Gela. Minesweeper USS Sentinal bombed/sunk off Licata
1944 R.N. Motor Minesweeper MMS 55 sunk by mine off Normandy
1945 R.N. Trawler HMS Kurd sunk by mine off The Lizard. USN Sub Chaser SC-521 founders off the Santa Cruz Islands. IJN Minesweeper W-27 sunk by Sub USS Runner off Honshu.
 
July 11
1302 Battle of Courtrai
1798 USMC Est.
1861 Battle of Rich Mountain. Battle of Laurel Mountain
1864 Battle of Ft. Stevens begins
1882 Royal Navy bombards Alexandria
1915 Cruiser Konigsberg sunk in Tanganika, German East Africa
1921 Red Army captures Mongolia
1940 Armed Yacht HMS Warrior II bombed/sunk off Portland
1941 Destroyer HMS Defender bombed/scuttled off Sidi Barani
1942 U-136 sunk by Free French Destroyer Leopard, Frigate HMS Spey and Sloop HMS Pelican west of Madiera. Italian Sub Ondina sunk by Naval Whalers HMSAS Protea and HMSAS Southern Maid and a R.N. Walrus west of Beirut
1943 USN LST 158 bombed/beached/abandoned of Licata. Italian sub Flutto sunk by 3 R.N. MTBs in the Straits of Messina
1944 U-1222 sunk by RAF Sunderland west of La Rochelle.
1945 Destroyer Sakura sunk by mine in Osaka Harbor.
 
July 12
1191 Siege of Acre ends, began Aug 28, 1189
1470 Siege of Negropont ends
1691 Battle of Aughrim
1801 2nd naval Battle of Algeciras
1812 US invades Canada
1862 Medal of Honor authorized
1864 Battle of Ft. Stevens ends
1913 Siege of Vidin begins
1918 Battleship Kawachi blows up in Tokuyama Bay
1941 Soviet Patrol Ships Passat and RT-67 sunk by KM Destroyers off Cape Teribirski
1942 Motor Launch HMNZS ML 1090 lost as deck cargo when SS Port Hunter is sunk by U-582 south west of Madiera
1943 U-506 sunk by US Army B-24 west of Spain. U-607 sunk by an RAF Sunderland. U-409 sunk by Destroyer HMS Inconstant north east of Algiers. U-561 sunk by R.N. MTB 81 in the Straits of Messina. Italian Sub Bronzo captured by Destroyer HMS Seaham, put into R.N. service as P-714. IJN sub RO-107 attacked by Destroyer USS Taylor, not heard from again despite no evidence being sunk.
1944 R.N. Motor Launch ML 433 sunk by mine off the west coast of Italy.
1953 Major John Bolt becomes USMC's 1st jet Ace
 
July 13
1260 Battle of Durbe
1558 Battle of Gravelines
1573 Siege of Haarlem ends, began 11 Dec. 1572
1643 Battle of Roundway Down
1794 Battle of Tripstadt
1854 Battle of Guaymas
1861 Battle of Carrick's Ford
1863 New York City Draft/Race Riot begins
1864 Battle of Tupelo begins
1942 Free French Sub Chaser Rennes bombed/sunk. U-153 sunk by Destroyer USS Lansdowne off Colon, Panama.
1943 Battle of Kolombangara: Cruiser Jintsu sunk, Destroyer USS Gwin damaged/scuttled. U-487 sunk by aircraft from USS Core in Mid-Atlantic. Italian sub Acciaio sunk by sub HMS Unruly off Calabria, and sub Nereide sunk by Destroyers HMS Ilex and Echo south east of the Straits of Messina
1945 Italy declares War on Japan
1977 Ethiopia-Somalian War begins
 
July 14
1900 Allies capture Tianjin
1916 Battle of Delville Wood begins
1942 Brazil declares War on Germany and Italy. Turkish sub Atilay sunk by mine. Soviet sub ShCh-317 sunk by Finnish Minelayer Ruotsinsalmi and Patrol Ship VMV-6. Italian sub Pietro Calvi rammed/sunk by Sloop HMS Lulworth north east of the Canarys
1943 USN LCT-19 bombed/sunk off Salerno. U-160 sunk by aircraft from USS Santee. I-179 sank in diving accident in the Inland Sea
1944 U-415 sunk by mine off Brest. I-55 sunk by Destroyer Escort William C Miller off Tinian.
1945 USN aircraft sink Destroyer Tachibana, Frigates CD-74 & 65, Minesweeper W-24, and Sub Chaser CH-48, plus sub USS Carp sinks CD-219, all off Kamaishi.
1950 Battle of Taejon begins
1969 The Soccer War begins
 
July 15
1099 Siege of Jerusalem begins
1240 Battle of the Neva
1410 Battle of Grunwald
1918 2nd Battle of the Marne begins
1941 Landing Ship HMS Prince Phillippe sunk in a collision off the west coast of Scotland. Ocean Boarding Vessel HMS Lady Somers sunk by Italian sub Morosini. Italian Patrol Boat Nettuno sunk by sub HMS Unbeaten off Mara Zuag Roads, Vincenzo Dodre sunk by sub HMS Taku. R.N. Lighter A-10 bombed/sunk off N. Africa
1942 U-576 deph charged by 2 USN Kingfishers and shelled/sunk by M.V. Unicoi. IJN Sub Chasers CH-25 and 37 sunk by USS Grunion off Kiska.
1943 U-135 sunk by Sloop HMS Rochester and Corvettes HMS Migonette and Balsom and a USN PBY east of the Canarys. U-759 sunk by USN PBM Mariner in the Caribbean. U-509 sunk by aircraft from USS Santee. R.N. LCT 2263 lost. PT-133 sunk by shore batteries off Cape Pus, New Guinea. Italian sub Remo sunk by sub HMS United in the Gulf of Toranto
1944 U-319 sunk by RAF B-24 south west of Lindesnes.
1945 I-351 sunk by USS Bluefish north east of Borneo
 
July 16
1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
1683 naval Battle of Penghu
1779 Battle of Stony Point
1863 Jackson, Miss evacuated by Confederates
1940 Destroyer HMS Imogen rammed/sunk by Cruiser HMS Glasgow off Duncansby Head, Scotland. Sub HMS Phoenix sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Albatros off Augusta
1941 R.N. MGBs 90 and 92 burn at Portland
1943 U-675 sunk by aircraft from USS Core
1944 R.N. LCT 7057 lost. KM Anti-Aircraft Crusier Niobe bombed/sunk at Kotka, Finland. I-13 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS Lawrence C Taylor. IJN Torpedo Boat Kari sunk by sub USS Baya south west of Makassar. IJN Gunboat Nankai sunk west of Surabaya.
1948 Israel captures Nazereth
 
July 19
1333 Battle of Halidon Hill
1544 Siege of Boulogne begins
1545 English warship Mary Rose sinks
1863 Battle of Buffington Island, Oh
1864 3rd Battle of Nanking ends
1916 Battle of Fromelles begins
1918 USS San Diego sunk by mine off Fire Island, N.Y.
1940 Battle of Cape Spada: Cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sunk by Cruiser HMAS Sydney and Destroyers HMS Hyperion and Ilex. R.F.A. Tanker War Sepoy bombed off Dover, used as a blockship. R.N. Trawler HMS Crestflower bombed/sunk south of the Isle of Wight
1941 Sub HMS Umpire sunk in a collision with R.N. Trawler HMS Peter Hendriks off Blakeney, Norfolk. KM Escort Ship NK-08 torpedoed/sunk by RAF off Sirevag. Soviet Destroyer Serdity bombed in the Moon Strait, salvage attempts abandoned on the 22nd.
1942 Convoy Escort Vessel HMS Malines torpedoed/beached near Port Said, refloated and used as a training hulk, scrapped after the War.
1943 U-513 sunk by USN PBM off Sau Francisco do Sul, Brazil
1944 Cruiser Oi sunk by sub USS Flasher south of Hong Kong. RO-48 (or I-5) sunk by Destroyer Escorts USS Reynolds and Wyman east of Saipan
 
July 20
911 Battle of Chartres
1304 Siege of Sterling Castle ends
1402 Battle of Ankara
1592 Japan captures Pyongyang
1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek
1866 naval Battle of Lissa
1921 US aircraft begin bombing target Battleship Ostfrieseland.
1940 Italian Destroyers Ostro and Nembo sunk at Tobruk by Swordfish. Destroyer HMS Brazen bombed, sunk by near misses off Dover.
1941 Soviet Destroyer Stremitenlnyi and Patrol Boat Shtil sunk by Stukas. Sub HMS Union sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Circe north of Tripoli
1943 Destroyers Kiyonami and Yugure bombed/sunk north west of Kolombangara by US Army B-25s, B-25s also sink PT-166 south of Kolombangara. U-558 sunk by a US Army B-24 and an RAF Halifax in the Bay of Biscay. KM Patrol Boat V-6114 sunk by a sub off Gamvik and V-805 sunk by a mine
1944 R.N. LCT 2337 lost in the Normandy area, and LCT 689 in an explosion in an unknown location. Destroyer HMS Isis lost off Normandy to a mine or a KM Neger vehicle. Polish Cruiser Dragon scuttled as a breakwater off France. Brazilian Troopship Vital de Oliveria sunk by U-861 in the South Atlantic
1945 IJN Minesweeper W-39 sunk by USS Threadfin in the Yellow Sea.
1969 Soccer War ends
 
July 21
1242 Battle of Taillebourg
1403 Battle of Shrewsbury
1656 Malaga Raid
1986 1st Battle of Manassas
1903 Battle of Ciudad Bolivar
1921 Battleship Ostfriesland sinks during 2nd day of bomb testing
1936 Nationalists capturethe navy base at El Ferrol and 1 Battleship, 2 Cruisers, one Destroyer, plus 2 Cruisers under construction there.
1941 Soviet sub M-94 sunk by U-140 off Saaremaa
1942 R.N. MTB 328 sunk by KM surface ships in Dover Strait
1943 U-662 sunk by USN PBY off the mouth of the Amazon
1944 Battle of Guam begins. KM Minesweeper M-20 bombed/sunk off Sweden. M-307 bombed/sunk off Langeog, Germany. M-413 bombed/sunk in Narva Bay. U-212 sunk by Frigates HMS Curzon and Ekins south of Brighton. Brazilian Minelayer Camaqua sank in a storm east of Recife
1977 Libya-Egyptian War begins
 
July 22
838 Battle of Anzen
1209 Sack of Beziers
1298 Battle of Falkirk
1456 Siege of Belgrade ends
1484 Battle of Lochmaben Fair
1499 Battle of Dornach
1797 Battle of Cape Finesterre
1802 USS Constellation defeats 9 Tripolitan Gunboats
1812 Battle of Salamanca
1864 Battle of Atlanta
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Campina sunk by mine off Holeyhead
1942 USAT Southern Seas strikes a reef and sinks in Taruiu Pass, raised, repaired, put in US Navy service
1943 Allies capture Palermo. R.N. MTB 288 bombed/sunk off Augusta, Sicily. Seaplane Carrier Nisshin bombed/sunk off south east tip of Bouganville.
 
July 23
1677 Siege of Marstrand ends
1793 Siege of Mainz ends
1920 Battle of Maysalun Pass
1940 HMS Narwhale bombed/sunk in Norwegian Sea
1941 Destroyer HMS Fearless torpedoed by Italian aircraft, scuttled north east of Bone, Algeria. KM Sub Chaser UJ-113 sunk by mine off Liepuja. Patrol Boat V-1310 sunk by R.N. MTB off Boulogne, and V-1508 south west of Boulogne.
1943 Italian sub Ascianghi sunk by HMS Eclipse and Laforey off Augusta, Sicily. KM Minesweeper M-152 sunk by mine in the Geronde Estuary. U-598 sunk by US B-24 off Natal, Brazil. U-527 sunk by aircraft from USS Bogue south of the Azores. U-613 sunk by Destroyer USS George E. Badger south of the Azores. USN LCT 196 sank in a storm off Salerno
1944 US invades Tinian
 
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