1995 Death Viktor Vorobyov, Russian general-major, dies in battle 1994 Death Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102 1994 Death Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered 1986 Event Military coup in Lesotho under general-major Lekhanya and premier Leabua Jonathan 1973 Event Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana 1963 Death NKD Nanavati, Indies general-major (WW II), dies 1959 Event Benjamin O Davis, Jr. becomes 1st black General-major in USAF 1945 Death Thomas Rennie, General-Major (Dutch command 51st Highland Division), dies 1944 Death Henning von Tresckow, General-Major, "July 20th plotter", commits suicide 1944 Death O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash 1943 Event General-major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia 1943 Event General-major Bradley flies to Algiers 1943 Event General-major Bradley flies to Washington D.C. 1942 Event General-major Rodins 26th Pantser corp recaptures Ostrov 1940 Event German 7th Armour division under General-Major Rommel occupies Cherbourg 1940 Event General-major Bernard Montgomery returns to London 1940 Event General-major Bernard Montgomery leaves Duinkerken 1900 Event Battle at Bothaville: general-major Charles Knox beats Boers 1899 Death Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle 1899 Death W Penn Symons, British General-Major, dies in battle 1894 Death PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok 1892 Birthday Stanislav Wladyslaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major/commandant 1881 Death Emory Upton, U.S. Union General-Major (Selma), commits suicide at 42 1881 Event Natal: British troops under General-major Colley occupy Majuba Hill 1868 Death Thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney and Confederate general-major, shot at 40 1866 Death Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49 1865 Death Mosby Munroe Parsons, U.S. Confederate General-Major, dies in battle 1865 Death Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32 1865 Death John Austin Wharton, U.S. Confederate general-major, dies at 36 1865 Death William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confederate General-Major, dies at 48 1864 Death Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Confederate General-major, dies at 27 1864 Event U.S. Brigadier General Emory Upton (25) promoted to general-major 1864 Death David Bell Birney, U.S. lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39 1864 Death David Allen Russell, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 43 1864 Death Robert Emmet Rodes, U.S. Confederate General-major, dies in battle at 35 1864 Event General-major Nathan Bedford Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee 1864 Death Daniel Phineas Woodbury, U.S. engineer/Union general-major, dies 1864 Death James Birdseye Mcpherson, U.S. Union General-major, dies in battle at 35 1864 Death William Henry Talbot Walker, Confederate general-major, dies in battle at 47 1864 Death "Uncle" John Sedgwick, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 50 1864 Death James Samuel Wadsworth, general-major (Union), dies in battle at 56 1864 Death Joseph Gilbert Totten, U.S. Union general-major, dies at 76 1863 Death George Crockett Strong, U.S. Union general-major, dies of injuries at 29 1863 Death William Dorsey Pender, U.S. Confederate general-major, dies of injuries at 29 1863 Death John S Bowen, U.S. architect/Confederate General-major, dies at 32 1863 Death Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 40 1863 Death John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42 1863 Death Amiel Weeks Whipple, U.S. Union General-major, dies of injuries at 46 1862 Death William "Bull" Nelson, Union general-major, murdered at 38 1862 Death Jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39 1862 Death Isaac Ingalls Stevens, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 44 1862 Death Philip "Phil" Kearny, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 48 1862 Death David Emanuel Twiggs, U.S. Confederate general-major (Monterrey), dies at 72 1862 Death Charles Ferguson Smith, U.S. Union General-Major, dies of infection at 55 1862 Death John Baillie McIntosh, U.S. general-major (Union Army), dies at 32 1848 Death [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Netherlands/General-Major, dies at 29 1839 Death Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/General-major (Maastricht), dies at 56 1834 Birthday Francis Channing Barlow, U.S. lawyer/General-Major/co-founder, ABA 1822 Birthday George Stoneman, U.S. Union general-major, Gov-Calif, 1883-87 1818 Birthday [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major 1782 Birthday Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/general-major, Maastricht 1733 Death Reinier V van Hompech, Dutch General-Major cavalry, dies 1712 Death Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies 1659 Event General-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt 1619 Birthday John Lambert, English general-major/parliament leader 1584 Birthday Matthias Gallas, Austria earl of Campo/duke of 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