The History of War (Part 2)

Events 101 - 200 of 698

• 1784-01-14 US Congress of the Confederation ratifies the Treaty of Paris, signed September 3, 1783, ending the Revolutionary War, and forwards it to Great Britain
• 1787-08-16 Turkey declares war on Russia (Russo-Turkish War 1787-92)
• 1788-02-09 Austria declares war on Russia

• 1788-08-13 Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90
• 1789-05-12 Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses
• 1789-08-07 US Congress creates the Department of War and the United States Lighthouse Establishment
• 1789-09-29 US War Department establishes a regular army

• 1792-07-08 France declares war on Prussia
• 1793-02-01 France declares war on Great Britain and Netherlands
• 1795-03-05 Treaty of Basel - Prussia ends war with France
• 1796-10-05 Spain declares war on England

• 1799-03-12 Austria declares war on France
• 1801-05-10 First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America (1st US foreign war)
• 1801-06-10 Tripoli declares war on US for refusing tribute
• 1805-06-10 First Barbary War: Tripolitania agrees to peace in war with US over the latter's refusal to make tribute payments; US pays ransom for release of prisoners and lifts naval blockade
• 1806-10-09 Prussia declares war on France

• 1807-06-22 British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812
• 1808-09-13 Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.
• 1809-02-08 Franz I of Austria declares war on France
• 1812-03-14 US Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812
• 1812-06-18 War of 1812 begins as the US declares war against Britain
• 1812-07-12 US forces led by General Hull invade Canada (War of 1812)

• 1813-08-14 British warship Pelican attacks & captures US war brigantine Argus
• 1813-12-18 British take Fort Niagara in War of 1812
• 1813-12-29 British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812
• 1814-05-30 Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition - the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent.
• 1814-09-12 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812

• 1815-01-08 Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812); the war had ended on 24th December 1814 but none of the combatants knew
• 1815-03-03 US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute
• 1815-04-10 Austria declares war on Kingdom of Naples
• 1821-03-21 First revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta, Greek War of Independence.
• 1821-03-23 Battle and fall of city of Kalamata, Greek War of Independence
• 1821-05-08 Greek War of Independence: Greeks defeat the Turks in Gravia
• 1821-05-12 The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi
• 1822-01-14 Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti
• 1822-01-15 Greek War of Independence: Demetrius Ypsilanti is elected president of the legislative assembly.
• 1822-05-16 Greek War of Independence: Turks capture the Greek town of Souli
• 1824-03-05 First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma
• 1824-03-11 US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs
• 1824-06-21 Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea
• 1825-07-21 Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics
• 1827-06-05 Turks capture the Acropolis and take Athens during the Greek War of Independence
• 1828-04-26 Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence
• 1831-03-10 The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria
• 1834-04-03 The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.
• 1834-05-26 Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates
• 1835-12-28 Second Seminole War between United States and Native Americans begins with the Dade Massacre in Sumter County, Florida; Senminole fighters kill nearly all 110 of US Army troops under Major Francis Langhorne Dade [1] [2]
• 1836-11-11 Chile declares war on Bolivia & Peru
• 1836-12-14 The Toledo War unofficially ends, boundary dispute between Ohio state and territory of Michigan
• 1838-11-30 Mexico declares war on France
• 1839-09-05 The First Opium War begins in China
• 1842-08-14 Second Seminole War declared over by US Army Colonel Worth, after nearly 7 years; more than 3000 Seminole Nation survivors re-located from Florida to Oklahoma, only about 300 allowed to remain [1]
• 1846-02-16 Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India
• 1846-05-08 First major battle of the Mexican–American War fought at Palo Alto, Texas

• 1848-07-23 Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts
• 1848-09-29 Battle of Pákozd: Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd; the first battle of the War of Independence
• 1849-10-06 The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence
• 1854-03-28 Great Britain and France declare war on Russia, expanding the Crimean War
• 1855-09-08 French forces successfully assault the Malakoff Line during the Crimean War
• 1856-10-08 The Second Opium War or second Anglo-Chinese War: begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River
• 1857-03-03 Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China
• 1857-07-18 Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French
• 1858-05-04 War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz
• 1859-03-18 Vera Cruz besieged by Miramon (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform
• 1859-04-06 US recognizes Liberal government in Mexico's War of Reform
• 1859-10-29 Spain declares war on Morocco
• 1860-08-03 The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand
• 1860-10-18 The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
• 1861-01-11 Mexico City captured by Juarez (Lib) in War of Reform
• 1861-03-19 The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand
• 1861-05-16 Confederate government offers war volunteers $10 premium
• 1861-06-03 1st American Civil War land battle: Union forces defeat the Confederacy at Philippi in modern-day West Virginia
• 1861-07-01 US War Department decrees that Kansas and Tennessee are to be canvassed for volunteers
• 1861-07-25 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
• 1861-12-09 American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.

• 1862-03-31 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River
• 1862-08-25 US Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves
• 1862-09-17 Battle of Antietam [Battle of Sharpsburg], bloodiest day in the American Civil War: 22,000 dead, wounded or missing in first battle on Union soil
• 1862-11-17 Confederate Secretary of War George B. Randolph resigns
• 1863-01-17 Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia
• 1863-01-26 American Civil War: Massachusetts Governor receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent (54th Massachusetts Regiment)
• 1863-01-31 1st black Civil War regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, mustered into US army
• 1863-05-22 War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops
• 1863-08-15 The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).

• 1864-01-27 Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Virginia
• 1864-02-01 Second Schleswig War begins when Prussian and Austrian forces cross into Schleswig challenging Danish control
• 1864-02-20 Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida
• 1864-04-17 Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges
• 1864-05-21 Russia declares an end to the Russian-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated to be the Circassian Day of Mourning.

• 1865-02-27 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
• 1865-05-12 Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas

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Birthdays 101 - 151 of 151

• 1914-09-04 Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive and 3rd postwar chairman of Volkswagen, born in Altmark, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (d. 2003)
• 1914-11-22 Peter Townsend, British war hero, courtier and writer (had a romance with Princess Margaret), born in Rangoon, Burma (d. 1995)
• 1915-03-23 Vasily Zaitsev, Soviet World War II hero (d. 1991)
• 1915-04-03 Paul Touvier, French Nazi collaborator in World War II called the "Hangman of Lyon" and convicted war criminal, born in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jabron, France (d. 1996)

• 1916-01-09 Peter Twinn, English World War II code-breaker, born in Streatham, London (d. 2004)
• 1917-04-28 Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (Thing, War of the Worlds, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?), born in St. Helens, Oregon (d. 2006)
• 1918-01-21 Richard Winters, American army officer and war hero (commanded 'Easy Company' during Normandy Invasion portrayed in "Band of Brothers"), born in New Holland Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
• 1918-05-10 George Welch, American World War II flying ace (Medal of Honor nominee) and test pilot, born in Wawaset Park, Delaware (d. 1954)

• 1918-11-18 Tasker Watkins, Welsh World War II hero, born in Nelson, Wales (d. 2007)

• 1919-07-16 Hermine Braunsteiner, Nazi war criminal and female camp guard at Ravensbrück and Majdanek concentration camps, born in Vienna, Republic of German-Austria (d. 1999)
• 1919-10-10 Gerry Gomez, West Indian cricket all-rounder (29 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 101, 58 wickets, BB 7/55; Trinidad), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad (d. 1996)
• 1919-12-13 Hans-Joachim Marseille, German flying ace of World War II (d. 1942)
• 1920-03-16 Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (d. 1947)
• 1920-07-16 Anwar Hussain, Pakistani cricket batsman (4 Tests, Pakistan's first Test; Karachi, Mumbai, Sind, Northern India), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2002)
• 1920-09-25 Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet director (Destiny of a Man, War and Peace), born in Belozerka, Ukraine (d. 1994)
• 1920-12-24 Evgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine, born in Berdyansk, Ukraine (d. 1944)
• 1921-02-28 Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (d. 2006)
• 1921-09-03 Marguerite Higgins, American reporter and war correspondent, Pulitzer prize winner (d. 1966)
• 1922-02-24 Kanwar Rai Singh, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; Services, Southern Punjab), born in Darkati, India (d. 1993)
• 1922-07-14 Robin Olds, American fighter pilot, flying ace in WWII and the Vietnam War, born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 2007)
• 1922-09-01 Il Mattatore [Vittorio Gassman], Italian actor, director and screenwriter (Scent of a Woman, War & Peace), born in Genoa, Italy (d. 2000)
• 1922-10-22 Johan Hendrik Weidner, Dutch-American war hero (set up WWII underground network to smuggle people out of Nazi territory), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1994)
• 1922-10-23 Stuart Sloan, British war hero and pilot, born in Whitecraig, Scotland (d. 1994)

• 1923-12-28 Andrew Duggan, American character actor (Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War), born in Franklin, Indiana (d. 1988)
• 1924-11-11 Rusi Modi, Indian cricketer (strong Indian batsman in post-War years), born in Bombay, India (d. 1996)
• 1926-03-17 Arthur Hockaday, British civil servant (Defence Ministry; Director-General of Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 1982-89), born in Plymouth, England (d. 2004)
• 1926-09-03 Alison Lurie, American novelist (Pulitzer Prize - Foreign Affairs), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)
• 1931-05-16 Natwar Singh, Indian politician and diplomat, born in Jaghina, Bharatpur, British India
• 1932-07-16 Milly Vitale, Italian actress (7 Little Foys, War & Peace, Juggler), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2006)
• 1935-03-22 M. Emmet Walsh, American character actor (Blade Runner; Wildcats; Blood Simple; Knives Out), born in Ogdensburg New York (d. 2024) [1]
• 1938-08-07 Helen Caldicott, Australian physician and anti-war activist, born in Melbourne, Victoria
• 1940-12-19 Phil Ochs, American anti-war folk singer (Joe Hill; The War is Over; I Ain't Marchin' Anymore), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 1976)
• 1943-06-08 William Calley Jr., American war criminal, convicted by court-martial of murdering 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai Massacre, born in Miami, Florida (d. 2024)
• 1944-11-12 (Johan) "Johnny" van Doorn, Dutch writer, poet (as Johnny the Selfkicker), and performer (Oorlog & Pap - War & Porridge), born in Beekbergen, Netherlands (d. 1991)
• 1945-06-08 Derek Underwood, England cricket spin bowler (86 Tests, 297 wickets @ 25.83, BB 8/51; Kent CCC), born in Bromley, England (d. 2024)
• 1949-03-14 Michael Stedman, British World War I Historian and Author
• 1951-11-25 Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter

• 1953-12-27 Arthur Kent [The Scud Stud], American newscaster (prominent Gulf War coverage for NBC), born in Alberta, Canada
• 1955-12-24 Anwar Khan, Pakistani cricketer (bowled four overs for Pakistan 1979), born in Karachi, Pakistan
• 1958-11-28 Georges Rutaganda, Rwandan war criminal
• 1960-11-02 Tihomir Blaškić, Croatian war criminal, born in Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1966-03-10 Stephen Mailer, American actor (Red Meat, League of Their Own, War & Love), born in New York City
• 1973-01-01 Anwar Mansoor Mangrio, Sindhi poet and research scholar.
• 1973-08-05 Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1978-12-08 Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer
• 1981-03-28 Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player

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Deaths 101 - 124 of 124

• 1999-04-19 Hermine Braunsteiner, Nazi war criminal and female camp guard at Ravensbrück and Majdanek concentration camps, dies at 79
• 2000-07-12 Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II, dies at 98
• 2000-08-19 Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo littérateur and religious figure (birth date unknown)
• 2002-02-22 Roden Cutler, Australian diplomat and Governor (New South Wales), dies at 85
• 2003-01-22 Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers (Pulitzer-1945, 59), dies of Alzheimer's disease and a bathtub scalding at 81
• 2005-01-22 Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)
• 2005-03-09 Kurt Lotz, German business executive and second postwar CEO of Volkswagen, dies at 92
• 2005-03-17 George F. Kennan, American diplomat, Cold War strategist who advocated containment ("Long Telegram"; "The Sources of Soviet Conduct") and historian, dies at 101
• 2005-11-07 Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian-born Nazi war criminal (b. 1921)
• 2005-11-21 Alfred Anderson, last Scottish World War I (and Christmas Truce) veteran (b. 1896)
• 2006-01-06 Hugh Thompson Jr., American Vietnam War veteran who played a major role in ending the 1968 My Lai massacre, dies of cancer at 62
• 2006-03-22 Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
• 2006-07-21 Ta Mok, "The Khmer Rouge Butcher", war criminal in Democratic Kampuchea (b. 1926)
• 2006-11-12 General Jacob E. Smart, US Air Force leader World War II (b. 1909)
• 2007-01-02 Mauno Jokipii, Finnish professor & World War II researcher, dies at 82
• 2007-02-22 Samuel Hinga Norman, Sierra Leonean alleged war criminal (b. 1940)
• 2007-08-06 Heinz Barth, German convicted war criminal and former member of the Nazi SS, dies at 86
• 2007-10-05 Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (b. 1898)
• 2007-10-11 David Lee "Tex" Hill, World War Two fighter pilot, flying ace, 1st American Volunteer Group (b. 1915)
• 2008-03-12 Lazare Ponticelli, the last "poilu", French foot soldier of World War One, dies at 110 (b. 1897)
• 2008-05-27 Franz Künstler, Last remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire World War I veteran (b. 1900)
• 2008-06-16 Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian writer, World War II veteran and Nazi concentration camp survivor (b. 1921)
• 2008-08-22 Gladys Powers, Canadian World War I veteran (b. 1899)
• 2008-09-03 Donald Blakeslee, American aviator who led 4th Fighter Group during World War II, dies at 90

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