2015 Event Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledges that the country is aiding the forces of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad with military expertise and equipment; Putin states that troops may also be sent in the future to help fight against ISIL 2015 Event Israeli forces peaceably board and redirect the Swedish Marianne, a ship that was part of Freedom Flotilla III, which sought to enter the Gaza port in violation of Israel's naval blockade; the ship will be taken to the port of Ashdod and inspected 2015 Event Philippine President Benigno Aquino announces that his nation will enter a 'visiting forces' agreement with Japan, which will allow Japanese usage of Philippine military bases for activities such as refueling 2015 Event Russia accuses the U.S. of potentially 'destabilizing' Ukraine by sending paratroopers to train reserve military forces; though a cease fire agreement between Ukrainian pro-government and Russian-backed rebel forces is in place, fighting continues 2015 Event Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announces that Arab leaders will be combining their military resources to combat violence in the region; Saudi Arabia has already led joint forces in airstrikes on Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen 2015 Event Shiite militia forces in Iraq boycott the fight against ISIS in Tikrit to protest U.S. airstrikes; the U.S. was responding to a request from the Iraqi government, but militias are concerned that the U.S. will receive credit for their work to date 2015 Event Ukrainian forces leave the city of Debaltseve after rebels continue fighting in spite of a negotiated ceasefire; the rebels claim that the city, which connects the rebel-held corridor between Donetsk and Luhansk, was not included in the agreement 2014 Event The United States and allied forces end the combat mission in Afghanistan, which began in 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.; about 13,000 troops will stay to train Afghan police and military forces in their fight against the Taliban 2014 Event Japan passes a $29 million fiscal stimulus package to improve the economy; the funds will be allocated to supporting small businesses, stimulating local economic activity, and strengthening areas damaged by destructive natural forces 2014 Event Ukraine exchanges 222 rebel prisoners for 150 Ukrainian soldiers held by separatist forces; for security reasons, the nation also blockades Crimea, the region annexed by Russia, by stopping bus and train service to and from the area 2014 Event A planned demonstration in Iran against recent acid attacks on women has been prevented by a show of police forces; protesters believe the women were attacked due to improper covering in accordance with the nation's dress code 2014 Event The Turkish government has reversed its stance and is now allowing Kurds to cross into Syria in order to fight Islamic State forces 2014 Event The U.N. will remove peacekeepers from the Syrian side of Golan Heights after the recent capture and release of 45 U.N. troops from Fiji by Syrian rebel forces; the U.N. has worked in the area for 40 years to keep peace between Syria and Israel 2014 Event President Barack Obama announces that the U.S. will increase its support for forces fighting the advances of the Islamic State militant group; air power, military training and other aid will be provided, but U.S. troops will not be sent to battle 2014 Event Ukrainian troops and separatist forces have halted fighting in eastern Ukraine in accordance with a cease-fire agreement between Ukraine, Russia and the rebel forces 2014 Event Pakistani protesters seeking the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif briefly take over the state television station and shut it down; soldiers and paramilitary forces later regained control and restored operation 2014 Event A new front has opened along the Russian- Ukrainian border, with thousands of Russians assisting rebels in Ukraine; Russia claims that it is neither sending nor supporting these forces, but that the troops are fighting with the rebels voluntarily 2014 Event U.S. air strikes, in combination with Kurdish forces, pushed back an assault by Islamic State militants upon Yazidi minorities trapped on Mt. Sinjar in Iraq; the action allowed thousands to escape 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama authorizes air strikes against Islamic State militants for situations in which the forces appear to threaten U.S. personnel; food drops were also carried out along the Syrian border to civilians trapped by the violence 2014 Event U.S. officials state that Russia has violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by test-firing a type of cruise missile; Russian officials argue against the charge 2014 Event Apple and IBM join forces to develop apps for business users; the agreement will give Apple a greater share of the business market, which is increasingly catering to a mobile workforce; IBM will benefit from the software integration on its cloud computing platform 2014 Event Japan updates its constitution to allow self-defense forces to assist in defending allied nations that come under attack. The change does not extend to assisting in other external military conflicts. 2014 Event President Barack Obama plans to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015 and then reduce this number over the following two years to a small force; the troops will train Afghan forces and conduct counterterrorism operations 2014 Event The Midwest experiences life threateningly low temperatures and forces over 2,500 flight cancellations; the tunnel of arctic air called the "polar vortex" should head eastward during the week 2013 Event As the U.S. prepares an alleged imminent attack on Syria, Walid Muallem, Foreign Minister of Syria, denies that Syrian government forces used chemical weapons 2013 Event In a speech directed at Japan's Self-Defense Forces, the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, vows to defend the Senkaku Islands 2012 Event An Egyptian lawyer, Mohamed Salem, files a lawsuit over the country's President Morsi removing Hussein Tantawi, former commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and Sami Anan, former Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces 2012 Event The Sudanese city of Khartoum requires security forces to break up anti-austerity protests 2011 Event In North Korea, Kim Jong-un is given the tile of Supreme Commander of North Korea's armed forces 2011 Event The U.S. declares it will no longer observe the 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe 2011 Event Command of the NATO forces in Afghanistan transfers from U.S. General David Petraeus to U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Genreal John R. Allen 2011 Event In Yafran, Libya, thousands risk potential death and starvation after Muammar Gaddafi's forces shut off water and block food supplies 2011 Event On a mission to destroy Muammar Gaddafi's forces, NATO jets fly over Tripoli and knock out three television stations 2011 Event After airstrikes destroy 30 - 40 per cent of Libya's ground forces, U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen states the war is moving toward a stalemate 2011 Event Following the earthquake and tsunami, Japan deploys 50,000 Self-Defense Forces personnel in search and rescue efforts 2011 Event In the Battle of Az Zawiyah, rebels successfully overcome pro-Gaddafi forces trying to push into the city 2011 Event In the United Kingdom, the British Armed Forces announce plans to eliminate 11,000 jobs 2011 Event Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh orders the country's security forces to protect protesters 2011 Event In Libya, Anti-Gaddafi forces claim to have gained control Zuara, a town located west of Tripoli 2011 Event President Hosni Mubarak relinquishes power to the head of the Higher Military Council of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi 2010 Event In a BBC interview, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said it was 'impossible' for coalition forces to secure victory in Afghanistan 2010 Event FARC guerilla leader Victor Julio Suarez Rojas, known as 'Mono Jojoy' is killed in a Columbian Armed Forces military operation 2010 Event U.S. military forces use an air strike to kill an al-Qaeda leader responsible for planning suicide bombings 2010 Event Over 150 members of the Justice and Equality Movement are killed by Sudanese forces in their effort to gain control of a rebel held area in Darfur 2010 Event The second day of conflict between Somali government troops and opposition forces in Mogadishu results in more than 20 civilian deaths 2010 Event Iraqi voters take part in parliamentary elections and a referendum on the Status of Forces Agreement 2010 Event Danish special forces storm a ship captured by Somali pirates, freeing 25 crewmembers on board 2009 Event President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, urges his armed forces to prepare for a possible war with Columbia 2009 Event A large column of advancing rebels are defeated by Chadian forces 2009 Event Former President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, receives 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces 2009 Event After two years of trying to maintain order, Ethiopian military forces start pulling out of Somalia 2006 Event Ethiopian troops eject the Islamic forces from Mogadishu, Somalia 2006 Event Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is killed by U.S. forces in Iraq 2003 Event American forces capture Sadam Hussen outside of Tikrit 1997 Event U.S. government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out 1993 Event Somali General Aidids arm forces kill 18 U.S. Rangers 1993 Event Inkatha-arm forces killed 49 ANC-followers in Johannesburg 1992 Event U.N. Security Council votes unanimous for U.S. led forces to enter Somalia 1991 Event U.S. and allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire 1991 Event World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait 1990 Event U.S. forces reach 200,000 in Persian Gulf 1990 Event Liberia president Samuel K Doe is captured by Mr. Johnson's forces 1990 Event 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia 1990 Event U.S. announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions 1990 Event Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines 1988 Event U.N. peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace prize 1983 Birthday Jessica Lynch, born in Palatine, West Virginia, former Private First Class in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, captured by Iraqis, recovered by special ops forces 1982 Event Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut 1982 Event U.S. vetos United Nations Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli and Palestine Liberation Organization forces 1979 Event Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge 1975 Event Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed 1975 Event U.S. forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship 1975 Event U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces 1974 Event Israeli forces leave western Suez 1973 Event Israeli forces reach Suez, trapping Egyptian army 1968 Event Battles between Jordan army and Al Fatah-arm forces 1968 Event Czechoslovakia and Russian "accord" rules allies Soviet forces 1968 Event Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement 1968 Event Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases 1967 Event Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade 1965 Event 1st U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Johnson 1965 Event 1st U.S. combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines) 1958 Event Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana 1957 Event White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw 1957 Event Israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula 1956 Event Britain and France land forces in Egypt 1955 Event Austria resumed its sovereignty after departure of last Allied occupation forces, for 1st time since German occupation of 1938 1955 Event Last Soviet forces leave Austria 1954 Event U.S. Armed Forces end segregation of races 1953 Event Allied forces form West Germany 1952 Death Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies 1951 Event U.N. arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea 1951 Event During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul 1951 Event During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul 1950 Event Chinese forces occupy Tibet 1950 Event U.N. forces entered Pyongyang, capital of North Korea 1950 Event U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel 1950 Event During Korean conflict, United Nations forces land at Inchon in South Korea 1950 Event General Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, United Nations forces in Korea 1950 Event 1st time U.S. and North Korean forces clash in Korean War 1950 Event U.N. member states begin using integrated forces against North Korea 1948 Event Israeli Defence Forces crosses Egyptian border 1948 Event Israeli forces liberate Meron and Gush-Halev 1948 Event President Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in armed forces 1948 Event Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers 1948 Event 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel 1948 Event Executive Order 9981, end segregation in U.S. Armed Forces signed 1946 Event President Truman orders desegregation of all U.S. forces 1945 Event Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies 1945 Event U.S. defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II 1945 Event U.S. and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on Elbe River 1945 Event U.S. forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. 7th Army and allies forces captured Nuremberg and Stuttgart in Germany 1945 Event U.S. forces conquered Motobu peninsula on Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany 1945 Event U.S. forces invade Okinawa during WW II 1945 Event U.S. and Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor 1945 Event U.S. forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3 1945 Event Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp 1945 Event German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge 1945 Death Betram Home Ramsay, English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 1944 Event Hizbu'allah (Arm forces for Allah) forms 1944 Event U.S. forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to Philippines 1944 Event U.S. forces land in Philippines 1944 Event Soviet forces occupy Estonia 1944 Event Polish forces free Terneuzen, Netherlands 1944 Event Allied forces liberate Luxembourg 1944 Event Dutch Armed Forces forms, under prince Bernhard 1944 Event King Michael of Romania ordered his forces to cease fire against Allies and dismissed the pro-Axis premier, Marshal Ion Antonescu 1944 Event U.S. and British forces destroy German 7th Army at Falaise-Argentan Gap 1944 Event Soviet forces liberate concentration camp Majdanek 1944 Event U.S. forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II 1944 Event U.S. forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders 1944 Event Soviet forces conquer Wiborg 1944 Event U.S. forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific 1944 Event Chinese/U.S. armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma 1944 Event Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazis 1944 Event U.S. forces invade Kwajalein Atoll 1944 Event During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces 1943 Event British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operation 1943 Event U.S. forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island and Makin from Japanese 1943 Event U.S. forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island 1943 Event Soviet forces reconquer Kiev 1943 Event Soviet forces under Tolbuchin stick Sivash-bay about 1943 Event Allied forces captured Naples during WW II 1943 Event Soviet forces reconquer Smolensk 1943 Event Soviet forces reach Dnjepr 1943 Event Montgomery's 8th army contacts invasion - arm forces at Salerno 1943 Event Allied arm forces conquerors Salerno 1943 Event U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II 1943 Event Soviet forces reconquer Orel and Bjelgorod 1943 Event U.S. forces led by General George Patton liberate Palermo, Sicily 1943 Event 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II 1943 Event U.S. forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea 1943 Event German and Italian forces in Africa surrender 1943 Event Axis forces in North Africa surrender 1943 Event Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto 1943 Event Soviet forces reconquer Worosjilowsk 1943 Event Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad 1943 Event William H. Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces 1942 Event Operation "Torch" began as U.S. and British forces land in French N Afr 1942 Event German forces attack Stalingrad 1942 Event 1st European bombing run undertaken by U.S. forces 1942 Event General Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of U.S. forces in Europe 1942 Event Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway 1942 Event "Stars and Stripes" paper for U.S. Armed Forces starts 1942 Event Battle of Bataan, U.S. and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan 1942 Event British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire 1942 Event Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1 hour forward 1942 Event Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean 1942 Event Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma 1942 Event Japanese forces invade Burma 1941 Event American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese 1941 Event Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia 1941 Event Winston Churchill routes "Forces South" to SE Asia 1941 Event Japanese forces land in Indo-China 1941 Event U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion 1941 Event Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British and Ethiopian forces 1940 Event 1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime 1940 Event Black leaders protest discrimination in U.S. Armed Forces 1940 Event Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air, 114 days 1940 Event German forces occupied Paris during WW II 1940 Event German forces enter Paris 1938 Event Nazi forces occupy western Czechoslovakia and declared them German citizens 1935 Event Mao Tse Tung and his Communist forces ended their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China 1934 Birthday Norman Schwarzkopf, born in Trenton, New Jersey, nicknamed, Stormin' Norman, The Bear, Commander, Coalition Forces in the Gulf War, 1991, retired U.S. Army General 1932 Event Stalin forces Zinoviev and Kamenev out of Communist Party 1930 Birthday John Watts, chief of defense, Omani Armed Forces 1929 Birthday Michael Beavis, deputy commander-in-chief, Allied Forces Central Europe 1919 Event Romanian forces destroys Bela Kun Republic in Budapest 1919 Event British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre) 1918 Event Polish forces attack Jewish community of Lemberg (Lvov) 1918 Event Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line 1918 Event During WW I, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel 1918 Event U.S. and French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I 1918 Event "Stars and Stripes," weekly U.S. Armed Forces newspaper, 1st published 1917 Event British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem 1916 Event U.S. forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924 1915 Event U.S. forces invade Haiti, stays until 1924 1915 Event U.S. military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934 1915 Event Australian Survey Corps becomes part of Military Forces 1914 Event German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I) 1914 Event German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I) 1913 Birthday Frances Langford, born in Lakeland, Florida, singer, Armed Forces Hour, Star Time 1909 Event U.S. pressure forces Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya from office 1909 Event Pirates beat Tigers, 5-4, forces 1st full 7 game world series 1909 Birthday Kenneth Darling, Commander-in-chief Allied Forces, Northern Europe 1909 Event U.S. military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time 1908 Birthday John T. Hughes, Bishop to Forces 1903 Event British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet 1900 Event Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt 1898 Event U.S. forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war 1898 Event American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba 1898 Event Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese 1885 Event Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Sask 1883 Event Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack 1883 Birthday Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces 1881 Event Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal: Boers beat superior British forces 1878 Birthday Carel T. Scharten, Dutch poet and writer, Forces of the Future 1866 Event Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to U.S. forces 1865 Event Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Virginia and Petersberg 1865 Event General Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, North Carolina 1864 Event Confederate forces led by General J Early begin invasion of Washington D.C. 1864 Event General Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Washington D.C. 1864 Event Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat 1864 Event Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, Louisiana 1863 Event Grant is given command of Union forces in West 1863 Event Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga 1863 Event Battle of Sabine Pass TX: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces 1863 Event Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces 1863 Event Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1863 Event Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Ft. Hindman, Arkansas 1862 Event Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee 1862 Event Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels 1862 Event Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Mo 1862 Event Battle of Newburgh, IN - captured by Union forces 1862 Event New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War 1862 Event Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces 1861 Event Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality 1861 Event Grant assumes command of Federal forces at Cape Girardeau MI 1861 Event Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing 1861 Event Battle of Laurel Mountain Virginia - General Morris forces retreat of rebels 1861 Event Battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia - Rosecrans forces rebels to surrender 1861 Event Martinsburg, Virginia - Confederate forces pull out before U.S. advance 1861 Event Battle of Boonville, MI-Brigadier General Lyon defeats Confederate forces 1861 Event Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces 1860 Death Henry G. W. Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73 1856 Event Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces 1854 Event U.S. forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua 1854 Event Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to U.S. 1851 Event President Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France 1846 Event General Stephen W Kearney's U.S. forces captures Santa Fe, New Mexico 1837 Event Battle of Okeechobee-U.S. forces defeat Seminole Indians 1821 Event Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw 1815 Event Joachim Murats forces lands at Pizzo, Italy 1814 Event British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books 1814 Event British forces captured Washington, D.C., and burned down many landmarks 1814 Event Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris 1813 Event Battle of Beaver Dam-British and Indian forces defeat U.S. forces 1812 Event U.S. forces led by General Hull invade Canada, War of 1812 1807 Event British squadron under Admiral Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelle 1806 Event British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve 1803 Event Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army 1801 Event British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt 1799 Event French-Egyptian forces under Napolean I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir 1797 Event British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, Netherlands 1796 Event Battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy 1794 Event Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces 1794 Event Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers 1787 Birthday Henry G. W. Smith, leader of British-Indian forces 1781 Event 9,000 American forces and 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown 1778 Event British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa 1777 Event Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance 1776 Event Battle of Pelham: Col John Glover and Marblehead regiment meet British Forces in Bronx 1776 Event British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution 1776 Event British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War 1775 Event American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal 1759 Event British beat French forces at Plains of Abrahams (Quebec) 1744 Event Austrian forces pillage and kill Jews of Prague 1741 Event Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia 1707 Event Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese 1704 Event French and Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German and Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany 1644 Event Battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists 1611 Event Emperor Rudolf forces out king of Bohemia 1569 Event Duke of Alva forces bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign 1525 Event Imperial forces defeat French in battle of Pavia 1485 Event Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry VII's forces defeat Richard III 1364 Event Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany
