1995 Singer Bobby Brown escapes injury in gun battle
1995 Daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57
1995 Viktor Vorobyov, Russian general-major, dies in battle
1993 Battle at TV station Ostankino/Moscow townhall, about 25 killed
1993 Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38
1993 Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33
1992 James A Van Fleet, U.S. general (D-Day, Battle of Bulge), dies at 100
1992 Great British postage stamp 350 year battle near Edgehill
1992 Kate A ter Horst-Arriens, Dutch nurse (Battle of Arnhem), dies at 85
1991 Donald Houston, actor (Battle Hell, Study in Terror), dies at 67
1991 John F. Kennedy, Jr. wins his 1st battle as an attorney
1991 Aldo Ray, western actor (Battle Cry), dies at 64 of cancer
1990 New York court of appeals ends 2 year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case
1990 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa
1987 Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed
1983 Musical "Tap Dance Kid" with H Battle premieres in New York City
1983 Lebanese and Syrian army battle
1982 Battle of Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands
1982 Battle of Sultan Yakoub - 3 IDF members captured
1982 Government troops and Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria
1981 Battle between Moslems and Christians in Cairo, 14 killed
1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon
1981 Police and Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia
1980 Battle between police and demonstrators in Capetown, 34 killed
1980 Police and youthful rebels battle in Zurich
1977 Willis Bouchey, actor (Battle Cry, From Here to Eternity), dies at 34
1976 Battle East Sussex: Mary Langdon becomes 1st British firewoman
1976 Terry Battle, running back, Detroit Lions
1975 Battle between Cuba and South Africa troops in Angola
1972 Howard Battle, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies
1972 Edgar P Snow, U.S. author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66
1971 WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1969 Raymond A Spruance, U.S. Admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83
1969 Carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle
1969 Lebanese army in battle with Palestinians
1969 Jimi Hendrix and Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars
1968 Robert Ayres, actor (Battle Beneath the Earth), dies at 54
1968 Students and police battle in Paris, 100s injured
1968 Battle between students and troops in Paris, 1000 injured
1966 Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68
1966 1st battle for Bijlmer flats Amsterdam
1966 Gerhard/Gerhart Pohl, German writer (Battle of Kolbenau), dies at 64
1966 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die
1964 Nolan Jay Henke, Battle Creek, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1990 BC Open
1964 Greg Battle, CFL linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1961 Battle of Paris - police kill 210 Algerians
1960 Cassius Clay wins 1st battle as professional boxer
1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle
1959 Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon"
1956 Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300
1955 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open
1950 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War
1950 In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place
1948 Kathleen Battle, born in Portsmouth, Ohio, soprano, Shephard-Tannhauser
1948 1st Jewish-Arab military battle, arabs defeated
1948 Kathleen Battle, U.S. soprano, Tannhauser
1946 U.S. court martials 46 SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau
1945 Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle
1945 Major Courtney, U.S. medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf
1945 John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25
1945 Red Army begins Battle of Berlin
1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on U.S. battle fleet near Okinawa
1945 Kamikazes attack U.S. battle fleet near Kerama Retto
1945 Battle of U.S. 94 Infantry
1945 Aubrey Cousins, Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle
1945 U.S.S.R. captures Budapest, after 49-day battle with Germany; 159,000 die
1945 Dennis Donnini, British rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19
1945 German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge
1945 US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Jap ships in Battle of South China Sea
1944 Battle of Bastogne-US Gen Patton's 4th Pantzers repulse Germans
1944 Battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!)
1944 Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium
1944 Bernard Ray, U.S. lieutenant, dies in Battle at Hurtgenwald
1944 Battle at Cape Engano: 4 Japanese ships sink
1944 Battle at Samar-island
1944 Battle in Straits of Surigao: Japanese fleet destroyed
1944 Gulf of Leyte battle begin
1944 U.S. 1st army wins battle of Aachen
1944 U.S. 1st army begins battle of Aachen
1944 Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands
1944 "Cab" Calloway, British scout, dies in battle of Oosterbeek
1944 John Grayburn, English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem
1944 David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle
1944 John AC Fitch, British Lt-colonel, dies in battle in Arnhem
1944 Paul Grabner, German SS-captain, dies in battle in Arnhem
1944 Peter Waddy, British major 1st Para Brigade, dies in battle in Arnhem
1944 Robert Cole, U.S. Lt-colonel, dies in battle at Best
1944 ... Kussin, German gen-maj/commanding Arnhem, dies in battle
1944 Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle
1944 Battle of Philippines Sea, 300 Japanese aircraft shot down
1944 Robert H Iseley, U.S. pilot/lt-comdr (Saipan), dies in battle
1944 British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz
1944 Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins; U.S. victory on Feb 22
1943 British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst
1943 Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins
1943 Edward H "Butch" O'hare, U.S. pilot/lt-comdr, dies in battle
1943 Battle at Vella Lavella, Solomon Island
1943 1st battle of Essex/new Yorktown: U.S. assault on Marcus Island
1943 Gustav Schmidt, German lt-general, dies in battle
1943 Battle of Koersk, U.S.S.R. ends in Nazi defeat (6,000 tanks)
1943 Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany
1943 Battle of Kolombangara (2nd battle of Gulf of Kula)
1943 Tank battle at Prochorowka - Russians beat Nazis, about 12,000 die
1943 7th day of battle at Kursk
1943 6th day of battle at Kursk
1943 5th day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Verchopenje
1943 4th day of battle at Kursk: Gen Model uses last tank reserve
1943 3rd day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Dubrova
1943 2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed
1943 Battle of Gulf of Kula
1943 Battle of Koersk, U.S.S.R. begins (6,000 tanks)
1943 RAF bombs Mohne and Eder (Battle of Ruhr)
1943 Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean
1943 Battle at Medenine, North-Africa: Rommels assault attack
1943 U.S. defeats Japan and wins Battle of Bismark Sea
1943 Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, U.S. and Australia win
1943 Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle
1943 Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army
1943 Battle of Anzio: Italy; Allies stopped on beach[1944]-
1942 Battle in Barents Sea
1942 Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad
1942 Chaotic "sea battle of Friday the 13th" at Guadalcanal
1942 Douglas H Fox, U.S. captain of destroyer Barton, dies in battle
1942 In World War II, battle of Guadalcanal began
1942 13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afr corps draws back out Fuka-posing
1942 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault
1942 11th day of battle at El Alamein: British assault on Tel el Aqqaqir
1942 Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (G) in battle of Alamein Egypt (WW II)
1942 10th day of battle at El Alamein
1942 9th day in battle at El Alamein
1942 8th day of battle at El Alamein: new Australian assault
1942 7th day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault
1942 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery
1942 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance
1942 2nd day of Battle of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
1942 4th day in battle at El Alamein: Australian breakthrough
1942 Battle of Santa Cruz: USS SD shoots down a record 32 enemy planes
1942 3rd day of battle at El Alamein: British offensive
1942 Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins
1942 2nd day of battle at El Alamein: British infantry
1942 U.S. Navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance
1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal
1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal
1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge begins at Guadalcanal
1942 German occupiers take silver anniversary coins in battle
1942 Battle at Alam Halfa ends
1942 Battle at Alam Halfa: German and Italians assault
1942 Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle
1942 George EAE, English prince/earl of St. Andrews, dies in battle at 39
1942 Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands
1942 Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffers bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die)
1942 Richard Gott, British gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43
1942 Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle
1942 Battle of Midway ends: Adm Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan
1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway
1942 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II
1942 Battle of Midway Island begins
1942 Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army
1942 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion
1942 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)
1942 Battle of Bataan, US and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan
1942 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat
1942 Battle of Java Sea began 13 U.S. warships sunk - 2 Japanese
1942 German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb
1942 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany
1942 Tank battle at Adzjedabia, African corps vs British army
1941 L M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle
1941 Iida, Japanese pilot/lt, dies in battle at 28
1941 Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive
1941 Lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle
1941 John Battle, MP
1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy
1941 Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle
1941 Gunther Prien, German commandant (U-47), dies in battle
1941 Battle of Beda Fomm: Italian 10th army destroyed
1940 Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle
1940 Battle of Britain: Germany and Britair control of English Channel, ends
1940 Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe
1940 1st Polish squadrons fight along in the Battle of Britain
1940 Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins)
1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks
1940 Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air, 114 days
1940 British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die
1940 Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29
1940 Battle of France begins in WW II
1940 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed
1940 Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
1939 Battle at La Plata - 3 British cruisers vs German Graf Spee
1939 Battle of Kutno-pocket: Germans advance to Warsaw
1937 Battle of of P'ing-hsin-kuan Wutai Mountain
1937 Daniela Rocca, born in Sicily, actress, Battle of Austerlitz, Empty Canvas
1937 Battle of Gijon in Spain begins
1937 Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio
1936 Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle
1936 Battle of Madrid begins
1936 Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18
1933 William Davis, author/broadcaster, Battle at Bull Run
1932 Battle between unemployed war veterans and federal troops, 4 die
1932 Pier Angeli, born in Italy, Sodom and Gomorrah, Vintage, Battle of the Bulge
1931 Richard Devon, born in Glendale California, actor, Battle of Blood Island
1931 Tab Hunter, actor, Damn Yankees, Lust in the Dust, Battle Cry
1930 Boqueron battle ends Paraguay border dispute
1928 KPD begins petition against Germany building a battle fleet
1927 Sea battle at Navarino (Greece freed of Ottoman occupation)
1927 US and Mexico battle over oil interests
1924 Leon Uris, born in Baltimore, novelist, Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry
1923 Linda Christian, Tampico, Mexico, actress, Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone
1921 Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey and Greece
1921 Betty Hutton, born in Battle Creek, Michigan, actress, Greatest Show on Earth
1918 Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I
1918 Battle of Megiddo (Palestine) starts
1918 Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans
1918 In WW I 2nd battle of the Marne ends
1918 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I
1918 Ben Johnson, born in Foraker, Oklahoma, actor, Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger
1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st U.S. victory of WW I
1918 Battle of Zeebrugge ends
1918 Battle of Somme, ends
1917 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines)
1917 Battle at Caporetto: German and Austria smash Italian army
1917 3rd battle of Ypres begins
1917 Christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle
1917 Battle of Arras begins
1916 French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun
1916 Gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe
1916 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France
1916 Britains 1st use of tanks (Battle of Somme)
1916 Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun
1916 George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor, Battle of Bulge, Hallucination
1916 Edward D Pain, English journalist (New York World), dies in battle at 36
1916 Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36
1916 Battle on the Somme: British 4th Army walks to German lines
1916 Battle of Skagerrak: Brit-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead)
1916 British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6
1916 Horace Hood, British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle
1916 German-British sea battle off Belgian coast
1916 Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun
1916 Battle of Verdun in WW I begins (1 million casualties)
1915 Battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British and Germans killed
1915 Battle of Kut-el-Amara: Brits defeat Turks in Mesopotamia
1915 Battle at Loos: 8,246 British and 0 German casualties
1915 Henry Longbottom, English lieutenant, dies in battle
1915 2nd Battle of Isonzo begins and ends with loss of 280,000 men
1915 2nd Battle of Ypres ends with 105,000 casualties
1915 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle
1915 German and French fight Battle of Artois
1915 2nd Battle of Ypres begins
1915 British battle cruisers Inflexible and Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle
1915 2nd Battle of Masurian Lakes: German armies surrounded a Russian army
1915 German-British sea battle at Doggersbank and Helgoland
1914 Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow
1914 British and German fleets battle at Falkland Island
1914 German-British fleet battle at Coronel, Chile
1914 Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle
1914 German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea
1914 Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat
1914 Battle of Warsaw, begins (ends Oct 21)
1914 1st battle at Ypres, begins
1914 Jean Bouin, French marathoner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies in battle
1914 Alain-Fournier, French writer (Grand Meaulnes), dies in battle at 27
1914 Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I
1914 Battle of Aisne begins between Germans and French during WW I
1914 Battle of Marne (German advance stalls, Paris saved)
1914 Battle of Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris
1914 Battle of Marne (WW I) begins: Germans chase out Russians
1914 Charles Peguy, French writer/publisher (Clio), dies in battle at 41
1914 Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg/30,000 Russians die)
1914 Battle at Tannenberg ends in destruction of Russian 2nd Narev army
1914 Adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26
1914 Battle at St. Quentin: French counter attack under General Lanrezac
1914 ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle
1914 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles
1914 Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed
1914 2nd day of battle at Tannenberg: German bombs Usdau
1914 Battle of Tannenberg - 8th German army defeats Russian Narev army
1914 Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops
1914 Battle at Mons: general von Klucks troops beat Britten
1914 Battle at Charleroi: Gen von Bulows troops beat French
1914 Battle in Ardennen: Neufchateau, Rossignal, Tintigny and Virton
1914 Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle
1914 Rondoney, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle
1914 Battle of Bounderies: Lorraine, Ardennen, Sambre and Meuse, Mons
1914 Battle at Gumbinnen, East-Prussia: Russian beat Germans
1914 Battle at Morhange: German troops chase French, killing 1000s
1914 Cavalery battle at Halen, Belgium ("Battle der Zilveren Helmen")
1914 German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany
1914 German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina
1913 Turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy
1912 Different nationalities battle with each other in Macedonia
1911 Albert Alberts, writer/journalist, French battle
1910 Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91
1910 Donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer and actor, Battle of the Sexes
1910 Charles Crichton, British director, Battle of Sexes
1909 Dana Andrews, Collins Mississippi, actor, Battle of the Bulge, Laura
1906 Kate A ter Horst-Arriens, Dutch nurse, Battle of Arnhem
1906 WK Kellogg and Ch Bolin find Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co.
1905 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South
1904 Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian
1904 Battle at Oviumbo Africa: Herero's chase away German army
1902 Battle at Rooiwal, South-Africa
1902 ... Potgieter, South African Boer general, dies in battle
1902 Battle at Yzer Spruit: Boer general De la Rey beats British
1901 Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits
1901 Battle at Bakenlaagte: Lt-colonel Bensons unit vs Boers
1901 U Benson, British Lt-colonel (Magers' fountain), killed in battle
1901 Battle at Blood River Port: Boer Gen Botha beats mjr Goughs cavalry
1901 Battle at Elands River Port: Boer Gen Smuts destroys unit 17th Lancers
1900 Battle at Nooitgedacht: generals The la Rey/Smuts beat Britten
1900 Battle at Bothaville: gen-mjr Charles Knox beats Boers
1900 PWJ Le Gallais, British Lt-colonel, dies in battle at Bothaville
1900 Battle at Bergendal: Gen Buller beats Boer general Botha
1900 Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha
1900 John Power, Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle
1900 Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/South African general, dies in battle
1900 Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs. British army)
1900 Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees
1900 Battle at Pietershoogte
1900 Battle at Hart's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
1900 Battle at Wynne's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
1900 Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured
1900 George Labram, U.S. mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle
1900 Battle at Vaalkrans, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
1900 Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
1899 Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of British field marshal, dies in battle
1899 Battle at Colenso, South Africa (Boers-British army)
1899 Battle of Magers' fountain - Boer leader Cronje vs Gen Methuen
1899 Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle
1899 Lord Winchester, British marquis/major, dies in battle
1899 Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs British army
1899 Battle of Mud river (Boer general. Cronje beats British gen Methuen)
1899 Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19
1899 Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers
1899 Battle at Belmont, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers
1899 Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army)
1899 Battle at Ladysmith Natal: Boers beat lt-general Whites army
1899 Battle at Rietfontein, South Africa: Boers vs British army
1899 W Penn Symons, British gen-maj, dies in battle
1899 Battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs British army)
1899 Battle at Talana Hill Natal: British army vs Boers
1899 Robert H "Bobby" Gunning, British colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle
1898 Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain
1898 Machine gun 1st used in battle
1898 U.S. battle fleet under adm Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila
1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese
1898 Robert Keith, Fowler, Indiana, actor, Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One
1897 Battle at Thessalie: Turkish army beats Greece
1897 Battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army
1896 Battle of Aduwa, Abyssinia (Ethiopia) defeats invading Italians
1896 Battle of Adua: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians
1896 ... Albertone, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle
1896 ... Arimondi, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle
1896 ... Dabormida, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle
1896 Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr. Jamesons troops)
1895 Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out
1895 Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies
1895 Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77
1894 Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang
1894 PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok
1893 Allan Wilson, British/Rhodesian major, dies in battle
1893 Battle of Shangani, Matabeleland: Dr. Jameson beats Ndebeles
1893 Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi
1893 Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle and is eaten
1892 Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed
1892 Raoul Walsh, born in New York City, director, Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry
1892 Battle at Mengo, Uganda: French missionaries attack British missionaries
1891 Msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle
1891 Omer Bodson, Belgian captain, dies in battle
1891 Battle in Bunyoro: Capt F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed
1889 Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated
1889 Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle
1889 Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV
1887 Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73
1887 Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians
1885 Battle at Abu Klea Sudan: 800-1000 killed
1885 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle
1885 Brits beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in Sudan
1883 Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army
1883 William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle
1883 Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack
1882 Battle at Count el-Kebir: British troops invade Egypt
1882 French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die
1881 Battle at Amajuba, South Africa: Boers vs. British army under Gen Colley
1881 George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46
1881 Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal: Boers beat superior British forces
1881 Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British
1880 Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten
1880 Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr. Watson is wounded, breaks out
1879 Battle at Lydenburg South Africa: Gen Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu
1879 Battle at Ulundi: Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz
1879 Battle at Rorkes Drift: Britain ends attack on Zulus
1879 E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23
1879 Battle of Iquiquw
1879 Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle
1879 George Shepstone, British political affiliate, dies in battle
1877 Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle
1876 American Horse, Sioux chief, dies in battle
1876 Battle of Rosebud/Battle Where Girl Saved Her Brother
1876 Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
1875 Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
1875 John Buchan, Scotland, Governor-General of Canada/writer, Battle of Somme
1874 Battle between jobless and police in New York City, 100s injuried
1872 Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66
1870 Battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties
1870 Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/brig-general, dies in battle
1870 Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France
1868 Battle at Washita-Gen Custer defeats Cheyennes
1868 Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France
1868 Battle at Ueno: last Tokugawa armies defeated
1867 Battle at Mentana: French/pontifical troops beat Garibaldi
1867 Pieter J Jong, Dutch Zouave, dies in battle
1867 Battle of Moorefield, WV
1866 Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy
1866 2nd Battle at Custozza: Prussian-Austria beats Italian army
1865 Mosby Munroe Parsons, U.S. Confederate gen-maj, dies in battle
1865 Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi
1865 Battle of Galveston, Texas, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith
1865 Battle of Citronville, Alabama; Richard Taylor surrenders
1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama
1865 Battle of Durham Station, North Carolina (Greensboro)
1865 Battle of Ft. Tobacco, Virginia
1865 Battle of Columbus and West Point, Georgia (Ft. Tyler)
1865 Robert C Tyler, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1865 Battle of Raleigh, North Carolina
1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama - evacuated by Confederates
1865 Battle of Farmville, Virginia
1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off
1865 Reuben B Boston, U.S. Confederate cavalery colonel, dies in battle
1865 Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville Virginia (Appomattox Campaign)
1865 Battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign)
1865 Battle of Petersburg, Virginia (Ft. Gregg, Sutherland's Station)
1865 Battle of Ft. Blakely AL and Selma AL
1865 Battle of 5 Forks Virginia, signalling end of Lee's army
1865 Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H)
1865 Battle at 5 Forks Virginia
1865 Battle of Quaker Road, VA
1865 Battle of Bluff Spring, Florida
1865 Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia - in front of Petersburg
1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely)
1865 Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman
1865 2nd day of Battle of Bentonville North Carolina
1865 Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC
1865 Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, Alabama
1865 Battle of Averasboro North Carolina (1,500 casualities)
1865 Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina
1865 Battle of Kingston, North Carolina (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)
1865 Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida
1865 Battle of Wilmington, North Carolina (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals
1865 Battle of Ft. Moultrie, South Carolina occupied by Federals
1865 Battle of Charleston South Carolina
1865 2nd day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run)
1865 John Pegram, U.S. Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33
1865 Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia (Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill)
1865 Battle of Ft. Moultrie, SC
1865 Battle of Beverly, WV
1864 Battle of Egypt Station, MS
1864 Battle of Gordonsville, VA
1864 Battle of Franklin, TN
1864 Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities
1864 Battle of Nashville, TN
1864 Battle of Ft. McAllister, GA
1864 Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC
1864 Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA
1864 Archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31
1864 Battle of Franklin Tenn: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities
1864 Battle of Honey Hill South Carolina (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded
1864 Hiram Bronson Granbury, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33
1864 John Adams, U.S. Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 39
1864 Otto French Strahl, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 33
1864 Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33
1864 Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee (Thomason's Station)
1864 Battle of New Creek, WV (Rosser's Raid, Ft. Kelly)
1864 Battle at Ball's Ferry Georgia (30 casualties)
1864 Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties
1864 Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia
1864 Battle of Droop Mountain, WV (Averell's Raid)
1864 Battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia, ends after 1554 casualties
1864 Battle of Wauhatchie, TN
1864 Battle of Boydton Plank Road, Virginia (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad)
1864 Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia near Richmont
1864 Battle of Newtonia, MI
1864 Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, Kansas (Mine Creek)
1864 James Jay Archer, U.S. Conf brig-general, dies in battle at 46
1864 Battle of Westport, Missouri
1864 Battle of Westport, MO (Kansas City)
1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Conf attackers
1864 Daniel Davidson Bidwell, magistrate/brig-general, dies in battle at 45
1864 Battle at Darbytown Road Virginia (337 casualties)
1864 Battle of Dalton, Georgia - surrendered
1864 Battle of Harpers Ferry, WV (Mosby's Raid)
1864 Battle of Tom's Brook-Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is wipped by Custer and Merrit's cavalry divisions
1864 Alexander Gardiner, U.S. Union brig-general, dies in battle
1864 John Gregg, U.S. judge/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 36
1864 Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South
1864 John Dunovant, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1864 Battle of Preble's Farm Virginia (Poplar Springs Church)
1864 Battle of Waynesboro and New Market Heights VA
1864 Hiram Burnham, U.S. Union-colonel (Chancellorsville), dies in battle
1864 Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft. Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed/injured
1864 Battle of Fisher's Hill VA-Gen Early Retreats to Brown's Gap
1864 3rd Battle of Winchester Virginia (Opequon, 3rd Winchester)
1864 Archibald Campbell Godwin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1864 David Allen Russell, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 43
1864 Robert Emmet Rodes, U.S. Confederate gen-major, dies in battle at 35
1864 Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)
1864 2nd day of battle at Jonesboro Georgia, about 3,000 casualties
1864 Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties
1864 Battle of Grubbs Crossroads, KY
1864 Battle of Summit Point, VA
1864 John Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24
1864 8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia (about 3900 casualties)
1864 John H Kelly, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24
1864 2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia
1864 6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault
1864 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia, Federal assault
1864 Battle of Front Royal Virginia (Guard Hill)
1864 John Randolph Chambliss Jr, planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31
1864 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia: Federal assault
1864 Battle of Deep Bottom Virginia (Strawberry Plains) and Fussell's Mill VA
1864 Battle of Ft. Morgan AL
1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of vice-admiral
1864 Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26
1864 Battle of Petersburg, Virginia
1864 Battle of the Crater: Gen Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg
1864 3rd and last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia
1864 Battle of Macon, Georgia (Stoneman's Raid)
1864 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia
1864 Battle of Atlanta Georgia (Ezra Church)-second sortie US700 CS4642
1864 Samuel Benton, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 44
1864 Battle of Darbytown, Virginia (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains)
1864 Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie]
1864 Battle of Winchester, Virginia US1200 CS600
1864 Battle of Woodstock, Virginia
1864 Battle of Atlanta-Hood attacks Sherman, 8449 conf, 3641 U.S. die
1864 James Birdseye Mcpherson, U.S. Union gen-major, dies in battle at 35
1864 William Henry Talbot Walker, Confederate gen-mjr, dies in battle at 47
1864 Battle at Stephenson's Depot Virginia: 200 killed or injured
1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign
1864 Victor JB Girardey, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 27
1864 Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD)
1864 Battle of Monocacy, MD US1959 CS400
1864 Battle of Smith's Expedition, Mississippi (Tupelo, Harrisburg)
1864 Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia
1864 Charles Garrison Harker, U.S. Union-brig-general, dies in battle at 26
1864 Battle of Ream's Station, Virginia, Wilson's Raid
1864 Battle of Kinston North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia
1864 Battle of Petersburgs Virginia - in trenches
1864 Friend Smith Rutherford, U.S. Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43?
1864 Battle of Lynchburg, Virginia
1864 Battle for Petersburg begins as Gen Grant assaults Confederate line
1864 Leonidas Polk, general, killed in action in Battle of Pine Mt
1864 Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle
1864 Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad
1864 Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: Gen Hobsons unit caught
1864 Battle of Laurel Hill, West Virginia
1864 Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad
1864 Battle of Kellar's Bridge Kentucky, Licking River
1864 Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia
1864 Battle of Big Shanty, Georgia
1864 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha
1864 Battle of Lake Chicot, AR, Dutch Bayou
1864 Battle of Piedmont, Virginia, Augusta City
1864 William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Conf brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
1864 Gen Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor
1864 James P McMahon, U.S. Union colonel (164th New York), dies in battle
1864 Peter A Porter, U.S. Union colonel (8th New York), dies in battle
1864 Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2
1864 Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm)
1864 Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia
1864 Henry H Giesy, U.S. Union-brig-general, dies in battle
1864 Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia
1864 Battle of Dallas, Georgia
1864 Battle of North Anna, Va, 1st of 3 days of fighting
1864 Battle of N Anna River, Virginia (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown)
1864 Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1,400 killed or injured
1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia (Bermuda Hundred)
1864 Battle of Yellow Bayou, Louisiana (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)
1864 Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat
1864 Battle of Bermuda Hundred, VA
1864 Battle of New Market, Virginia
1864 Battle of Reseca, Georgia -Atlanta-
1864 Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (Ft. Darling)
1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
1864 Battle of Todd's Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid)
1864 Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37
1864 Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
1864 James Clay Rice, lawyer/Union brig-general, dies in battle at 34
1864 Battle of Cloyd's Mt, and Swift Creek, Virginia (Drewery's Bluff, Ft. Darling)
1864 Battle of Dalton, Geogia
1864 Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark
1864 "Uncle" John Sedgwick, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 50
1864 Battle of Antietam, Virginia (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
1864 James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56
1864 Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500)
1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia
1864 Battle of Wilderness-Gen Longstreet seriously injured
1864 Henry Livermore Abbott, U.S. Union brig-general, dies in battle
1864 Battle between Confederate and Union ships at mouth of Roanoke
1864 Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
1864 Alexander Hays, U.S. Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44
1864 John Marshall Jones, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 43
1864 Leroy A Stafford, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 42
1864 3rd day in Battle at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault
1864 Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign)
1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R Scurry is killed
1864 Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
1864 Battle of Cane River, Louisiana (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)
1864 Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition)
1864 Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina
1864 Battle of Blair's Landing Louisiana
1864 Thomas Green, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50
1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 2870 causalities
1864 Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor
1864 Battle of Paducah, Kentucky (Forrest's raid)
1864 Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana
1864 Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21
1864 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
1864 Battle at Dalton Georgia
1864 2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona, Mississippi
1864 Battle at Okolona, Mississippi
1864 Jeffery Forrest, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1864 Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida
1864 Battle of Moorefield, WV (Rosser's Raid)
1864 Battle of New Bern, NC
1864 Battle of Fair Gardens, TN
1864 Battle of Cosby Creek, TN
1863 Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tenn
1863 Battle of Ft. Sanders, Tennessee (Ft. Loudon), 8-900 casualities
1863 Battle at Fort Esperanza Texas
1863 Battle of Payne's Farm, VA
1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
1863 Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia and Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee
1863 Claudius Charles Wilson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 32
1863 Battle of Chattanooga and Orchard Knob, Tennessee begins
1863 Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities
1863 Battle of Rappahannock Station and Kelly's Ford, VA
1863 Battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana
1863 Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured
1863 Battle of Buckland Mills, VA
1863 Battle of Charlestown, West Virginia
1863 Battle at Bristoe Station Virginia (about 2000 casualties)
1863 Battle of Brady Station, Virginia (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station)
1863 Battle at Baxter Springs Kansas
1863 Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tennessee, ends
1863 Battle of Chickamauga Georgia (near Chattanooga) begins; Union retreat
1863 Preston Smith, U.S. Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
1863 Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN
1863 Battle of Sabine Pass TX: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces
1863 Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs)
1863 Battle of Little Rock AK and Start of Chattanooga campaign
1863 Edward Needle Kirk, U.S. Union brig-general, dies in battle at about 35
1863 James Deshler, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 30
1863 Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender
1863 Battle at Battle Mountain, Virginia
1863 Battle of Buffington's Island (St. George Creek), Ohio
1863 Battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina - Second assault US1500 CS174
1863 Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory
1863 Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek)
1863 Battle of Bayou La Fourche, Louisiana
1863 Japanese battle cruiser shoots at Dutch warship Medusa, kills 4
1863 Battle of Jackson, Mississippi and Battle of Birdsong Ferry, Mississippi
1863 Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania ends, major victory for North
1863 Alonzo Hersford Cushing, U.S. Union lt, dies in battle at about 22
1863 Lewis Addison Armistead, Conf brig-gen Gettysburg/dies in battle at 46
1863 Richard Brooke Garnett, U.S. Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45
1863 Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 40
1863 Battle of Gettysburg (2nd day)
1863 Stephen Hinsdale Weed, U.S. Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28
1863 Battle at Baltimore: Crump's Crossroads Virginia
1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lee's northward advance halted
1863 John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42
1863 Battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault
1863 Battle at Upperville Virginia, 389 casualities
1863 Battle at Middleburg Virginia, 100+ casualties
1863 Battle at Middleburg, Virginia
1863 Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia
1863 Isham W. Garrott, U.S. attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1863 2nd battle at Winchester Va, ends in Federal defeat; 1350 casualities
1863 Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia
1863 Battle of Winchester, Virginia
1863 Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds
1863 Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, Fleetwood, Beverly Ford
1863 Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30
1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA-Jefferson Davis' home burnt
1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA and Williamsport, MD
1863 Battle of Franklin's Crossing, Virginia, Deep Run
1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
1863 Battle of Champion's Hill, MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign
1863 Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47
1863 Battle of Jackson, Mississippi
1863 Battle of Raymond, Mississippi
1863 Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi
1863 Battle of Chancellorsville - action at Salem Church
1863 Battle of Chancellorsville - Beaten Union army withdraws
1863 Battle of Fredricksburg, Virginia (Marye's Heights)
1863 Battle of Salem Church, Virginia
1863 South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia (29,000 injured or died)
1863 Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
1863 Edward Dorr Tracy, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29
1863 Battle of Streight's raid: Tuscumbia to Cedar Bluff, AL
1863 Battle of Irish Bend, Louisiana (Ft. Bisland)
1863 Battle of Suffolk, Virginia (Norfleet House)
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