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2009 An arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is issued for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur
2009 Former Serbian President Milan Mulutinovic is acquitted of war crimes during the Kosovo War 2009 Israel declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza War, effective January 18, as Hamas declares a ceasefire of its own 2008 Radovan Karadzic arrested on war crimes after a 12 year manhunt 2004 American military deaths in the Iraq War reach 1,000 2000 Leo Gordon, actor/writer, War and Remembrance, dies at 78 2000 Robert Cormier, writer, The Chocolate War, dies at 75 1998 Martha Gellhorn, war reporter (Reuthers), dies at 89 1998 Martha Gelhorn, female war correspondents, dies at 89 1997 Robert Mitchum, actor, Winds of War, dies at 79 1996 2 U.S. Marine helicopters collided during joint U.S. and British war games 1996 Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war 1996 Arleigh Burke, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War, dies at 94 1995 Colin Gray, fighter ace in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, dies at 80 1994 Jesus "Enrique" Lister, Span/Russian general (Civil War), dies at 87 1994 John Doucette, actor (Fighting Mad, Gang War), dies of cancer at 73 1994 Jordan and Israeli end 46 year state of war (Washington D.C.) 1994 John Weidner, war hero, dies at 71 1994 Evert Hartman, Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at 56 1994 Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot, dies at 72 1994 Serbs and Croats signed a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia 1994 El Salvador's 1st President election following 12-year-old civil war 1994 Harold Schneider, U.S. producer (5 Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at 55 1993 Wensley Pithey, actor (Oh What a Lovely War), dies at 79 1993 Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war 1993 Peter Roovers, Dutch sculptor/teacher (war monuments), dies at 90 1992 John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51 1992 John Hancock, actor (Ike-Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51 1992 England honors her dead soldiers in the Falkland Is war 1992 George Mann MacBeth, Scottish journalist/poet (A War Quartet), dies 1991 Victory parade held in Washington D.C., Persian Gulf War 1991 Sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war 1991 Angola's civil war ends 1991 U.N. Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution 1991 Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over" 1991 6 week Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated and Kuwait is liberated 1991 U.S. and allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops 1991 Bush and U.S. Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal 1991 U.S.S.R. announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War U.S. calls the plan unacceptable 1991 U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq 1990 Bush proposes U.S. - Iraq meeting to avoid war 1990 Iraq says it is preparing for a "dangerous war" 1990 Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (for U.S. - Iraq war) 1990 Curtis Lemay, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations, dies at age 83 1990 PBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on Civil War 1990 Truce in Nicaragua's civil war 1990 Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85 1989 F Fischer, German war criminal (4, Two of Breda), dies 1989 French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice 1989 Bernard Blier, actor (Les Miserables, Women and War), dies at 73 1989 German war criminals Aus der Funten/Fischer, freed in Holland 1989 German war criminals Fischer and Aus der Funten freed 1988 Iran and Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war 1988 Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war 1988 Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT) 1988 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war 1988 Samuel L Mendel, oldest U.S. war veteran, dies at 104 1988 Iran says Iraq uses poison gas in the war 1988 New York City Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs 1988 Neil Ronald Jones, science fiction writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78 1987 Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, dies at 88 1987 Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot 1987 U.S. deports Karl Linnas, charged with nazi war crimes, to U.S.S.R. 1986 Roy Poole, actor (Winds of War), dies at 62 1986 Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary 1986 Netherlands and Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651) 1985 International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize 1985 War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai" 1985 Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter 1983 Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured 1983 Syria and Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli 1983 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war 1983 1st time Congress invokes War Powers Act 1983 [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, sci-fi author (Earth War), dies at 65 1983 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia 1982 Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington D.C. 1982 King Vidor, director (War and Peace), dies at 88 of a heart ailment 1982 President Reagan proclaims war against drugs 1982 Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War" 1982 Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war 1982 British ship Atlantic Conveyor and Coventry were hit in Falkland war 1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men 1982 Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war 1981 Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967) 1981 Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial 1981 FC Terborgh, Reijnier Flaes, lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79 1980 Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969) 1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran 1980 Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins 1980 Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten sentenced to 10 years 1980 "Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco New York City after 12 performances 1980 "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 12 performances 1979 Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds 1979 Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71 1979 Ludwig Renn, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany, dies at 90 1979 War between North and South Yemen begins 1978 Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed 1978 War criminal Pieter Menten freed 1978 CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past 1978 Bruce Catton, U.S. historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 1978 High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten 1977 War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years 1977 President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000) 1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders 1976 Victor Stanitsin, actor (War and Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79 1976 War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich 1976 War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing 1976 Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals 1975 Charles Brokaw, actor (Outer Gate, I Cover the War), dies at 77 1975 Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war 1974 Cornelius Ryan, war reporter/historian (Bridge too Far), dies at 54 1974 President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S., Vietnam War deserters 1974 WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested 1974 Arganat Commission publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War 1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended 1974 "Monitor" (U.S. Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras North Carolina 1973 Egypt and Israel exchange prisoners of war 1973 Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus 1973 Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to Yom Kippur War 1973 Jordan enters Yom Kippur war 1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel 1973 Carlo Emilio Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (War Diary), dies at 79 1973 Funeral for LC William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam War 1973 U.S. and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war and military draft 1973 President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War 1971 John and Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US 1971 John and Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in New York City 1971 About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington 1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes 1970 Stefan Andres, post-World War II writer, novelist, 'Wir sind Utopia', dies at 64 1970 100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War 1970 Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria 1969 "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John and Yoko" posters begin appearing 1969 John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War 1969 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington D.C. against Vietnam War 1969 Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war 1969 "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins 1969 Soccer war - Salvador-Honduras (1000 dead) 1969 Der Spiegel reveals Munich's Bishop Defregger is a war criminal 1969 U.S. president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 1968 My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die 1968 10,000 demonstrators against U.S. in Vietnam War in West-Berlin 1967 Benjamin Spock and Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting Vietnam war 1967 Michiyoshi Ohara, wrestler, WAR/NJPW 1967 Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm Pentagon 1967 Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade 1967 John Clark, actor (Last Day of the War), dies at 50 1967 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end "6-Day War" with United Nations help 1967 6 day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begin 1967 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam 1967 U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War 1967 In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Haiphong for 1st time 1967 U.S. troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War 1966 Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68 1966 Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34), dies at 89 1966 El Samurai, wrestler, WAR/NJPW 1966 U.S. citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam 1966 In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Hanoi and Haiphong for 1st time 1966 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in New York City 1966 Anit Vietnam war demonstrations in U.S., Europe and Australia 1966 Stephen Mailer, born in New York City, actor, Red Meat, League of Their Own, War and Love 1966 June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65 1966 Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War 1965 15,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington D.C. 1965 Bernard M Baruch, President advisor (termed "Cold War"), dies at 94 1965 West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution 1965 "Oh What a Lovely War" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 125 performances 1964 "Oh What a Lovely War" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 125 performances 1964 Sandra Bullock, born in Washington D.C., actress, Speed, Net, Love and War 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson asks for a War on Poverty 1964 President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" 1963 British Minister of War John Profumo resigns due to Christine Keeler 1963 British Minister of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler 1962 Gilby Clarke, U.S. pop guitarist, Guns n' Roses-Civil War 1962 Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56 1962 Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem," premieres 1962 Algerian War ends after 7 years (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees 1962 France and Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war 1961 Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel 1961 SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel 1961 Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial 1961 Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel 1960 Netherlands and Germany sign accord concerning war casualties 1959 Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117 1959 Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War 1959 John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111 1959 Tonga, Uliuli Fifita, wrestler, WCW/WAR/WWF, Ming, Haku, Islanders 1958 Shiro Koshinaka, wrestler, WAR/NJPW 1958 Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II and Korean War buried in Arlington 1957 Indonesia proclaims end to state of war 1956 France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria 1956 Tatsutoshi Goto, wrestler, WAR/NJPW 1956 German war criminals Hinrichsen/Ruhl/Siebens/Viebahn freed 1956 Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking 1956 Kuniaki Kobayashi, wrestler, WAR/NJPW 1955 President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war 1955 Russia ends state of war with Germany 1955 U.S.S.R. ends state of war with German Federal Republic 1954 Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War 1953 Arthur Kent, newscaster [Scud Stud], NBC-Gulf War coverage 1953 Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom 1953 Ken Burns, epic documentary maker, Civil War, Baseball 1953 John Denham, born in Seaton, England, John Yorke Denham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, served, then resigned as, Minister of State at the Home Office in 2003, over the Iraq War 1953 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish General/Minister of War, dies at 79 1952 President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess war 1952 Dutch minister Dark sentences war criminal W Lages to death 1952 Chick Vennera, born in Herkimer, New York, actor, High Risk, Milagro Beanfield War 1951 Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom 1951 President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany 1951 Orson Scott Card, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Ender's War 1951 Netherlands ends state of war with Germany 1951 President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany 1951 Bobel, Braune, Naumann, Ohlendorf, Pohl, Schallenmair and Otto Schmidt, Nazi war criminals, hanged 1951 During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul 1951 Alfred Krupp and 28 other German war criminals freed 1950 U.N. troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas 1950 Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar 1950 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War 1950 In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place 1950 Henry Lewsis Stimson, U.S. minister of War/Governor-General, dies 1950 Victoria Tennant, born in London, England, All of Me, Chiefs, Winds of War 1950 U.N. troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul 1950 Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten and F Fischer to death 1950 Kenneth Shadrick, Pvt from WV becomes 1st U.S. fatality in Korean War 1950 1st time U.S. and North Korean forces clash in Korean War 1950 Yvan Goll, writer, poet, surrealist, expressionist, most famous war poem 'Requiem for the Dead of Europe', dies at 58 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 1950 Anthony Lloyd, born in England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, gay rights supporter, voted against the Iraq War and against renewal of the Trident Nuclear Missile System 1950 U.S.S.R. demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes 1949 Greeks civil war ends 1949 Morris "B B" Dickerson, born in Torrence, California, bassist, War, Low Rider, Outlaw 1949 Israel's 19 month war of independence ends 1949 Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies 1949 Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio 1948 Greek government disbands due to state of war, press censorship 1948 Hideki Tojo, Japan Prime Minister 1941 - 1944 and 6 Japs, hanged for war crimes at 64 1948 Seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/Minister of War, hanged 1948 Lonnie Jordan, born in San Diego, California, rock keyboardist/vocalist, War 1948 Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal 1948 Bernard M. Baruch introduces term "Cold War" 1948 Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life 1948 Great Kabuki, Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera, wrestler, NWA/NJPW/WAR/SWS 1948 Rhodes conference on Israeli-Arab war opens 1948 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army 1947 Man O' War, racehorse, dies 1947 U.S. Air Force, Navy and War Department form U.S. Department of Defense 1946 War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi 1946 1st trial against nazi war criminals in Neurenberg 1946 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials 1946 Alfred Rosenberg, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Fritz Sauckel, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Hans Franc, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Joachim von Ribbentrop, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal, hanged 1946 12 war criminals sentenced to death in Nuremberg 1946 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg 1946 Robert L Asprin, U.S., sci-fi writer, Thieves World, Cold Cash War 1946 International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo against 28 Japanese war criminals 1946 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals 1946 John M. Keynes, English economist (How to pay for the war?), dies at 62 1946 Howard Scott, born in San Pedro, California, rock guitarist and vocalist, War, Cisco Kid 1945 Nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg 1945 Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung 1945 Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged 1945 U.S.S.R. declares war against Japan in WW II 1945 David Dukes, actor, Beacon Hill, 79 Park Avenue, Winds of War 1945 German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured 1945 Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa 1945 Finland declares war on nazi-Germany 1945 Egypt and Syria declares war on nazi-Germany 1945 Archbishop De Jong calls for help with war casualties 1945 Venezuela declares war on nazi-Germany 1945 Eddie Slovik, 1st U.S. executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 1944 Johan van Doorn, Johnny the Selfkicker, Dutch poet, War and Porridge 1944 Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany 1944 In World War II, U.S. troops secure Saipan as Japan fell 1944 Yankees, Dodgers and Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds, each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yankees-1 and Giants-0 1944 Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war 1944 "War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC TV (New York City only) 1944 During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy 1943 Martin Raschke, German author/war correspondent, dies at 38 1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany 1943 U.S. forbid racial discrimination in war industry 1943 Dutch strike against forced labor in Nazi Germany's war industry 1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry 1943 Hitler declares "Total War" 1943 William H. Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces 1942 Allies in London sentence German war criminals 1942 In World War II, battle of Guadalcanal began 1942 Jack Singer, U.S. war reporter (Wasp), dies 1942 Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head 1942 USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania 1942 Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany and Japan 1942 Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in U.S. 1942 Congress advises Franklin D. Roosevelt that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the U.S. war effort 1942 U.S. auto factories switch from commercial to war production 1942 Edwin Starr, U.S. singer, War 1942 Allied Conference for war trials 1942 Interallied war trial conference publishes St. James Declaration 1942 National War Labor Board created 1942 28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace 1941 Dutch government in London declares war on Italy 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on US 1941 China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy 1941 London: Dutch government declares Japan the war 1941 U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II 1941 Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war 1941 Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Japanese war fleet 1941 USS Reuben James torpedoed by Germans, even though U.S. is not in war 1941 Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan 1941 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war) 1941 Finland declares war on Soviet Union 1941 Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II 1941 Ben Murphy, born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, actor, Name of the Game, Winds of War 1941 War Department forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets 1940 Phil Ochs, born in El Paso, Texas, anti-war folk singer, Joe Hill, War is Over 1940 Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson drew 1st number-158-in 1st peacetime military draft in U.S. history 1940 Italy declares war on allies/raids Malta 1940 Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II 1940 Eric Burdon, rock singer, House of Rising Sun-Animals, War 1940 Richard Monaco, U.S., sci-fi author, Grail War, Final Quest 1940 Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable 1940 Anne Campbell, born in England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Cambridge, portrayed by Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War, a BBC drama on events leading up to the Iraq War 1940 Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain 1939 Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain 1939 Iraq and Saudi Arabia declare war on nazi-Germany 1939 Canada declares war on Germany 1939 In WW II, Canada declared war on Germany 1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe 1939 South Africa declares war on nazi-Germany 1939 Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Netherlands in a State of War 1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland 1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada 1939 Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist, War 1939 U.S. recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain 1939 Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco 1938 Seabiscuit beats War Admiral in a match race at Pimlico 1938 Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of "War of the Worlds" 1938 Dutch Premier Colijn sends radio message "No war coming" 1938 Japan declares war on China 1937 Hitler informs his military leader of his intentions of going to war 1937 George AA Alting van Geusau, Dutch Minister of war (1918-20), dies at 73 1937 China declares war on Japan 1937 69th Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 2:28.6 1937 63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4 1937 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2 1937 Elihu Root, U.S. Minister of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91 1936 Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan 1936 Spanish Civil War begins, General Francisco Franco led uprising 1936 Military uprising under General Franco/begins Spanish civil war 1935 Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay ends 1935 Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco, Bolivia vs Paraguay 1935 M. Emmet Walsh, Ogdensburg, New York, actor, Wildcats, War Party 1934 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 1934 Heihatjiro Tojo, Japanese Admiral (Russian-Japanese War), dies 1934 David Halberstam, born in New York City, journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote about the Vietnam War 1934 Jeremy Kemp, Chesterfield England, actor, Winds of War 1933 50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war 1933 Paraguay declares war on Bolivia 1932 Battle between unemployed war veterans and federal troops, 4 die 1932 Milly Vitale, born in Rome, actress, 7 Little Foys, War and Peace, Juggler 1931 Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan) 1931 Lord Cecil of British Government says War was never so improbable 1931 Frederic Raphael, writer, After the War, California Time 1931 James Tolkan Calumet, born in Michigan, actor, Weekend War, Leap of Faith 1930 Barbara Ruick, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Apache War Smoke, Tu Para Mi 1930 Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 1930 Polly Bergen, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actress, Rhoda-Winds of War, Baby Talk 1929 President Hoover proclaims Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounces war 1929 General Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek government 1928 Veijo Meri, born in Viipuri, now Vyborg, Russia, writer, novelist, poet, focuses on absurdity of war, published biography of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war 1928 Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24), dies at 66 1928 Douglas Haig, British Field Marshal, Sudan, Boer war, WW I, dies at 66 1927 Augusto Sandino begins 5 -year war against U.S. occupation of Nicaragua 1927 Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war 1926 Alison Lurie, U.S., novelist, War Between the Tates 1926 John R[obert] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, White Regiment, Lizard War 1926 Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton 1926 Arthur Hockaday, director-Gen, Commonwealth War Graves Commission 1926 Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life' 1926 Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords 1925 U.S. and Italy sign peace accord about war debts 1925 Belgian and U.S. sign treaty about war debts 1925 Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France 1925 John Keith Laumer, Anthony LeBaron, U.S., science fiction author, Retief's War 1925 Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76 1925 Jihad-Saint war against Turkish government 1924 Civil war breaks out in China, General Tsi moves to Shanghai 1923 Andrew Duggan, actor, Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War 1923 Baldwin-Mellon-agreement concerning Britain entering the war 1923 Edna Jo Hunter, expert on military families and prisoners of war 1922 IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague 1922 Leo V Gordon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War 1922 Norodom Sihanouk, king/president/prem Cambodia, My War with the CIA 1922 Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot 1922 John Weidner, war hero 1922 John Farr, born in Nottingham, England, Sir John Arnold Farr, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Harborough 1959 - 1992, served with Royal Navy during World War II 1922 Vittorio Gassman, born in Genoa, Italy, actor, War and Peace 1922 Carl Amery, born in Munich, Germany, writer, used pen name Christian Anton Mayer, studied at University of Munich, participant in Gruppe 47, a post-World War II literary association 1921 Ian Percival, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Southport, served in World War II in North Africa and Burma, earned rank of Major 1920 Ma, the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies 1920 Gerard Leman, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War, dies 1920 Man O'War's last race and win 1920 Sergey Bondarchuk, Belozerka Ukraine, director, War and Peace 1920 52nd Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 2:14.2 1920 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6 1920 Antony Duff, born in England, served Royal Navy during World War II, Deputy Governor of Southern Rhodesia, diplomat, Director-General of Military Intelligence, section 5, 1985 - 1988, the United Kingdom's internal security service 1919 Man o'War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga) 1919 Finland declares war on bolsheviks 1919 Richard Mason, born near Manchester, England, author, learned Japanese in World War II, interrogated prisoners of war, wrote 'The Wind Cannot Read', 'The Fever Tree', 'The World of Suzie Wong' 1919 Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain 1918 Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000 1918 Washington catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for deferment from the draft Secretary of War Newton D. Baker rules baseball players are not draft exempt 1918 Barry Morse, actor, Fugitive-Lt Philip Gerard, Winds of War 1918 43rd Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6 1918 President Hoover calls for "wheatless" and "meatless" days for war effort 1917 U.S. becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I 1917 [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, U.S., sci-fi author, Earth War 1917 Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey 1917 China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I 1917 Robert Mitchum, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Winds of War, North and South 1917 Robert Cornthwaite, born in St. Helen, Oregon, actor, Thing, War of the Worlds 1917 U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I 1917 President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany 1917 Man O'War, racehorse, winner of 20 out of 21 races and $249,465 1917 Paul Rogers, British actor, Looking Glass War, Billy Budd 1917 Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war 1916 David Lloyd George forms British war government 1916 Greece declares war on Germany 1916 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France 1916 Bulgaria declares war on Romania 1916 Germany declares war on Romania 1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I 1916 Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary 1916 Germany declares war against Portugal 1915 Aristide Briand forms French war government 1915 Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria 1915 Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria 1915 Italy declares war on Turkey 1915 Herman Wouk, New York City, novelist, Caine Mutiny, Winds of War 1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary 1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany during WW I 1915 John Egerton, born in England, born John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland, served with British Expeditionary Force, captured at St. Valery, spent four years in a prisoner of war camp 1915 Orson Welles, Kenosha, Wisconsin, actor, Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds 1915 Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war 1914 Peter Woolridge Townsend, war hero courtier writer 1914 Turks sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy war 1914 Colin Gray, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, fighter ace in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, fought Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Channel Front 1914 Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Russia declares Turkey the war 1914 Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey 1914 Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 German troops take Antwerp in World War I 1914 Creighton Abrams, U.S., army general, Vietnam War 1914 U.S. war reporter Richard H. Davis visits Leuven 1914 Japan declares war on Germany in World War I 1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary, leading to WW I 1914 Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary 1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary 1914 Montenegro declares war on Germany 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia 1914 Serbia declares war against Germany 1914 Montenegro declares war against Austria-Hungary in World War I 1914 Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany 1914 Lord Kitchener becomes British minister of War 1914 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I 1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany 1914 Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WW I) 1914 Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I 1914 German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize 1914 World War I began when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia 1914 Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia 1914 Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum 1913 Hugo Pos, Suriname/Netherlands WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo 1913 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses 1913 Conclusion of 2nd Balkan War 1913 Romania declares war on Bulgaria 1913 Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria 1913 2nd Balkan War begins 1913 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops 1913 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London 1913 Les Tremayne, London, actor, Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds 1913 Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War 1912 Denmark, Norway and Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war 1912 Socialist International rejects that world war is coming 1912 Beginning of 1st Balkan War 1912 Italo-Turkish war ends 1912 Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declares war on Turkey 1912 1st Balkan War begins - Montenegro declares war on Turkey 1912 Montenegro declares war on Turkey, beginning 1st Balkan War 1912 War between Turkey and Montenegro breaks out in Albania 1911 Italy declares war on Turkey 1911 Italy declares war on Turkey 1911 British premier Asquith holds secret meeting about British strategy in case of war with Germany 1911 Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany 1911 Adolphe Messimy appointed French minister of War 1911 Patrick Maitland, born in England, 17th Earl of Lauderdale, journalist, World War II Special Correspondent, Member of Parliament for Lanark 1910 Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War and Peace), dies at 82 1910 Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer 1909 Ferdinand H Aus der Funten, German war criminal, Breda 4 1909 Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, French Minister of War (1899-1900), dies at 79 1909 Neil R[onald] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, Space War, Twin Worlds 1908 Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal, 4 of Breda 1908 John Mills, England, actor, Big Sleep, King Rat, War and Peace 1907 Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget 1906 Curtis Lemay, born in Columbus, Ohio, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations 1906 Stefan Andres, born in Germany, post-World War II writer, novelist 1905 Martin Raschke, German author/publisher/war correspondent 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War 1905 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South 1904 1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio) 1904 Vasili Vereshtshagin, Russian painter (War and Peace), dies 1904 Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships 1904 Japan declares war on Russia 1904 Russo-Japanese War begins 1904 Russian-Japanese war began 1903 John Piper, British writer, US Churches in WW I, official war painter 1903 Cornerstone laid for U.S. Army war college, Washington, D.C. 1902 Henry Steele Commager, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, historian, Atlas of Civil War 1902 F R Boschvogel, French LJ Ramon, Flemish writer, War of Worlds 1902 Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal 1901 Army War College forms in Washington D.C. 1901 Arleigh Burke, born in Boulder, Colorado, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War 1901 Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier, KVP, 1959-63 1901 Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82 1900 Heinrich Himmler, head of Gestapo, war criminal 1900 June Walker, born in Illinois, actress, War Nurse, Unforgiven 1899 South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England 1899 South African Boers declare war on Great Britain 1899 Bruce Catton, U.S., historian and writer, Civil War 1899 Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal 1899 Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US 1899 Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate 1899 Robert J Fruin, Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at 75 1898 Spanish-American War ends; U.S. acquires Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam 1898 U.S. forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war 1898 Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed 1898 U.S. flag hoisted over Wake Island (Spanish-American War) 1898 1st U.S. Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War 1898 U.S. Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War 1898 U.S. declares war on Spain over Cuba 1898 Spain declares war on U.S. rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba 1898 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship 1898 Spanish-American War begins 1898 President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration 1897 Jacques de Kadt, Dutch politician/writer, Fascism is War! 1896 Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium's minister of War 1896 Edmund Blunden, English poet and critic, Undertones of War 1896 England defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM) 1896 Matthew B Brady, U.S. photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) 1895 John Jay McCloy, lawyer/banker, Secretary of War 1941 - 1945, President Chase Man 1895 Cuban war for independence begins 1895 King Vidor, director, War and Peace, Stella Dallas 1894 Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist, War Against War! 1892 Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor, 1930s, war criminal 1891 Yvan Goll, born in Saint-Die, France, writer, poet, surrealist, expressionist, most famous war poem 'Requiem for the Dead of Europe' 1891 William Sherman, Union General in Civil War, dies 1891 William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War general, dies at 71 1890 Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86 1889 Buck Jones, Charles F Gebhart, U.S. actor, War Horse 1889 Ludwig Renn, born in Dresden, Germany, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany 1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war 1885 Grover Cleveland inaugrated as 1st Democratic President since Civil War 1884 Naval War College forms in Newport RI 1884 Juan B Alberdi, Figarillo, Arg writer (Crime of War), dies at 74 1884 Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72 1883 Arabi Pasha declares a holy war in Egypt 1881 Boers and Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war 1879 Dwight Filley Davis, U.S. Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup 1879 British Zulu War begins: Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand 1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins 1878 Greece declares war on Turkey 1877 Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 56 1877 Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War 1877 Crazy Horse, Tashunka Witko, last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27 1877 Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War, 1931-34 1877 Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania 1876 Montenegro declares war on Turkey 1876 Serbia declares war on Turkey 1876 U.S. Congress decides to impeach Minister of War Belknap 1873 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War 1872 Britain pays U.S. $15 M for damages during Civil War 1870 Bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser, Cold War 1870 France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins 1870 Mississippi becomes 9th state readmitted to U.S. after Civil War 1870 Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to U.S. after Civil War 1869 Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, U.S. Secretary of War 1861 - 1865, dies at 55 1868 Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War) 1868 John D. Rockefeller begins anti oil war 1867 Henry Lewis Stimson, U.S. minister of War, 1911-13 1867 President A Johnson defies Congress suspending Secretary of War Edwin Stanton 1866 Treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war 1866 President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over 1866 Italy declares war on Austria 1866 President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia 1865 S Brownsville, Texas (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed 1865 Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas 1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri 1865 Columbia South Carolina burns down during Civil War 1864 Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War 1864 General Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor 1864 George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen, PTT, Dutch Minister of War, 1918-20 1864 Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida 1864 2nd German-Danish war begins 1864 Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Va 1863 Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tennessee, ends 1863 John Buchanan Floyd, U.S. Minister of War (1857-60), Confederate general, dies 1863 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War 1863 War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops 1863 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Confederate general (Civil War), dies 1863 1st black Civil War regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, mustered into U.S. army 1863 War Department authorizes Mass governor to recruit black troops 1863 Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia 1862 Confederate Secretary of War George B. Randolph resigns 1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of Civil War, 23,110 die 1862 Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) 1862 Oliver Tilden, of the Bronx, killed in Civil War in Virginia 1862 Secretary of War authorizes General Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves 1862 New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War 1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River 1862 Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive McClellan ignores order 1861 Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War, 1922-24 1861 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla 1861 Washington D.C. - Crittenden resolution is passed stating that the war is to be fought to preserve union and uphold the Constitution, not to alter slavery 1861 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins 1861 Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought 1861 War Department decrees the KA and Tennessee are to be canvassed for volunteers 1861 Samuel D. Riddle, horse owner, Man 'o War 1861 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV 1861 1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Virginia 1861 British territorial waters and ports off-limits during Civil War 1861 Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war" 1861 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in Civil War 1861 Confederate government offers war volunteers $10 premium 1861 Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between U.S. and Confederacy 1861 Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War) 1861 Fort Sumter, South Carolina is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War 1861 Mexico City captured by Juarez (Lib) in War of Reform 1861 1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC 1859 U.S. recognizes Liberal government in Mexico's War of Reform 1859 Vera Cruz besieged by Miramon (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform 1858 War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz 1857 Felix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 1856 Frank Kellogg, Secretary of State, 1925 - 1929, try to outlaw war, Nobel 1929 1856 Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy and lower British flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War 1856 Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War 1856 Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease 1855 Crimean war - assault of Malakof Tower under Mac-Mahon 1854 Crimean War: British and French defeat Russian force of 50,000 1854 Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die 1854 During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia 1853 August Belmont, Jr., breeder, Man 'O War, founder, New York Jockey Club 1852 John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies 1851 Gerard Leman, born in Liege, Belgium, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War 1849 Friedrich von Bernhardi, Germany historian, Germany and the Next War 1848 Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts 1848 Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo 1848 Mexico gives Texas to U.S., ending the war 1848 Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general and minister of War 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; U.S. acquires Texas California, New Mexico and Arizona for $15 million 1847 Heihatjiro Tojo, Japan, Admiral, Russian-Japanese war 1847 American-Mexican war: U.S. General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City 1846 General Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War 1846 U.S. declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins 1846 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto Texas 1846 Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India 1845 Mexican - U.S. war starts 1843 Vasili V Vereshchagin, Russian painter, War and Peace 1842 Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, d 1959 1842 Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator, Joan of Arc of the Civil War 1842 Great Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war 1842 Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma 1841 Alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist 1839 1st opium war - 2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks 1839 Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89 1839 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator, dies 1839 Aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick 1838 Mexico declares war on France 1837 Vincent Strong, civil war fighter 1836 Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru 1835 2nd Seminole War begins in Osceola 1834 Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates 1833 Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War veteran, dies at 88 1832 Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, British Governor of Natal, Ireland-Boer war 1832 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac and Fox indians, end Black Hawk War 1832 Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist 1831 Julius Rodenberg, Levy, German writer, Kriegs-Songs of War and Peace 1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain 1830 Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet, French general/Minister of War, 1899-1900 1829 Peace of Adrianopel: ends Russian-Turkish war 1828 Leo Tolstoy, Russia, novelist, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, 1828 Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, 1828 Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence 1827 Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independ 1825 Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics 1824 U.S. War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1823 Thomas Alexander Scott, Assistant Secretary War, Union 1823 Robert J Fruin, historian, 80 year war 1822 Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War, dies at 61 1821 Gustavus Woodson Smith, Secretary War, Confederacy 1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest, born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South 1820 Florence Nightingale, Florence, Italy, nurse, Crimean War 1819 Charles Anderson Dana, Assistant Secretary War, Union 1818 Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier 1818 Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian Field Marshal/War Minister, dies 1818 George Wythe Randolph, Secretary War Confederacy 1818 Jeremy F Gilmer, Major Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept 1817 U.S. soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War 1817 1st Seminole War begins in Florida 1817 Leroy Pope Walker, U.S. lawyer/Confederate minister of War, 1861 1815 Anna Ella Carroll, U.S., civil war writer, Reconstruction 1815 James Alexander Seddon, Secretary War, Confederacy 1815 Austria declares war on realm of Naples 1815 U.S. declares war on Algiers for taking U.S. prisoners and demanding tribute 1814 Treaty of Ghent (end of US-Britain's War of 1812) signed 1814 Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, U.S. Secretary of War, 1861 - 1865 1814 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 1813 British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812 1813 British take Ft. Niagara in War of 1812 1813 British warship Pelican attacks and captures U.S. war brigantine Argus 1813 Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussian Minister of War (1807-10), dies in battle 1812 U.S. forces led by General Hull invade Canada, War of 1812 1812 War of 1812 begins as U.S. declares war against Britain 1812 Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812 1811 John Archibald Campbell, Assistant Secretary War, Confederacy 1811 Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War, Confederacy 1809 John AB Dahlgren, U.S. Union Lieutenant-Admiral/inventor, Civil war Dahlgren-cannon 1809 Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Assistant Secretary War, Confederacy 1809 Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war 1809 Franz I of Austria declares war on France 1807 British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812 1806 John Buchanan Floyd, Ex-Sect of War, Union 1805 Tripoli forced to conclude peace with U.S. after war over tribute 1803 Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy and Switzerland 1802 Treaty of Amiens-French Revolutionary War ends 1801 Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary War general, dies in London 1801 Tripoli declares war on U.S. for refusing tribute 1799 George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace and 1st in hearts of his countrymen" 1799 Austria declares war on France 1799 Simon Cameron, Secretary War Union 1798 Samuel Cooper, Sect of War/General Confederate Army 1796 Spain declares war on England 1795 Henry Havelock, British soldier, War in Afghanistan 1838-39 1795 Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France 1793 France declares war on England and Netherlands 1792 France declares war on Prussia 1792 France declares war on Austria, Prussia and Sardinia 1792 France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars 1791 Felix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance 1789 U.S. War Department established a regular army 1789 Congress creates Department of War and Lighthouse Service 1789 Society of St. Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of New York City political bosses 1788 Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 1788 Austria declares war on Russia 1787 Turkey declares war on Russia 1784 Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris 1783 Treaty of Paris signed (ending U.S. Revolutionary War) 1783 Hostilities cease in Revolutionary War 1781 Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 PM; Revolutionary War ends 1781 Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War 1781 James Lawrence, naval hero, War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!" 1781 French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War 1780 England declares war on Netherlands 1780 Britain declares war on Holland 1780 Charleston, South Carolina falls to British (Revolutionary War) 1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain 1779 In support of the U.S., Spain declares war on England 1779 War of Bavarian Succession ends 1779 Stephen Decatur, U.S., naval hero, War of 1812 1778 Prussia declares war on Austria 1778 England declares war on France 1776 Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France 1776 Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War 1776 British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War 1775 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured 1774 Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War) 1774 Heinrich A Fouque, Prussian general (7 year war), dies at 76 1773 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace" 1772 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI 1764 Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac 1763 Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to England 1763 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator 1762 England declares war on Spain and Naples 1761 Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Scot/Russian minister of War 1761 Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War 1761 Dirk earl van Hogendorp, general/Dutch minister of War 1759 British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War) 1757 Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French and Indian War) 1757 German Diet declares war on Prussia 1756 England and France meet in war 1756 Prussian Libya occupies Saxson: beginning 7 years War 1756 England declares war on France 1756 Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French and Indian War) 1755 Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War, 1807-10 1755 British General E. Braddock mortally wounded during French and Indian War 1755 E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French and Indian War 1754 George Washington surrenders to French, Ft. Necessity (7 Years' War) 1752 George Rogers Clark, frontier military leader in Revolutionary War 1750 Stephen Girard, bailed out U.S. bonds during War of 1812 1750 Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War, 1798-1800, 1803-06 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession 1748 Casimir Pulaski, Count/American Revolutionary War general 1747 Kasamir Pulaski, U.S. general in the Revolutionary War 1745 Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war 1744 French King Louis XV declares war on England 1743 Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War 1742 Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General 1741 Benedict Arnold, U.S. general turn traitor, Revolutionary War 1739 England declares war on Spain: War of Jenkin's Ear 1739 England declares war on Spain 1738 France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey 1738 English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) 1738 Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter, lead the Green Mtn Boys 1733 France declares war on emperor Charles VI 1729 Jean de Neufville, Dutch / U.S. merchant, started 4th English war 1724 Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War 1721 Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War 1718 England declares war on Spain 1718 France declares war on Spain 1715 Prussia declares war on Sweden 1714 Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine 1713 King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia 1704 War of Spanish Succession, English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar 1702 Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne and Bavaria 1702 War of Spanish Succession, 1st American conflict between England and France 1702 England and Netherlands declares war on France and Spain 1700 Turkey declares war on Russia 1697 Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Netherlands/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War 1697 Peace of Saki (ends 9 years war) 1697 King William's War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick 1689 France declares war on England 1689 English King Willem III declares war on France 1689 French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain 1689 German Parliament declares war on France 1688 French king Louis XIV declares war on Netherlands 1688 France declares war on German 1687 Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians 1676 1st war between American colonists and Indians ends in New England 1675 New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians 1674 German Parliament declares war on France 1672 France declares war on Netherlands 1672 England declares war on Netherlands 1668 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands 1668 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution 1667 Brandenburg declares himself neutral in Devolutie War 1667 Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland and Russia 1666 France declares war on England and Munster 1665 English king Charles II declares war on Netherlands 1663 Osman declares war on Austria 1658 Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought 1652 England declares war on Netherlands 1648 Treaty of Westphalia ends 30 year war and Holy Roman Empire 1648 Spain and Netherlands sign Peace of Munster, ending Tachtigjarige War 1642 Civil War in England began between Royalists and Parliament 1639 Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war 1635 Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France 1635 France declares war on Spain 1624 England declares war on Spain 1622 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor, Lambs' War 1620 French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII 1618 2nd Defenestration of Prague; beginning of 30 Years War 1616 Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War 1616 Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war 1614 Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends 1613 Peace of Knarod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark and Sweden 1608 Thomas Fuller, England, literary, History of the Holy War 1600 Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian, Matters of State and War 1595 French king Henri IV declares war on Spain 1589 Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, Lieutenant Colonel (80 year war), dies at about 49 1574 France begins 5th holy war against Huguenots 1570 Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out 1567 War of Religion - Huguenots try to kidnap king Charles IX 1557 England declares war on France 1549 France declares war on England 1538 Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King French I 1529 Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons 1528 England and France declare war on Emperor Charles V 1525 German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war 1524 Boer War begins in Germany's Black Forest 1521 French king Francois I declares war on Spain 1509 France declares war on Venice 1461 Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses) 1461 Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses 1455 Open battle in England's 30-year War of the Roses (St. Albans) 1453 2nd Battle at Castillon: France beats English, end of hundred year war 1450 French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War 1419 French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War 1409 Austrian civil war ends 1379 End of Gelderse war victory 1340 In the Hundred Years War, British fleet destroys French at Sluys 1303 Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War 1264 Baron's War fought in England 1190 Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies 1146 European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time 585 War between Lydia and Media ended by solar eclipse |
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