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Oct 24
69 2nd Battle of Bedriacum
1812 Battle of Maloyarslavets
1912 Battle of Kumanovo ends
1917 Battle of Caporetto begins
1939 U-16 sunk by Sloop HMS Puffin and R.N. Trawler HMS Cayton Wyke in the Dover Strait
1940 KM Weather ship Adolf Vinnen sunk by 3 R.N. Destroyers off Norway
1941 R.N. Trawlers HMS Emilion and Lucienne Jeanne sunk by mines in the Thames Estuary
1942 U-599 sunk by RAF B-24 north west of The Azores
1943 Destroyer HMS Eclipse sunk by a mine off Kalymnos. U-566 damaged by a RAF Wellington off The Azores, scuttled. Destroyer Mochitzuki bombed/sunk by USN PBYs south east of Rabaul
1944 KM Patrol ship V-6111 sunk off Norway. U-673 sunk in a collision with U-382. Sub USS Tang sunk by own torpedo in the Formosa Strait. USS Shark sunk by 2 IJN Destroyers in the Luzon Strait. Battle of Leyte Gulf: Sub USS Darter runs aground in the Palawan Passage and is scuttled. Aircraft Carrier Princeton is bombed/scuttled. Fleet Tug USS Sonoma sunk by explosion of Kamakaze that hit a near by Liberty Ship. LCI(L)-1065 lost in Leyte Gulf. Destroyer Wakaba bombed/sunk west of Panay. Battleship Musashi bombed/sunk in the Sibuyan Sea
1973 Yom Kippur War ends
 
Oct 25
1147 Siege of Lisbon ends
1415 Battle of Agincourt
1812 HMS Macedonian captured by USS United States
1822 Siege of Missolonghi begins
1854 Battle of Balaclava
1864 Battle of Mine Creek
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Lord Inchcape sunk by mine off Plymouth. R.N. Trawler HMS Duthies bombed/sunk at Montrose
1941 Minesweeper HMS Latana bombed/sunk by JU-87s in the Med. Italian sub Galileo Ferraris damaged by RAF sub and a Destroyer and scuttled west of Gibraltar
1942 Fleet Tug USS Seminole and Patrol Boat YP-284 sunk by 3 IJN Destroyers off Tulagi. Cruiser Yura bombed/scuttled off Guadalcanal
1943 R.N. Trawler HMS Willian Stephens sunk by E Boat S-74, and S-63 and 88 sunk by MGBs 603 and 607, off Cromer
1944 R.N. Minesweeper BYMS 2077 sunk by mine in Gulf of Corinth. R.N. LCT 1045 sank in the English Channel. Sub USS Tang sunk by own torpedo in the Formosa Strait. Battle of Leyte Gulf: IJN losses: Carriers Chiyoda, Chitose, Zuiho, and Zuikaku, Battleships Fuso and Yamashiro, Cruisers Chikuma, Chokai, Mogami, Suzuya, Tama, destroyers Akizuki, Asugumo, Hatsuzuki, Michishio, Wakaba. US Losses: Carriers St. Lo and Gambier Bay, Destroyers Hoel and Johnston, Destroyer Escort Samuel B. Roberts, PT-493
1983 US invades Grenada
 
26 Oct
1597 naval Battle of Myeongnyang
1813 Battle of Chateauguay
1917 Brazil declares War on the Central Powers
1940 1st flight P-51
1941 CAM ship HMS Ariguani damaged by U-83, repaired and sold into merchant service 1944
1942 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Carrier USS Hornet and Destroyer USS Porter sunk. Battle of Henderson Field ends.
1943 1st flight Do-335 fighter
1944 Norwegian Corvette Rose rammed/sunk by Frigate HMS Manners east of Newfoundland. KM Minesweeper M-433 bombed/sunk off Norway. R.N. Motor Launch ML 579 bombed/sunk at Leros. R.N. MTB 669 sunk by KM ships off Norway. Battle of Leyte Gulf ends: IJN losses: Cruisers Kunu, Noroshiro, Abukuma, sub I-26, Destroyers Nowaki, Urinami, and Hayashimo, Landing Ship T-102.
2002 Moscow Theatre Siege ends
 
Oct 27
1644 2nd Battle of Newbury
1864 Ironclad CSS Albemarle sunk in the Roanoke River by Lt. Cushing using a spar torpedo on a steam launch. Battle of the Boydton Plank Road begins.
1870 Siege of Metz ends
1914 Battleship HMS Audacious sunk by mine off Ireland
1916 Battle of Segale
1942 R.N. LCT 2281 lost as cargo when Whaling Factory ship SS Sourabaya is sunk by a U-Boat. U-436 sunk by RAF B-17 south of Iceland.
1944 U-1060 damaged by R.N. and RAF aircraft, beached at Bronnoysund. Destroyers Fujinami and Shiranuhi sunk with all hands by USN aircraft off Panay.
1981 Soviet sub S-363 runs aground off Sweden, "Whiskey on the rocks" Incident
 
Oct 30
1137 Battle of Rignano
1270 Siege of Tunis ends
1340 Battle of Rio Saludo
1657 Battle of Ocho Rios
1806 Stettin surrenders to the French
1863 Gunboat USS Undine and 2 transports captured by Forrest's CS Cavalry.
1939 Armed Boarding Vessel HMS Northern Rover sunk by U-59 north west of the Orkneys
1940 U-32 sunk by Destroyers HMS Harvester and Highlander north west of Ireland. Destroyer HMS Sturdy wrecked off Tiree, Inner Hebrides. R.N. ML 109 sunk by mine in The Humber
1941 Soviet sub Kalev sunk by mine off Hanko
1942 U-520 sunk by RCAF B-18 east of Newfoundland. U-559 sunk by 5 R.N. Destroyers, Enigma machine and materials captured before she sinks. U-658 sunk by RCAF Hudson east of Newfoundland
1944 KM Minesweeper Zeus bombed/sunk at Thessaloniki. R.N. LCT 936 damaged beyond repair at Lowestoft.
 
Nov 2
1899 Siege of Ladysmith begins
1914 Russia declares War on the Ottomans
1940 Battle of Elia-Kalamas begins. U-31 sunk by Destroyer HMS Antelope north west of Ireland. R.N. Trawler HMS Rinovia sunk by mine off Falmouth
1943 Battle of Empress Augusta Bay: Cruiser Sendai and Destroyer Hatsukaze sunk. U-340 sunk by Sloop HMS Fleetwood and Destroyers Active and Withington off Tangiers. Minesweeper W-26 bombed/beached by 5th Air Force B-25s at Rabaul
1944 R.N. LCTs 7011, 839, and 789 lost off Walcherin
1947 1st and only flight Hughes H-4 Hercules
 
3 Nov
1812 Battle of Vyazma
1867 Battle of Mentana
1918 Austria-Hungary signs armistice with the Allies. Gerrman Revolution of 1918-19 begins
1940 Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Laurentic sunk by U-99 west of Ireland
1941 Patrol Ship HMS Ouzel sunk with all hands by a mine east of Maplethorp. KM Patrol ship UJ-1213 sunk by HMS Trident in Honningsvaag
1942 Battle of Koli Point
1944 R.N. Motor Launch ML 147 damaged beyond repair off Portmouth. Destroyer Akikaze sunk with all hands by sub USS Pintado when she intercepted torpedoes launched at Carrier Junyo.
1967 Battle of Dak To begins
 
4 Nov
1429 Siege of Saint-Pierre-le-Moutiere ends
1576 Siege of Antwerp ends. Sack of Antwerp begins
1791 Battle of the Wabash
1798 Siege of Cotfu begins
1864 Battle of Johnsonville: Gunboat Undine burned to prevent recapture
1940 Armed Merchant Cruiser Patroclus sunk by U-99 west of Ireland
1941 R.N. LCTs 105 and 109 lost in Home Waters
1942 U-132 sunk by the explosion of SS Hatimura south east of Cape Farewell. Sub RO-65 sinks in a diving accident in Kiska Harbor
1943 R.N. LCT 583 lost in the Med. R.N. MTB 606 sunk by KM vessels off Holland. Survey ship Tsukushi sunk by mine off Kavieng, New Ireland
1944 Minesweeper W-5 sunk by sub HMS Terrapin in the Molacca Strait
1979 Iran Hostage Crisis begins
 
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Nov 6
1632 Battle of Lutzen
1863 Battle of Droop Mountain
1865 CSS Shenandoah surrenders to HMS Donegal at Liverpool, last CS military unit to surrender
1935 1st flight Hawker Hurricane
1940 R.N. Whaler HMS Sevra sunk by mine off Falmouth. R.N. Trawler HMS Girl Helen sunk by mine off Newcastle
1942 R.N. MGB 19 bombed/sunk at Oulton Broad
1943 Destroyer USS Beatty torpedoed/sunk by JU-88s off Algeria. U-226 sunk by 3 R.N. Sloops. U-842 sunk by Sloops HMS Starling and Wild Goose. Sub Chaser CH-11 bombed/sunk by B-25s west of Buka
1944 R.N. LCT 609 sank in a storm off Ostend
1948 Battle of Xu-Beng begins
1951 Soviets shoot down USN P2V off Siberia
 
7 Nov
1811 Battle of Tippecanoe
1861 Battle of Port Royal. Battle of Belmont
1863 Battle of Kelly's Ford
1900 Battle of Leliefontein
1914 Japan captures Tsingtao from Germany
1917 Battles of Hareira and Sheria
1940 HMS Swordfish sunk by mine off the Isle of Wight. Vichy French sub Poncelet damaged by Sloop HMS Milford and scuttled off Gabon. Free French Minesweeper Poulmic sunk by mine off Portsmouth. R.N. Trawler HMS William Wesney sunk by mine off Orford. R.N. Trawler HMS Reed sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary. KM Torpedo Boat T-6 sunk by mine off Kinnaird Head.
1941 Soviet Hospital ship Armenia bombed/sunk by an HE-111 in the Black Sea.
1942 IJN midget sub HA-11 ran aground and scuttled off Marovovo Island, Guadalcanal.
1944 USS Albacore sunk by mine off Hokkaido. R.N. LCT 976 sank near the mouth of the Schelde. R.N. LCT 420 sunk by mine in the English Channel.
 
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Nov 8
960 Battle of Andrassos
1620 Battle of White Mountain
1936 Siege of Madrid begins
1940 Dutch Sub O-XXII Sunk by KN Sub chasers UJ-117 and UJ-1102 off Lindesnes. R.N. rescue Tug HMS Muria sunk with all hands by a mine off North Foreland. R.N. Whaler A.N.2 sunk by mine off Falmouth. Norwegian Fisheries Protection ship Fridtjof Nansen ran aground and sank at Jan Mayen
1941 R.N. trawler HMS Monardo sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary
1942 US/UK invade French North Africa: Destroyer HMS Broke damaged, sinks on the 10th. Destroyer Hartland sunk. Sloop HMS Walney sunk. Vichy French Subs Acteon, Amphitrite, Argonaute, Destroyers Brestois, Fougoeux, Frondeur, Milan, Boulonnais Tornade, and Tramontame, Cruiser Primauguet sunk
1944 Sub USS Growler sunk by Desyroyer Shigure and Frigates Chiburi and CD-19. Torpedo Boar Sagi sunk by sub USs Gunnel off Luzon
1950 F-80 shoots down 2 Mig-15s, 1st jet to jet kills
1965 Battle of Gang Toi
 
9 Nov
1313 Battle of Gammelsdorf
1330 Battle of Posada begins
1688 William of Orange captures Exeter
1780 Battle of Fishdam Ford
1822 boats from USS Alligator capture Pirate ship Revenge and recapture 5 prizes in Cuba
1914 Cruiser SMS Emden is damaged/beached on Direction Island in the Indian Ocean by HMAS Sydney
1940 Vichy French Sloop Bouganville sunk by Free French Sloop Sovorgnan de Brazza, and VF sub Poncelet damaged by Sloop HMS Milford and scuttled, off Gabon
1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Boy Andrew sunk in a collision in the Firth of Forth. Italian Destroyers Libeccio and Fulmine sunk by R.N. warships in the Med.
1942 Minesweeper HMS Cromer sunk by mine off Mersa Matruh. Operation Torch: Corvette HMS Gardinia sunk in a collision with R.N. Trawler HMS Fluellen off Oran. Vichy French Subs Ariane, Danae and Diane, Destroyers Epervier and Typhon sunk
1943 R.N. MTB 230 sunk in a collision with MTB 222 in the North Sea. U-707 sunk by RAF B-17 east of the Azores.
1944 U-537 sunk by USS Flounder in the Java Sea.
 
Nov 10
1202 Siege of Zara begins
1444 Battle of Varna
1580 Siege of Smerwick ends
1659 Battle of Pratapgad
1702 Siege of St. Augustine begins
1775 Contenental Marines Est.
1940 R.N. Trawler Kingston Alalite sunk by mine off Plymouth. Boom Defence Vessel HMS Marcelle sunk by mine in the Bristol Channel.
1942 Sub I-15 sunk by Destroyer-Minesweeper USS Southard off San Cristobal Island. Operation Torch: Italian sub Emo sunk by R.N. Trawler HMS Lord Nuffield off Algiers. Sloop HMS Ibis sunk by Italian torpedo planes near Algiers. Destroyer HMS Martin sunk by U-431 off Algeria. Vichy French Battleship Jean Bart bombed/sunk by USN aircraft in Casablanca Harbor. Vichy French Sub Meduse sunk by spotter plane from USS Philidelphia.
1943 R.N. MTB 222 sank from damage sustained in a collision with MTB 230 in the North Sea. U-966 sunk by RAF B-24s, Wellingtons and USN PB4Ys in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortugal
1944 IJN Patrol Boat PB-46 sunk by sub USS Greenling off Japan. Frigate CD-11 bombed/beached by B-25s. Ammo Ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Manus killing 432 & sinking 13 LSMs and damaging many more ships.
1945 Battle of Sorabaya begins
 
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Nov 11
1673 Battle of Khotyn
1805 Battle of Durenstein
1813 Battle of Crysler's Farm
1865 Sherman begins destroying Rome and Atlanta Ga.
1918 Germany signs armistice with the Allies
1919 Battle of Riga
1940 R.N. Trawler Stella Orion sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary. Taranto Air Raid: Italian Battleships Andrea Doria, Conte di Cavour, and Littorio sunk
1941 U-580 sunk in a collision with KM Target Ship Angelburg off Lithuania
1942 Transport USS Joseph Hewes sunk by U-173, and Vichy French sub Sidi Ferruch sunk by aircraft from USS Suwanee, both off Fedhala Roads. Sub HMS Unbeaten sunk by RAF Wellington in the Bay of Biscay. Armed Merchant Cruiser Hokoku Maru sunk by Minesweeper HMIS Bengal and Dutch merchant tanker Undina in the Indian Ocean.
1943 Harbor Defence Motor Launches HDML 1244 and 1289 lost as cargo when SS Indian Prince is torpedoed/sunk by German aircraft north off Oran. Destroyer Suzunami sunk by USN aircraft at Rabaul
1944 IJN Supply ship Kurusaki sunk by sub USS Raton west of Luzon. Minesweeper W-22 sunk by mine at Palau. US Carrier aircraft wipe out a convoy sinking all 4 transports and Destroyers Hamanami, Naganami, Shimakaze and Wakatsuki and Minesweeper W-30 in Ormac Bay, Leyte. Sub USS Scamp sunk by a bomber and Frigate CD-4 north east of Hachijo Island, Japan
 
Nov 16
1776 1st foriegn salute to US flag by Dutch fort on St. Eustatius, West Indies to Contenintal Navy ship. Battle of Ft. Washington, NY.
1805 Battle of Schongrabern
1863 Battle of Campbell's Station
1864 Sherman's main body begins the March to the Sea
1939 R.N. MTB 6 rammed/sunk by Destroyer HMS Dainty while under tow by Dainty off Sardinia
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Arsenal sunk in a collision with Polish Destroyer Burza in the Clyde Estuary
1941 U-433 sunk by Corvette HMS Marigold east of Gibraltar
1942 U-173 sunk by Destroyers USS Woolsey, Swanson and Quick off Casablanca. Greek sub Triton sunk by KM Sub Chaser UJ-2102 off Euboia.
1943 Sub USS Corvina sunk by I-176 off Truk. U-280 sunk by RAF B-24 south west of Ireland. R.N. LCT 322 sank off Gijon, Spain. R.N. LCT 418 sank in a storm off the north west coast of France.
1944 Minelayer Ukishima sank north of Oshima Island, possibly by a mine.
 
Nov 17
1183 Battle of Mizushima
1796 Battle of Arcole
1810 Anglo-Swedish War of 1810-12 Declared. What if they had a War and no one came?
1862 Battle of Fredricksburg begins
1917 U-58 sunk by Destroyers USS Fanning and Nickolson off Milford Haven, Wales, 1st sub kill for the USN.
1942 U-331 damaged by RAF Hudson, surrenders, sunk after surrender by Albacores from HMS Formidable.
1943 High Speed Transport USS McKean torpedoed and sunk by IJN torpedo plane off Bouganville. Sub Tender Hie Maru sunk by USS Drum south west of Truk.
1944 R.N. LCT 1022 wrecked off Dungeness. US LST-6 sunk by mine in Siene Bay, France. Escort Carrier Shinyo and IJ Army Landing Craft Depot Ship Mayasan Maru sunk by sub USS Picuda in the Yellow Sea. Torpedo Boat Hiyodori sunk by sub USS Gunnel north east of Cape Tourane, French Indochina
 
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Nov 18
1803 Battle of Vertieres
1809 French capture a convoy of British "East Indiamen" in the Indian Ocean.
1812 Battle of Krasnoi ends
1916 1st Battle of the Somme ends, began July 1.
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Go Ahead sunk in a collision in the Medway
1942 Norwegian Corvette Montbretia sunk by U-262 south east of Cape Farewell
1943 Sloop HMS Chanticleer damaged by U-515, repaired and used as an accomodations ship. U-718 rammed/sunk by U-476 during training exercise in the Baltic. Destroyer Samae sunk by USS Bluefish in the Celebes Sea.
1944 PT-311 sunk by a mine west of La Spezia. Sub I-41 sunk by Destroyer Escorts Lawrence C. Taylor and Melvin R. Nawman and planes from USS Anzio.
1991 Siege of Vukovar ends
 
19 Nov
636 Battle of Qadisiya ends
1885 Battle of Slivnitsa ends
1912 Serbs liberate Bitola from the Ottomans
1917 Destroyer USS Chauncey rammed/sunk by British SS Rose west of Gibraltar
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Fontenoy bombed/sunk off Lowestoft
1941 KM Raider Kormoran and Cruiser HMAS Sydney sink each other off Western Australia, Sydney lost with all hands.
1942 Whaler HMS Ullswater sunk by E Boats in the English Channel. KM Auxiliary MN-01 shelled/beached in Varangerfjord. Sperrbrecher 169 sunk by mine in Helgefjord. US Patrol Boat YP-26 destroyed by a explosion while hauled out on a marine railway at Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone.
1943 U-211 sunk by RAF Wellington east of The Azores. USN Sub Chaser SC-1067 sank off Attu, Alaska Territory. PT-147 ran aground and was scuttled off Teliata Point, New Guinea.
1944 Sub I-37 sunk by Destroyers USS Conklin and McCoy Reynolds. Sub Chaser CH-36 bombed/sunk by USN aircraft off Subic Bay. Sub USS Sculpin damaged by Destroyer Yamagumo and scuttled north of the Mariannas. KM Gun Ferry AF-18 bombed/sunk by Soviet aircraft. Battle of Vianden.
 
Nov 24
1429 Siege of Charite begins
1542 Battle of Solway Moss
1850 Battle of Lottorf
1863 Battle of Lookout Mountain
1940 Slovak Republic joins the Axis. Trawler HMS Amethyst sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary. Armed Yacht HMS Gael sunk by mine at the mouth of the Humber
1941 Cruiser HMS Dunedin sunk by U-124 off Recife
1942 Destroyer Hayashiro bombed by US and RAAF aircraft, scuttled in Huon Gulf.
1943 Carrier USS Liscome Bay sunk by I-175 off the Gilberts. R.N. MTB 73 bombed/sunk off La Maddalena. Ex-Frech Cruiser Jeanne de Vienne, Destroyer Aigle and Minesweeper SG-21 bombed/sunk at Toulon by US bombers.
1944 R.N. MTBs 287 and 371 wrecked off Levrera Island, Yugpslavia. IJN Landing Ships T-111, T-141, and T-160 bombed/sunk by P-40s and P-47s at Port Cataingan, Masbate
 
Nov 25
1177 Battle of Montgisard
1758 British capture Ft. Duquesne
1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge
1917 Battle of Ngomano
1939 KM Flackship V-301 sunk by mine off Denmark
1940 1st flights Mosquito and B-26. Trawlers HMS Kennymore, sunk by mine, and HMS Conquistador, sunk by collision, in the Thames Estuary. R.N. Motor Launch ML 111 sunk by mine at the mouth of the Humber
1941 Italian Armed Merchant Cruiser Attilo Deffenu sunk by sub HMS Thrasher off Brindisi. Minesweeper Zirana bombed/beached at Benghazi. Battleship Barham sunk by U-331 off Alexandria. Trawlers HMS Jacques Morgand and HMS Fisher Girl bombed/sunk at Falmouth. KM Flackship V-412 sunk by R.N. MTBs off St. Pol, France, raised, repaired, returned to service as V-805.
1942 KM Minesweeper M-101 sunk in a collision with SS Levant off Norway. Sub HMS Utmost sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Groppo south west of Sicily. Trawler HMS Leyland sunk in a collision off Gibraltar
1943 I-19 sunk by Destroyer USS Radford west of Makin. U-600 sunk by Frigates HMS Bazely and Blackwood. U-849 sunk by USN PB4Y west of the Congo. Battle of Cape St. George: Destroyers Makanami, Onami and Yuguri sunk. RO-100 sunk by mine off Buin.
1944 Cruiser Kumano, Sub Chaser CH-46, Escort Yasojima, Landing Ships T-6, T-10, T-113, T-142, and T-161 sunk by USN aircraft in the Philippines. Frigate CD-38 sunk by USS Hardhead, Destroyer Shimotsuki sunk by sub USS Cavalla, Patrol Boat PB-38 sunk by sub USS Atule. U-482 sunk by Frigate HMS Ascencion. Corvette HMCS Shawinigan sunk by U-1228 in the Cabot Strait
1952 Battle of Triangle Hill ends
 
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