This day in military history..

Jan 13
1797 Combat between a French Ship-of-the-Line & 2 British Frigates results in the Ship-of-the Line & 1 Frigate lost to grounding
1815 British capture Ft. Peter @ St. Mary, Ga, only combat in Ga. in the War of 1812
1863 Union troops blow up & abandon Ft. Hindman. Elsewhere in Ark. Union troops destroy buildings in Mound City in retaliation for attacks on steamboats.
1865 2nd Battle of Ft. Fisher begins
1951 Battle of Vinh Yen begins
1958 Battle of Edchera
 
Jan 14
1761 3rd Battle of Panipat
1822 Greeks capture Acrocorinth
1863 Battle of Bayou Teche, CSS Cotton burned to prevent capture
1943 Japanese begin evacuating Guadalcanal
1950 1st flight Mig-17
 
Jan 15
588 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar II begins the Siege of Jerusalem(ends July 23, 586 B.C.)
1815 British R.N. squadron captures USS President
1865 2nd Battle of Ft. Fisher ends
1937 2nd Battle of Corunna Rd. ends
1943 Soviet offensive @ Voronezh begins
1949 Red Chinese capture Tianjin
 
Jan 16
550 Ostrogoths capture Rome
1761 British capture Pondicherry from the French
1780 naval Battle of Cape St. Vincent
1809 Battle of La Coruna
1863 CSS Florida sorties from Mobile on a 1 1/2 year cruise that ends with her illegal capture in a neutral Port
1878 Battle of Philippolis
 
Jan 17
1287 Aragon invades Minorca
1648 Battle of Ebenat
1746 Battle of Falkirk
1781 Battle of Cowpens
1873 1st Battle of the Stronghold, California
1885 Battle of Abu Klea
1941 naval Battle of Koh Chang
1944 Allies begin an Offensive in Italy to capture Rome
1945 Soviets occupy Warsaw
1991 Operation Desert Storm begins
 
@ George:-Man this is like" write in chronological order" from my school days during History exam.Keep it up...gud one...
 
Jan 19
1419 English capture Rouen
1511 French take Mirandola
1520 Battle of Bogesund
1806 British occupy the Cape of Good Hope
1812 Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo ends
1839 British East India Company captures Aden
1862 Battle of Mill Springs
1871 Battle of St. Quentin. Battle of Buzenval begins
1915 Zepplins carry out 1st air raids on civilian targets in England, Great Yatmouth & King's Lynn
1942 Japanese invade Burma
 
Jan 22
1824 Ashanti defeat the British in the Gold Coast
1849 Siege of Multan ends
1879 Battle of Isandlwana. Battle of Rorke's Drift begins.
1941 British capture Tobruk
1944 Allies land @ Anzio
 
Jan 23
1865 naval Battle of Trent's Reach begins
1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift ends
1900 Battle of Spion Kop
1942 Japanese invade New Britian
1943 British capture Tripoli. Guadancanal: Battles of Mount Austin, the Galloping Horse & the Sea Horse end
1945 German Navy begin evacuating military & civilians from Courland & East Prussia
1968 North Korea siezes USS Pueblo
 
Jan 24
1817 Action of Picheuta
1942 Allies bombard Bangkok. naval Battle of Balikpapan
 
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Jan 27
1868 Battle of Toba-Fushimi begins
1918 Finnish Civil War begins
1939 1st flight P-38
1942 USS Grudgeon sinks I-173, 1st US sub to sink an enemy sub
1944 Siege of Leningrad ends
1960 Soviet sub S-80 sinks
 
Jan 28
1778 2nd Battle of Nassau
1846 Battle of Aliwal
1871 Siege of Paris ends
1915 US Coast guard est.
1932 1st Battle of Shanghai
1941 French-Thai War ends
1945 Burma Road opens
1982 Gen. Dozier rescued from Terrorists by Italian Commandos
 
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