This day in military history..

Jan 5
1477 Battle of Nancy Charles the Bold killed, France annexes Burgundy
1500 Duke Ludovico conquers Milan
1675 Battle of Comar french defeat Burgundy
1781 British burn Richmond, Va
1913 Battle of Lemnos, 1st Balkan War Greek Navy defeats Turks
 
Jan 6
1781 Battle of Jersey English defeat French attempt to invade Jersey.
1967 Operation Deckhouse Five, Mekong Delta operation by USMC & ARVN.
 
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Jan 7
1558 france takes Calais from England, England's last Continintal territory
1863 Battle of Springfield, Mo
1942 Siege of Bataan begins
1979 Vietnamese capture Phnom Penh, ousting the Khmer Rouge Govt.
 
Jan 8
871 Battle of Ashdown Ethelred of Wessex defeats invading Danes.
1815 Battle of New Orleans, La
1863 CS forces give up on taking Springfield, Mo & move on.
1877 Battle of Wolf Mountain. Crazy Horse's last battle with the US Cavalry
1959 Cuban Revolution ends with the fall of Santaigo de Cuba to Castro's troops.
 
Jan 9
1719 France declares War on Spain
1760 Battle of Barari Ghat Afghans defeat Marathas
1792 Russia & Turkey end confict with Treaty of Jassy.
1863 Battle of Arkansas Post, Ark begins
1916 Gallipoli Campaign ends with evacuation of Allied troops
1918 Battle of Bear Valley last battle of the Indian Wars
1945 US troops land on Luzon, Phillipines
 
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Jan 10
49B.C. Julius Ceasar crosses the Rubicon, starting the Roman Civil War.
1072 Robert Guiscord takes Palermo
1475 Battle of Vaslui Stephen III of Moldava defeats Ottomans
1862 Battle of Middle Creek, Ky
1941 Greeks capture Kleisoura
 
Jan 11
1863 Main battle Arkansas Post (Ft. Hindman)
CSS Alabama sinks USS Hatteras off Galveston, Tx
1942 Japan declares war on the Netherlands & invades the Dutch East Indies.
 
Jan 14
1761 3rd Battle of Panipat Afghans defeat Indians
1822 Acrocorinth captured by Greek troops
1863 Battle of Bayou Teche, La
1865 Battle of Ft. Fisher, 2nd day
1913 Battle of Bizani
1943 Japanese begin evacuating Guadalcanal
 
Not exactly a one day event, but December marked the 20 year anniversary of Operation "Just Cause" US intervention in Panama lasting from December December 15Th, 1989 through the official end January 31st 1990.

Panamanian Dictator Manual Noriega captured January 3rd.
 
Jan 15
588B.C. Nebuchadnezzer II begins siege of Jerusalem. Ends July 23, 586B.C.
1865 Battle of Ft. Fisher, 3rd day.
1943 Soviets begin counter attack @ Voronezh
1949 Communist Chinese take Tianjin from the Nationalists.
 
Jan 16
550 Ostrogoths take Rome
1761 British take Pondicherry, India, ending French role in India
1780 Battle of cape St. Vincent
1809 Battle of La Coruna British defeat French
1863 CSS Florida slips out of Mobile, Ala.
1865 In the newly captured Ft. Fisher 2 US Navy sailors, reportedly drunk, enter the Powder Magazine with candle lanterns. The resulting explosion of 13,000 lbs of powder as rough on the men of the 169 New York Inf. Regt. who were sleeping on top of the Magazine.
1878 Battle of Plovdiv
 
Jan 17
1287 Aragon invades Minorca
1595 France declares War on Spain
1608 Battle of Ebenat Ethiopians defeat Oromos
1781 Battle of Cowpens, S.C.
1873 1st Battle of the Stronghold Modocs defeats US troops
1945 Soviets take Warsaw
 
Jan 18
1520 Battle of Lake Asunden King Christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats/conquers Sweden
1913 Naval Battle of Lemnos Greeks defeat Ottomans
1941 British counter attack in Italian East Africa
1944 Siege of Leningrad ends
1955 Battle of Yijiangshan Communist Chinese sieze Nationalist held island
 
Jan 19
1419 English capture Rouen
1493 Battle of salinas
1511 French capture Mirandola
1812 British capture Ciudad Rodrigo
1839 British East India Company capture aden
1862 Battle of Mill Springs, Ky
1871 Battle of St. Quintin
1942 Japanese invade Burma
 
Jan 20
1839 Battle of Yungay Chile defeats Peru & Bolivia
1841 British occupy Hong Kong
1887 US Navy leases Pearl Harbor for a Base.
 
Jan 21
1287 Aragon finishes conquest of Minorca
1954 USS Nautilus, 1st Nuclear power sub launched
1968 Battle of Khe Sahn begins
 
Jan 22
1824 Gold Coast Ashantis defeat British
1879 Battle of Isandlwana Zulus defeat British
1941 British & Commonwealth forces capture Tobruk
Jan 23
971 Battle of Shao Southern Hans defeated by Song dynasty
1865 naval Battle of Trent's Reach, Va
1870 Marias Massacre of Indians by US Army
1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift
1943 British capture tripoli
Japanese offensive in New Guinea stopped
Battle of Mt. Austen, Guadalcanal
1968 USS Pueblo siezed by North Korea
 
Jan 24
1776 Artillery from Ft. Ticonderoga arrives @ Cambridge, Mass adding teeth to the siege of Boston.
1972 Japanese Army Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found on Guam, where he has been hiding since WWII
 
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