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Commander-In-Chief


1950 General Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, United Nations forces in Korea

1942 Vice-Admiral Cunningham becomes British commander-in-chief

1934 Adolph Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of Germany

1929 Michael Beavis, deputy commander-in-chief, Allied Forces Central Europe

1909 Kenneth Darling, Commander-in-chief Allied Forces, Northern Europe

1865 Robert E. Lee is named commander-in-chief of Confederate Army

1865 General Robert E Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies

1783 Washington resigns as U.S. Army's commander-in-chief

1775 George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army

1718 Esek Hopkins, U.S., 1st commander-in-chief, U.S. Navy

1692 Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief (Colors), dies

1620 Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief

1382 Philip Van Artevelde, Flemish commander-in-chief, dies in battle at 42


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