This day in military history..

Aug 25
357 Battle of Strasbourg
1580 Battle of Alcantara
1758 Battle of Zorndorf
1863 CSS Tallahassee returns to Wilmington, N.C. from a cruise that bagged 31 Prizes. Battle of Ream's Station, Va
1920 Battle of Warsaw ends
1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons ends. Battle of Milne Bay begins
1944 Allies liberate Paris
1991 Siege of Vulovar begins
 
Aug 26
55 B.C. Romans invade Britain
1071 Battle of Manzikert
1278 Battle of Marchfield
1346 Battle of Crecy
1813 Battle of Liegnitz
1814 Battle of Las Tres Acequias
1862 2nd Battle of Manassas opens with Stonewall Jackson capturing the Union supply base @ Manassas
1914 Battle of Le Cateau.
French & British troops invade German Colony of Togoland
1999 2nd Chechen War begins
 
Aug 27
479 B.C. Battle of Plataea
410 Sack of Rome ends
1776 Battle of Long Island
1810 naval Battle of Grand Port
1813 Battle of Dresden
1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War begins & ends. World's shortest War, lasting from 9:00 to 9:45.
1916 Romania declares War on Austria-Hungary
1922 Turks capture Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks
1939 1st flight He-178, world's 1st jet
1943 Japanese evacuate New Georgia
 
Aug 28
489 Battle of Isonzo
1189 Siege of Acre begins
1521 Ottomans occupy Belgrade
1542 Battle of Wofla
1640 Battle of Newburn
1849 Siege of Venice ends
1861 US Navy/Union Army attacks Ft. Hatteras & Ft. Clark @ Hatteras Inlet, N.C.
1914 Battle of the Heligoland Bight
1916 Germans declare War on Romania & Italy declares War on Germany
1944 Allies liberate Toulon & Marseille
 
Aug 29
1350 naval Battle of Winchelsea
1526 Battle of Mohacs
1541 Ottomans capture Buda, Hungary
1756 Prussia invades Saxony
1861 US Navy & Union Army captures Ft Hatteras & Ft. Clark @ Hatteras Inlet
1863 H L Hunley sinks @ Charleston, drowning several crew members
1943 German occupied Denmark scuttles most of its Navy
 
Aug 30
1363 naval Battle of Lake Poyang
1813 Battle of Kulm
1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas ends. Battle of Richmond, Ky
1896 Battle of San Juan Del Monte
1914 Battle of Tannenburg
1922 Battle of Dumlupinar
1942 Battle of Alam Halfa begins
1945 British liberate Hong Kong
 
Aug 31
1795 British capture Trincomalee
1813 British/Portuguese capture Donostia. Battle of San Marcial.
1864 Battle of Jonesboro, Ga begins
1920 Battle of Komarow
1941 Battle of Loznica
 
Sept 1
1644 Battle of Tippenmuir
1862 The 2nd Manassas Campaign ends with the Battle of Ox Hill
1864 Battle of Jonesboro ends. Confederates evacuate Atlanta
1870 Battle of Sedan
1939 Germany invades Poland, WWII begins
1983 Soviets shoot down KAL flight 007.
 
Sept 2
36 B.C. naval Battle of Actium
1649 Papal forces destroy Castro, Italy
1807 naval Battle of Copenhagen
1862 Confederates occupy Lexington, Ky
1863 Union troops occupy Knoxville, Tn. Confederates defeat Mexican bandits, led by Zapata, raiding in Texas.
1864 Union troops occupy Atlanta
1898 Battle of Omdurman
1945 Japan surrenders
 
Sept 3
36 B.C. naval Battle of Naulochus
863 Battle of Lalakaon
1260 Battle of Ain Jalut
1650 Battle of Dunbar
1651 Battle of Worchester
1777 Battle of Cooch's Bridge, De. Only battle in Delaware
1783 American Revolutionary War ends
1798 Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras begins
1861 Confederate troops invade Ky.
1863 Battle of Whitestone Hill, Dakota Territory, Union Cav. defeat Sioux
1864 Battle of Berryville, Va
1870 Siege of Metz begins
1925 US Navy Zepplin USS Shenandoah crashes
1939 U.K. N.Z. & Australia declare War on Germany
1954 1st Formosa Strait Crisis begins
 
Sept 4
1260 Battle of Monteperti
1812 Siege of Ft. Harrison, Ind begins
1886 Geronimo surrenders
1923 1st flight US Navy Zepplin USS Shenandoah
1941 Greer Incident
1944 Finnish-Soviet Continuation War ends. British liberate Antwerp.
1967 Operation Swift begins
 
Sept 5
1590 Siege of Paris lifted
1781 naval Battle of the Chesapeake
1800 French surrender Malta to the British
1812 Siege of Ft. Wayne, Ind. begins
1839 China: 1st Opium War begins
1905 Russo-Japanese War ends
1914 1st Battle of the Marne begins
1942 Battle of Milne Bay, P.N.G. ends
1943 US captures Nadzab, P.N.G.
1970 Vietnam: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins
 
Sept 6
394 Battle of Frigidus
1694 Battle of Nordlingen
1781 Battle of Groton Heights
1861 Union troops occupy Paducah, Ky
1863 Charleston, S.C.: Battery Wagner evacuated on night of 6-7th. Confederates evacuate Chattanooga, Tn
1937 Battle of El Mazuco
1939 South Africa declares War on Germany
 
Sept 7
1191 Battle of Arsuf
1776 reportedly 1st submarine attack. Claimed attempt by "Turtle" to plant a mine under HMS Eagle.
1812 Battle of Borodino
1940 Battle of Britain: London Blitz begins
1942 1st flight B-32
1945 Japanese garrison of Wake Island surrenders
1965 Vietnam: Operation Piranha begins
 
Sept 8
1380 Battle of Kulikovo
1449 Battle of the Tumu Fortress
1514 Battle of Orsha
1565 Siege of Malta lifted
1755 Battle of Lake George
1793 Battle of Hondschoote
1796 Battle of Bassano
1863 2nd Battle of Sabine Pass
1921 Honda Point Disaster 9 US Navy destroyers run aground, 7 lost
1941 Siege of Leningrad begins
1944 1st V-2 strike on London
 
Sept 9
9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
1000 naval Battle of Svolder
1493 Battle of Krbava Field
1513 Battle of Flodden Field
1855 Siege of Sevastopol ends
1939 Battle of Hel
1943 Allies land @ Salerno & Toranto Bay
 
I am a newbie at this site, George, so forgive my ignorance, but is there a way this techno-phobic ex-History teacher can be sent an e-mail of your excellent posts daily? I believe they're called RSS, and can be ordered simply, but I don't know how.
 
DocW said:
I am a newbie at this site, George, so forgive my ignorance, but is there a way this techno-phobic ex-History teacher can be sent an e-mail of your excellent posts daily? I believe they're called RSS, and can be ordered simply, but I don't know how.
Click to expand...
PM sent, nice to know these are being read!
Sept 10
1547 Battle of Pinky Cleugh
1567 4th Battle of Kawanakajima
1798 naval Battle of George's Caye, British Honduras ends
1813 Battle of Lake Erie
1861 Battle of Carnefex Ferry, Va begins
1939 Sub HMS Oxley sunk by sub HMS Triton. Canada declares War on Germany
1942 U.K. invades Madagascar
 
Sept 11
9 Battle of Teutoburg Forest ends
1297 Battle of Sterling Bridge
1390 Siege of Vilnius begins
1541 Santiago, Chile destroyed by Indians
1649 Siege of Drogheda ends
1697 Battle of Zenta
1709 Battle of Malplaquet
1714 Siege of Barcelona ends
1758 Battle of Saint Cast
1777 Battle of Brandywine
1814 Battle of Lake Champlain
1829 Battle of Tampico
1861 Battle of cheat Mountain, Va begins, Battle of Elkwater, Va.
1914 Australia invades German New Guinea: Battle of Bita Paka
1919 US Marines land in Honduras
1943 Germans occupy Corsica
1965 India captures Burki
2001 Sept 11 Terror Attacks
 
Sept 12
490 B.C. Battle of Marathon
1213 Battle of Muret
1683 Aragon invades Majorca
1683 Siege/Battle of Vienna ends
1814 Battle of North Point, Md
1847 Battle of Chapaltepec
1861 Battle of Cheat Mountain ends
1897 Battle of Saragarhi
1942 RMS Laconia sunk. Guadalcanal: Battle of Edson's Ridge begins
1943 Skorzeny rescues Mussolini
1948 India invades Hyderabad
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top