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General-Major


1995 Viktor Vorobyov, Russian general-major, dies in battle

1994 Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102

1994 Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered

1986 Military coup in Lesotho under general-major Lekhanya and premier Leabua Jonathan

1973 Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana

1963 NKD Nanavati, Indies general-major (WW II), dies

1959 Benjamin O Davis, Jr. becomes 1st black General-major in USAF

1945 Thomas Rennie, General-Major (Dutch command 51st Highland Division), dies

1944 Henning von Tresckow, General-Major, "July 20th plotter", commits suicide

1944 O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash

1943 General-major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia

1943 General-major Bradley flies to Algiers

1943 General-major Bradley flies to Washington D.C.

1942 General-major Rodins 26th Pantser corp recaptures Ostrov

1940 German 7th Armour division under General-Major Rommel occupies Cherbourg

1940 General-major Bernard Montgomery returns to London

1940 General-major Bernard Montgomery leaves Duinkerken

1900 Battle at Bothaville: general-major Charles Knox beats Boers

1899 Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle

1899 W Penn Symons, British General-Major, dies in battle

1894 PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok

1892 Stanislav Wladyslaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major/commandant

1881 Emory Upton, U.S. Union General-Major (Selma), commits suicide at 42

1881 Natal: British troops under General-major Colley occupy Majuba Hill

1868 Thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney and Confederate general-major, shot at 40

1866 Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49

1865 Mosby Munroe Parsons, U.S. Confederate General-Major, dies in battle

1865 Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32

1865 John Austin Wharton, U.S. Confederate general-major, dies at 36

1865 William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confederate General-Major, dies at 48

1864 Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Confederate General-major, dies at 27

1864 U.S. Brigadier General Emory Upton (25) promoted to general-major

1864 David Bell Birney, U.S. lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39

1864 David Allen Russell, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 43

1864 Robert Emmet Rodes, U.S. Confederate General-major, dies in battle at 35

1864 General-major Nathan Bedford Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee

1864 Daniel Phineas Woodbury, U.S. engineer/Union general-major, dies

1864 James Birdseye Mcpherson, U.S. Union General-major, dies in battle at 35

1864 William Henry Talbot Walker, Confederate general-major, dies in battle at 47

1864 "Uncle" John Sedgwick, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 50

1864 James Samuel Wadsworth, general-major (Union), dies in battle at 56

1864 Joseph Gilbert Totten, U.S. Union general-major, dies at 76

1863 George Crockett Strong, U.S. Union general-major, dies of injuries at 29

1863 William Dorsey Pender, U.S. Confederate general-major, dies of injuries at 29

1863 John S Bowen, U.S. architect/Confederate General-major, dies at 32

1863 Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 40

1863 John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42

1863 Amiel Weeks Whipple, U.S. Union General-major, dies of injuries at 46

1862 William "Bull" Nelson, Union general-major, murdered at 38

1862 Jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39

1862 Isaac Ingalls Stevens, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 44

1862 Philip "Phil" Kearny, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 48

1862 David Emanuel Twiggs, U.S. Confederate general-major (Monterrey), dies at 72

1862 Charles Ferguson Smith, U.S. Union General-Major, dies of infection at 55

1862 John Baillie McIntosh, U.S. general-major (Union Army), dies at 32

1848 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Netherlands/General-Major, dies at 29

1839 Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/General-major (Maastricht), dies at 56

1834 Francis Channing Barlow, U.S. lawyer/General-Major/co-founder, ABA

1822 George Stoneman, U.S. Union general-major, Gov-Calif, 1883-87

1818 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major

1782 Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/general-major, Maastricht

1733 Reinier V van Hompech, Dutch General-Major cavalry, dies

1712 Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies

1659 General-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt

1619 John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader

1584 Matthias Gallas, Austria earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna/general-major


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