2015 Event The Confederate flag is removed from the South Carolina capitol grounds after the state government enacted a law to permanently remove it; the flag, part of U.S. Civil War history, is viewed by many as a symbol of racism 2015 Event Amazon.com joins eBay and others in removing Confederate flag items from its site after last week's shooting of nine African American church members; though part of U.S. Civil War history, the flag is also seen by many as a symbol of racism 2015 Event Construction workers discover an unexploded bomb from World War II near Wembley Stadium in London; after evacuations near the site, explosives specialists safely defused and removed the threat 2014 Event Israel closes visitation to Jerusalem's Temple Mount, citing security concerns after the shooting of Israeli activist Yehudah Glick; Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claims that the action is a 'declaration of war' 2014 Event Two former Khmer Rouge leaders, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, have been convicted of war crimes during the period of Cambodian genocide in the 1970s; a U.N.-supported war crimes tribunal sentenced the two men to life in prison; both men are in their 80s 2014 Event Russia seeks to intimidate Finland out of thoughts of joining NATO; a representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that any moves by Finland to do so could potentially trigger World War III 2014 Event President Barack Obama exchanges 5 Guantanamo Bay prisoners for the lone U.S. prisoner of war in Afghanistan, Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl; some lawmakers protest that the secret exchange was illegal because Congress was not notified in advance 2014 Event Vladimir Putin visits Crimea today for the first time since annexing the region; the visit coincides with a holiday celebrating the U.S.S.R. victory in the Second World War 2014 Event A 12-page letter written by Robert R. Livingston in 1775 is found by an archivist at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, George Washington's headquarters during the Revolutionary War; the letter explains why Livingston was chosen to help draft the Declaration of Independence 2013 Event Declassified CIA documents reveal that during the Iran-Iraq War, top Reagan administration officials gave Iraq information on the location of Iranian troops 2013 Event America commemorates the 150th of the Battle of Gettysburg, a decisive battle in the Civil War 2013 Event The Syrian civil war is a high-priority topic at the39th annual G8 Summit begins in Northern Ireland 2012 Event Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf, Chairman of Libya's legislative authority, the General National Congress, says al-Qaeda elements who fought with rebels in Libya's civil war number "up to 200" in Libya 2012 Event Serbia says it is protecting a witness of organ harvesting on Serbian prisoners of the war in Kosovo 2012 Event The 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran, Iran, closes with a 60-page final document focusing on Iran's nuclear energy program and the Palestinian issue, with no mention of the civil war in Syria 2012 Event The writer of 'Carrie's War,' Nina Bawden, who was shortlisted for the 1987 Booker Prize and the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010, dies in London at age 87 2012 Event Mexico's drug war continues in Monterey, when alleged members of the Gulf Cartel storm a bar in Monterey, killing 10 people 2012 Event For the first time since the Vietnam War ended in 1975, the United States plans to help clean up herbicide Agent Orange from areas in Vietnam 2012 Event After two decades of being closed due to civil war, the Somali National Theater reopens in Mogadishu 2012 Event Florence Green, the last known veteran from World War I, dies in the United Kingdom at the age of 110 2011 Event The last convoy of U.S. Army soldiers leaves Iraq, formally marking the end of the Iraq War 2011 Event Japan's Government apologizes to Canada for the treatment of its POWs during World War II 2011 Event In Koblenz, Germany, 45,000 citizens wait to return home after bomb squads diffuse World War II bombs that were hidden under the Rhine River for nearly 65 years 2011 Event A World War II-era bomb is discovered in the German city of Halle; 12,000 people are evacuated 2011 Event The U.S. is granted permission by North Korea to search for remains of American soliders killed during the Korean War 2011 Event Japan asks South Korea to refute a plan to build a Korean World War II 'comfort women' monument near Seoul's Japanese embassy 2011 Event Prince Harry of Wales is cleared to return to service in the Afghan War 2011 Event Burial services for Claude Choules, aged 110, the last living veteran of World War I, take place in West Australia's port of Fremantle 2011 Event Queen Elizabeth II visits Ireland's Croke Park in Dublin, where the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1920 occurred during the Irish War of Independence 2011 Event Thousands march in Mexico City to protest the 38,000 people who have died since the Mexican Drug War began in 2006 2011 Event A German naval mine from World War II is discovered and dismantled by BP; removing the bomb avoided potential closure of 16 oil fields 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 Speaking in Cardiff, Wales, David Cameron, Prime Minister of the U.K., declares war on 'enemies of enterprise' 2011 Event The last surviving veteran of World War I, Frank Buckles, dies in Charles Town, West Virginia at the age of 110 2010 Event The Medal of Honor is awarded for the first time since the Vietnam War; U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta received the medal for his actions during the War in Afghanistan 2010 Event Israel requests that Germany arrest Klaas Carel Faber, a Nazi war criminal who killed 20 Jews at Westerbork concentration camp 2010 Event Director of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, announces plans to release remaining Afghan War Diary documents from War in Afghanistan 2010 Event Over 92,000 classified documents detailing incidents related to the war in Afghanistan are released by Wikileaks; this is the largest leak in U.S military history 2010 Event General Stanley McChrystal, leader of the U.S. war Afghanistan announces his retirement after making controversial statements in 'Rolling Stone' magazine 2010 Event Residents of Mogadishu are instructed to leave the war zone after more than 50 are killed in three days of violence 2010 Event Ejup Ganic, former President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is stopped while trying to escape war crime charges, at London Heathrow airport 2010 Death Florence Green, the last known female First World War veteran who served with the Women's RAF in 1918, dies at 108 2009 Event President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, urges his armed forces to prepare for a possible war with Columbia 2009 Event More than 2,000 people found in Poland's largest mass grave during World War II are reburied in a military cemetary 2009 Event An arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is issued for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur 2009 Event Former Serbian President Milan Mulutinovic is acquitted of war crimes during the Kosovo War 2009 Event Israel declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza War, effective January 18, as Hamas declares a ceasefire of its own 2008 Event Radovan Karadzic arrested on war crimes after a 12 year manhunt 2004 Event American military deaths in the Iraq War reach 1,000 2000 Death Leo Gordon, actor/writer, War and Remembrance, dies at 78 2000 Death Robert Cormier, writer, The Chocolate War, dies at 75 1998 Death Martha Gellhorn, war reporter (Reuthers), dies at 89 1998 Death Martha Gelhorn, female war correspondents, dies at 89 1997 Death Robert Mitchum, actor, Winds of War, dies at 79 1996 Event 2 U.S. Marine helicopters collided during joint U.S. and British war games 1996 Event Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war 1996 Death 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 Death Colin Gray, fighter ace in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, dies at 80 1994 Death Jesus "Enrique" Lister, Span/Russian general (Civil War), dies at 87 1994 Death John Doucette, actor (Fighting Mad, Gang War), dies of cancer at 73 1994 Event Jordan and Israeli end 46 year state of war 1994 Death John Weidner, war hero, dies at 71 1994 Death Evert Hartman, Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at 56 1994 Death Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot, dies at 72 1994 Event Serbs and Croats signed a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia 1994 Event El Salvador's 1st President election following 12-year-old civil war 1994 Death Harold Schneider, U.S. producer (5 Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at 55 1993 Death Wensley Pithey, actor (Oh What a Lovely War), dies at 79 1993 Event Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war 1993 Death Peter Roovers, Dutch sculptor/teacher (war monuments), dies at 90 1992 Death John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51 1992 Death John Hancock, actor (Ike-Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51 1992 Event England honors her dead soldiers in the Falkland Is war 1992 Death George Mann MacBeth, Scottish journalist/poet (A War Quartet), dies 1991 Event Victory parade held in Washington D.C., Persian Gulf War 1991 Event Sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war 1991 Event Angola's civil war ends 1991 Event U.N. Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution 1991 Event Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over" 1991 Event 6 week Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated and Kuwait is liberated 1991 Event U.S. and allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops 1991 Event Bush and U.S. Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal 1991 Event U.S.S.R. announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War U.S. calls the plan unacceptable 1991 Event U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq 1990 Event Bush proposes U.S. - Iraq meeting to avoid war 1990 Event Iraq says it is preparing for a "dangerous war" 1990 Event Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (for U.S. - Iraq war) 1990 Death 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 Event PBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on Civil War 1990 Event Truce in Nicaragua's civil war 1990 Death Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85 1989 Event French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice 1989 Death Bernard Blier, actor (Les Miserables, Women and War), dies at 73 1989 Event German war criminals Aus der Funten/Fischer, freed in Holland 1989 Event German war criminals Fischer and Aus der Funten freed 1988 Event Iran and Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war 1988 Event Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war 1988 Event Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT) 1988 Event Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war 1988 Death Samuel L Mendel, oldest U.S. war veteran, dies at 104 1988 Event Iran says Iraq uses poison gas in the war 1988 Event New York City Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs 1988 Death Neil Ronald Jones, science fiction writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78 1987 Death Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, dies at 88 1987 Event Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot 1987 Event U.S. deports Karl Linnas, charged with nazi war crimes, to U.S.S.R. 1986 Death Roy Poole, actor (Winds of War), dies at 62 1986 Event Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary 1986 Event Netherlands and Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651) 1985 Event International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize 1985 Event War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai" 1985 Event Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter 1983 Event Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured 1983 Event Syria and Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli 1983 Event 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war 1983 Event 1st time Congress invokes War Powers Act 1983 Death [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, sci-fi author (Earth War), dies at 65 1983 Event Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia 1982 Event Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington D.C. 1982 Death King Vidor, director (War and Peace), dies at 88 of a heart ailment 1982 Event President Reagan proclaims war against drugs 1982 Event Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War" 1982 Event Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war 1982 Event British ship Atlantic Conveyor and Coventry were hit in Falkland war 1982 Event Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men 1982 Event Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war 1981 Event Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967) 1981 Event Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial 1981 Death FC Terborgh, Reijnier Flaes, lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79 1980 Event Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969) 1980 Event Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran 1980 Event Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins 1980 Event Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten sentenced to 10 years 1980 Event "Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco New York City after 12 performances 1980 Event "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 12 performances 1979 Event Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds 1979 Death Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71 1979 Death Ludwig Renn, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany, dies at 90 1979 Event War between North and South Yemen begins 1978 Event Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed 1978 Event War criminal Pieter Menten freed 1978 Event CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past 1978 Death Bruce Catton, U.S. historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 1978 Event High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten 1977 Event War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years 1977 Event President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000) 1977 Event President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders 1976 Death Victor Stanitsin, actor (War and Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79 1976 Event War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich 1976 Event War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing 1976 Event Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals 1975 Death Charles Brokaw, actor (Outer Gate, I Cover the War), dies at 77 1975 Event Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war 1974 Death Cornelius Ryan, war reporter/historian (Bridge too Far), dies at 54 1974 Event President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S., Vietnam War deserters 1974 Event WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested 1974 Event Arganat Commission publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War 1974 Event Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended 1974 Event "Monitor" (U.S. Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras North Carolina 1973 Event Egypt and Israel exchange prisoners of war 1973 Event Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus 1973 Event Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to Yom Kippur War 1973 Event Jordan enters Yom Kippur war 1973 Event Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel 1973 Death Carlo Emilio Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (War Diary), dies at 79 1973 Event Funeral for LC William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam War 1973 Event U.S. and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war and military draft 1973 Event President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War 1971 Event John and Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US 1971 Event John and Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in New York City 1971 Event About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington 1971 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes 1970 Death Stefan Andres, post-World War II writer, novelist, 'Wir sind Utopia', dies at 64 1970 Event 100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War 1970 Event Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria 1969 Event "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John and Yoko" posters begin appearing 1969 Event John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War 1969 Event 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington D.C. against Vietnam War 1969 Event Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war 1969 Event "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins 1969 Event Soccer war - Salvador-Honduras (1000 dead) 1969 Event Der Spiegel reveals Munich's Bishop Defregger is a war criminal 1969 Event U.S. president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 1968 Event My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die 1968 Event 10,000 demonstrators against U.S. in Vietnam War in West-Berlin 1967 Event Benjamin Spock and Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting Vietnam war 1967 Birthday Michiyoshi Ohara, wrestler, WAR/NJPW 1967 Event Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm Pentagon 1967 Event Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade 1967 Death John Clark, actor (Last Day of the War), dies at 50 1967 Event Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end "6-Day War" with United Nations help 1967 Event 6 day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begin 1967 Event 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam 1967 Event U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War 1967 Event In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Haiphong for 1st time 1967 Event U.S. troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War 1966 Death Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68 1966 Death Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34), dies at 89 1966 Event U.S. citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam 1966 Event In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Hanoi and Haiphong for 1st time 1966 Event 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in New York City 1966 Event Anit Vietnam war demonstrations in U.S., Europe and Australia 1966 Birthday Stephen Mailer, born in New York City, actor, Red Meat, League of Their Own, War and Love 1966 Death June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65 1966 Event Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War 1965 Event 15,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington D.C. 1965 Death Bernard M Baruch, President advisor (termed "Cold War"), dies at 94 1965 Event West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution 1965 Event "Oh What a Lovely War" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 125 performances 1964 Event "Oh What a Lovely War" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 125 performances 1964 Birthday Sandra Bullock, born in Washington D.C., actress, Speed, Net, Love and War 1964 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson asks for a War on Poverty 1964 Event President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" 1963 Event British Minister of War John Profumo resigns due to Christine Keeler 1963 Event British Minister of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler 1962 Birthday Gilby Clarke, U.S. pop guitarist, Guns n' Roses-Civil War 1962 Death Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56 1962 Event Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem," premieres 1962 Event Algerian War ends after 7 years (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees 1962 Event France and Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war 1961 Event Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel 1961 Event SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel 1961 Event Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial 1961 Event Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel 1960 Event Netherlands and Germany sign accord concerning war casualties 1959 Death Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117 1959 Death Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War 1959 Death John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111 1959 Birthday Tonga, Uliuli Fifita, wrestler, WCW/WAR/WWF, Ming, Haku, Islanders 1958 Birthday Shiro Koshinaka, wrestler, WAR/NJPW 1958 Event Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II and Korean War buried in Arlington 1957 Event Indonesia proclaims end to state of war 1956 Event France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria 1956 Birthday Tatsutoshi Goto, wrestler, WAR/NJPW 1956 Event German war criminals Hinrichsen/Ruhl/Siebens/Viebahn freed 1956 Event Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking 1956 Birthday Kuniaki Kobayashi, wrestler, WAR/NJPW 1955 Event President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war 1955 Event Russia ends state of war with Germany 1955 Event U.S.S.R. ends state of war with German Federal Republic 1954 Event Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War 1953 Birthday Arthur Kent, newscaster [Scud Stud], NBC-Gulf War coverage 1953 Event Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom 1953 Birthday Ken Burns, epic documentary maker, Civil War, Baseball 1953 Birthday 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 Death Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish General/Minister of War, dies at 79 1952 Event President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess war 1952 Event Dutch minister Dark sentences war criminal W Lages to death 1952 Birthday Chick Vennera, born in Herkimer, New York, actor, High Risk, Milagro Beanfield War 1951 Event Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom 1951 Event President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany 1951 Birthday Orson Scott Card, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Ender's War 1951 Event Netherlands ends state of war with Germany 1951 Event President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany 1951 Death Bobel, Braune, Naumann, Ohlendorf, Pohl, Schallenmair and Otto Schmidt, Nazi war criminals, hanged 1951 Event During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul 1951 Event Alfred Krupp and 28 other German war criminals freed 1950 Event U.N. troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas 1950 Event Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar 1950 Event 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War 1950 Event In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place 1950 Death Henry Lewsis Stimson, U.S. minister of War/Governor-General, dies 1950 Birthday Victoria Tennant, born in London, England, All of Me, Chiefs, Winds of War 1950 Event U.N. troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul 1950 Event Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten and F Fischer to death 1950 Death Kenneth Shadrick, Pvt from WV becomes 1st U.S. fatality in Korean War 1950 Event 1st time U.S. and North Korean forces clash in Korean War 1950 Death 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 Birthday 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 Event U.S.S.R. demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes 1949 Event Greeks civil war ends 1949 Birthday Morris "B B" Dickerson, born in Torrence, California, bassist, War, Low Rider, Outlaw 1949 Event Israel's 19 month war of independence ends 1949 Death Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies 1949 Event Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio 1948 Event Greek government disbands due to state of war, press censorship 1948 Death Hideki Tojo, Japan Prime Minister 1941 - 1944 and 6 Japs, hanged for war crimes at 64 1948 Death Seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/Minister of War, hanged 1948 Birthday Lonnie Jordan, born in San Diego, California, rock keyboardist/vocalist, War 1948 Event Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal 1948 Event Bernard M. Baruch introduces term "Cold War" 1948 Event Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life 1948 Birthday Great Kabuki, Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera, wrestler, NWA/NJPW/WAR/SWS 1948 Event Rhodes conference on Israeli-Arab war opens 1948 Event 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army 1947 Death Man O' War, racehorse, dies 1947 Event U.S. Air Force, Navy and War Department form U.S. Department of Defense 1946 Event War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi 1946 Event 1st trial against nazi war criminals in Neurenberg 1946 Event 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials 1946 Death Alfred Rosenberg, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Death Fritz Sauckel, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Death Hans Franc, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Death Joachim von Ribbentrop, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Death Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Event 12 war criminals sentenced to death in Nuremberg 1946 Event 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg 1946 Birthday Robert L Asprin, U.S., sci-fi writer, Thieves World, Cold Cash War 1946 Event International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo against 28 Japanese war criminals 1946 Event 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals 1946 Death John M. Keynes, English economist (How to pay for the war?), dies at 62 1946 Birthday Howard Scott, born in San Pedro, California, rock guitarist and vocalist, War, Cisco Kid 1945 Event Nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg 1945 Event Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung 1945 Event 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 Event U.S.S.R. declares war against Japan in WW II 1945 Birthday David Dukes, actor, Beacon Hill, 79 Park Avenue, Winds of War 1945 Event German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured 1945 Event Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa 1945 Event Finland declares war on nazi-Germany 1945 Event Egypt and Syria declares war on nazi-Germany 1945 Event Archbishop De Jong calls for help with war casualties 1945 Event Venezuela declares war on nazi-Germany 1945 Death Eddie Slovik, 1st U.S. executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 1944 Birthday Johan van Doorn, Johnny the Selfkicker, Dutch poet, War and Porridge 1944 Event Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany 1944 Event In World War II, U.S. troops secure Saipan as Japan fell 1944 Event 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 Event Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war 1944 Event "War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC TV (New York City only) 1944 Event During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy 1943 Death Martin Raschke, German author/war correspondent, dies at 38 1943 Event Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany 1943 Event U.S. forbid racial discrimination in war industry 1943 Event Dutch strike against forced labor in Nazi Germany's war industry 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry 1943 Event Hitler declares "Total War" 1943 Event William H. Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces 1942 Event Allies in London sentence German war criminals 1942 Event In World War II, battle of Guadalcanal began 1942 Death Jack Singer, U.S. war reporter (Wasp), dies 1942 Event Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1942 Event Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head 1942 Event USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania 1942 Event Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany and Japan 1942 Event Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in U.S. 1942 Event 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 Event U.S. auto factories switch from commercial to war production 1942 Birthday Edwin Starr, U.S. singer, War 1942 Event Allied Conference for war trials 1942 Event Interallied war trial conference publishes St. James Declaration 1942 Event National War Labor Board created 1942 Event 28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace 1941 Event Dutch government in London declares war on Italy 1941 Event Germany and Italy declare war on US 1941 Event China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy 1941 Event London: Dutch government declares Japan the war 1941 Event U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II 1941 Event Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war 1941 Event Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Japanese war fleet 1941 Event USS Reuben James torpedoed by Germans, even though U.S. is not in war 1941 Event Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan 1941 Event 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war) 1941 Event Finland declares war on Soviet Union 1941 Event Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II 1941 Birthday Ben Murphy, born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, actor, Name of the Game, Winds of War 1941 Event War Department forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets 1940 Birthday Phil Ochs, born in El Paso, Texas, anti-war folk singer, Joe Hill, War is Over 1940 Event Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson drew 1st number-158-in 1st peacetime military draft in U.S. history 1940 Event Italy declares war on allies/raids Malta 1940 Event Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II 1940 Birthday Eric Burdon, rock singer, House of Rising Sun-Animals, War 1940 Birthday Richard Monaco, U.S., sci-fi author, Grail War, Final Quest 1940 Event Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable 1940 Birthday 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 Event Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain 1939 Event Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain 1939 Event Iraq and Saudi Arabia declare war on nazi-Germany 1939 Event Canada declares war on Germany 1939 Event In WW II, Canada declared war on Germany 1939 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe 1939 Event South Africa declares war on nazi-Germany 1939 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Netherlands in a State of War 1939 Event Great Britain and France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland 1939 Event Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada 1939 Birthday Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist, War 1939 Event U.S. recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain 1939 Event Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco 1938 Event Seabiscuit beats War Admiral in a match race at Pimlico 1938 Event Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of "War of the Worlds" 1938 Event Dutch Premier Colijn sends radio message "No war coming" 1938 Event Japan declares war on China 1937 Event Hitler informs his military leader of his intentions of going to war 1937 Death George AA Alting van Geusau, Dutch Minister of war (1918-20), dies at 73 1937 Event China declares war on Japan 1937 Event 69th Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 2:28.6 1937 Event 63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4 1937 Event 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2 1937 Death Elihu Root, U.S. Minister of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91 1936 Event Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan 1936 Event Spanish Civil War begins, General Francisco Franco led uprising 1936 Event Military uprising under General Franco/begins Spanish civil war 1935 Event Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay ends 1935 Event Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco, Bolivia vs Paraguay 1935 Birthday M. Emmet Walsh, Ogdensburg, New York, actor, Wildcats, War Party 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 1934 Death Heihatjiro Tojo, Japanese Admiral (Russian-Japanese War), dies 1934 Birthday David Halberstam, born in New York City, journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote about the Vietnam War 1934 Birthday Jeremy Kemp, Chesterfield England, actor, Winds of War 1933 Event 50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war 1933 Event Paraguay declares war on Bolivia 1932 Event Battle between unemployed war veterans and federal troops, 4 die 1932 Birthday Milly Vitale, born in Rome, actress, 7 Little Foys, War and Peace, Juggler 1931 Event Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan) 1931 Event Lord Cecil of British Government says War was never so improbable 1931 Birthday Frederic Raphael, writer, After the War, California Time 1931 Birthday James Tolkan Calumet, born in Michigan, actor, Weekend War, Leap of Faith 1930 Birthday Barbara Ruick, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Apache War Smoke, Tu Para Mi 1930 Death Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 1930 Birthday Polly Bergen, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actress, Rhoda-Winds of War, Baby Talk 1929 Event President Hoover proclaims Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounces war 1929 Event General Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek government 1928 Birthday Veijo Meri, born in Viipuri, now Vyborg, Russia, writer, novelist, poet, focuses on absurdity of war, published biography of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1928 Event Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war 1928 Death Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24), dies at 66 1928 Death Douglas Haig, British Field Marshal, Sudan, Boer war, WW I, dies at 66 1927 Event Augusto Sandino begins 5 -year war against U.S. occupation of Nicaragua 1927 Event Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war 1926 Birthday Alison Lurie, U.S., novelist, War Between the Tates 1926 Birthday John R[obert] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, White Regiment, Lizard War 1926 Event Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton 1926 Birthday Arthur Hockaday, director-Gen, Commonwealth War Graves Commission 1926 Birthday 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 Event Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords 1925 Event U.S. and Italy sign peace accord about war debts 1925 Event Belgian and U.S. sign treaty about war debts 1925 Event Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France 1925 Birthday John Keith Laumer, Anthony LeBaron, U.S., science fiction author, Retief's War 1925 Death Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76 1925 Event Jihad-Saint war against Turkish government 1924 Event Civil war breaks out in China, General Tsi moves to Shanghai 1923 Birthday Andrew Duggan, actor, Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War 1923 Event Baldwin-Mellon-agreement concerning Britain entering the war 1923 Birthday Edna Jo Hunter, expert on military families and prisoners of war 1922 Event IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague 1922 Birthday Leo V Gordon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War 1922 Birthday Norodom Sihanouk, king/president/prem Cambodia, My War with the CIA 1922 Birthday Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot 1922 Birthday John Weidner, war hero 1922 Birthday 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 Birthday Vittorio Gassman, born in Genoa, Italy, actor, War and Peace 1922 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Death Ma, the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies 1920 Death 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 Event Man O'War's last race and win 1920 Birthday Sergey Bondarchuk, Belozerka Ukraine, director, War and Peace 1920 Event 52nd Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 2:14.2 1920 Event 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6 1920 Birthday 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 Event Man o'War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga) 1919 Event Finland declares war on bolsheviks 1919 Birthday 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 Event Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain 1918 Event Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000 1918 Event Washington catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for deferment from the draft Secretary of War Newton D. Baker rules baseball players are not draft exempt 1918 Birthday Barry Morse, actor, Fugitive-Lt Philip Gerard, Winds of War 1918 Event 43rd Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6 1917 Event U.S. becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I 1917 Birthday [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, U.S., sci-fi author, Earth War 1917 Event Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey 1917 Event China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I 1917 Birthday Robert Mitchum, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Winds of War, North and South 1917 Birthday Robert Cornthwaite, born in St. Helen, Oregon, actor, Thing, War of the Worlds 1917 Event U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I 1917 Event President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany 1917 Birthday Man O'War, racehorse, winner of 20 out of 21 races and $249,465 1917 Birthday Paul Rogers, British actor, Looking Glass War, Billy Budd 1917 Event Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war 1916 Event David Lloyd George forms British war government 1916 Event Greece declares war on Germany 1916 Event 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France 1916 Event Bulgaria declares war on Romania 1916 Event Germany declares war on Romania 1916 Event Italy declares war against Germany during WW I 1916 Event Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary 1916 Event Germany declares war against Portugal 1915 Event Aristide Briand forms French war government 1915 Event Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria 1915 Event Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria 1915 Event Italy declares war on Turkey 1915 Birthday Herman Wouk, New York City, novelist, Caine Mutiny, Winds of War 1915 Event Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary 1915 Event Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany during WW I 1915 Birthday 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 Birthday Orson Welles, Kenosha, Wisconsin, actor, Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds 1915 Event Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war 1914 Birthday Peter Woolridge Townsend, war hero courtier writer 1914 Event Turks sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy war 1914 Birthday 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 Event Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Event Russia declares Turkey the war 1914 Event Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Event Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey 1914 Event German troops take Antwerp in World War I 1914 Birthday Creighton Abrams, U.S., army general, Vietnam War 1914 Event U.S. war reporter Richard H. Davis visits Leuven 1914 Event Japan declares war on Germany in World War I 1914 Event France declares war on Austria-Hungary, leading to WW I 1914 Event Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary 1914 Event France declares war on Austria-Hungary 1914 Event Montenegro declares war on Germany 1914 Event Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia 1914 Event Serbia declares war against Germany 1914 Event Montenegro declares war against Austria-Hungary in World War I 1914 Event Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany 1914 Event Lord Kitchener becomes British minister of War 1914 Event Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I 1914 Event Great Britain declares war on Germany 1914 Event Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WW I) 1914 Event Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I 1914 Event German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize 1914 Event World War I began when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia 1914 Event Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia 1914 Event Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum 1913 Birthday Hugo Pos, Suriname/Netherlands WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo 1913 Event 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses 1913 Event Conclusion of 2nd Balkan War 1913 Event Romania declares war on Bulgaria 1913 Event Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria 1913 Event 2nd Balkan War begins 1913 Event 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops 1913 Event 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London 1913 Birthday Les Tremayne, London, actor, Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds 1913 Event Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War 1912 Event Denmark, Norway and Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war 1912 Event Socialist International rejects that world war is coming 1912 Event Beginning of 1st Balkan War 1912 Event Italo-Turkish war ends 1912 Event Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declares war on Turkey 1912 Event 1st Balkan War begins - Montenegro declares war on Turkey 1912 Event Montenegro declares war on Turkey, beginning 1st Balkan War 1912 Event War between Turkey and Montenegro breaks out in Albania 1911 Event Italy declares war on Turkey 1911 Event Italy declares war on Turkey 1911 Event British premier Asquith holds secret meeting about British strategy in case of war with Germany 1911 Event Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany 1911 Event Adolphe Messimy appointed French minister of War 1911 Birthday Patrick Maitland, born in England, 17th Earl of Lauderdale, journalist, World War II Special Correspondent, Member of Parliament for Lanark 1910 Death Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War and Peace), dies at 82 1910 Birthday 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 Birthday Ferdinand H Aus der Funten, German war criminal, Breda 4 1909 Death Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, French Minister of War (1899-1900), dies at 79 1909 Birthday Neil R[onald] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, Space War, Twin Worlds 1908 Birthday Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal, 4 of Breda 1908 Birthday John Mills, England, actor, Big Sleep, King Rat, War and Peace 1907 Event Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget 1906 Birthday 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 Birthday Stefan Andres, born in Germany, post-World War II writer, novelist 1905 Birthday Martin Raschke, German author/publisher/war correspondent 1905 Event Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War 1905 Event Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South 1904 Event 1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio) 1904 Death Vasili Vereshtshagin, Russian painter (War and Peace), dies 1904 Event Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships 1904 Event Japan declares war on Russia 1904 Event Russo-Japanese War begins 1904 Event Russian-Japanese war began 1903 Birthday John Piper, British writer, US Churches in WW I, official war painter 1903 Event Cornerstone laid for U.S. Army war college, Washington, D.C. 1902 Birthday Henry Steele Commager, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, historian, Atlas of Civil War 1902 Birthday F R Boschvogel, French LJ Ramon, Flemish writer, War of Worlds 1902 Event Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal 1901 Event Army War College forms in Washington D.C. 1901 Birthday 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 Birthday Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier, KVP, 1959-63 1901 Death Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82 1900 Birthday Heinrich Himmler, head of Gestapo, war criminal 1900 Birthday June Walker, born in Illinois, actress, War Nurse, Unforgiven 1899 Event South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England 1899 Event South African Boers declare war on Great Britain 1899 Birthday Bruce Catton, U.S., historian and writer, Civil War 1899 Birthday Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal 1899 Event Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US 1899 Event Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate 1899 Death Robert J Fruin, Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at 75 1898 Event Spanish-American War ends; U.S. acquires Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam 1898 Event U.S. forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war 1898 Event Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed 1898 Event U.S. flag hoisted over Wake Island (Spanish-American War) 1898 Event 1st U.S. Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War 1898 Event U.S. Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War 1898 Event U.S. declares war on Spain over Cuba 1898 Event Spain declares war on U.S. rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba 1898 Event 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship 1898 Event Spanish-American War begins 1898 Event President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration 1897 Birthday Jacques de Kadt, Dutch politician/writer, Fascism is War! 1896 Event Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium's minister of War 1896 Birthday Edmund Blunden, English poet and critic, Undertones of War 1896 Event England defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM) 1896 Death Matthew B Brady, U.S. photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 1895 Event Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) 1895 Birthday John Jay McCloy, lawyer/banker, Secretary of War 1941 - 1945, President Chase Man 1895 Event Cuban war for independence begins 1895 Birthday King Vidor, director, War and Peace, Stella Dallas 1894 Birthday Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist, War Against War! 1892 Birthday Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor, 1930s, war criminal 1891 Birthday Yvan Goll, born in Saint-Die, France, writer, poet, surrealist, expressionist, most famous war poem 'Requiem for the Dead of Europe' 1891 Death William Sherman, Union General in Civil War, dies 1891 Death William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War general, dies at 71 1890 Death Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86 1889 Birthday Buck Jones, Charles F Gebhart, U.S. actor, War Horse 1889 Birthday Ludwig Renn, born in Dresden, Germany, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany 1886 Event Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war 1885 Event Grover Cleveland inaugrated as 1st Democratic President since Civil War 1884 Event Naval War College forms in Newport RI 1884 Death Juan B Alberdi, Figarillo, Arg writer (Crime of War), dies at 74 1884 Death Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72 1883 Event Arabi Pasha declares a holy war in Egypt 1881 Event Boers and Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war 1879 Birthday Dwight Filley Davis, U.S. Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup 1879 Event British Zulu War begins: Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand 1879 Event Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins 1878 Event Greece declares war on Turkey 1877 Death 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 Event Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War 1877 Death Crazy Horse, Tashunka Witko, last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27 1877 Birthday Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War, 1931-34 1877 Event Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania 1876 Event Montenegro declares war on Turkey 1876 Event Serbia declares war on Turkey 1876 Event U.S. Congress decides to impeach Minister of War Belknap 1873 Birthday Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War 1872 Event Britain pays U.S. $15 M for damages during Civil War 1870 Birthday Bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser, Cold War 1870 Event France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins 1870 Event Mississippi becomes 9th state readmitted to U.S. after Civil War 1870 Event Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to U.S. after Civil War 1869 Death Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, U.S. Secretary of War 1861 - 1865, dies at 55 1868 Event Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War) 1868 Event John D. Rockefeller begins anti oil war 1867 Birthday Henry Lewis Stimson, U.S. minister of War, 1911-13 1867 Event President A Johnson defies Congress suspending Secretary of War Edwin Stanton 1866 Event Treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war 1866 Event President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over 1866 Event Italy declares war on Austria 1866 Event President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia 1865 Event S Brownsville, Texas (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed 1865 Event Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas 1865 Event Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri 1865 Event Columbia South Carolina burns down during Civil War 1864 Event Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War 1864 Event General Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor 1864 Birthday George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen, PTT, Dutch Minister of War, 1918-20 1864 Event Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida 1864 Event 2nd German-Danish war begins 1864 Event Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Va 1863 Event Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tennessee, ends 1863 Death John Buchanan Floyd, U.S. Minister of War (1857-60), Confederate general, dies 1863 Event 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War 1863 Event War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops 1863 Death Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Confederate general (Civil War), dies 1863 Event 1st black Civil War regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, mustered into U.S. army 1863 Event War Department authorizes Mass governor to recruit black troops 1863 Event Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia 1862 Event Confederate Secretary of War George B. Randolph resigns 1862 Event Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of Civil War, 23,110 die 1862 Event Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) 1862 Death Oliver Tilden, of the Bronx, killed in Civil War in Virginia 1862 Event Secretary of War authorizes General Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves 1862 Event New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War 1862 Event Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River 1862 Event Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive McClellan ignores order 1861 Birthday Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War, 1922-24 1861 Event 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla 1861 Event 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 Event 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins 1861 Event Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought 1861 Event War Department decrees the KA and Tennessee are to be canvassed for volunteers 1861 Birthday Samuel D. Riddle, horse owner, Man 'o War 1861 Event 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV 1861 Event 1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Virginia 1861 Event British territorial waters and ports off-limits during Civil War 1861 Event Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war" 1861 Event Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in Civil War 1861 Event Confederate government offers war volunteers $10 premium 1861 Event Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between U.S. and Confederacy 1861 Event Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War) 1861 Event Fort Sumter, South Carolina is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War 1861 Event Mexico City captured by Juarez (Lib) in War of Reform 1861 Event 1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC 1859 Event U.S. recognizes Liberal government in Mexico's War of Reform 1859 Event Vera Cruz besieged by Miramon (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform 1858 Event War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz 1857 Death Felix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 1856 Birthday Frank Kellogg, Secretary of State, 1925 - 1929, try to outlaw war, Nobel 1929 1856 Event Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy and lower British flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War 1856 Event Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War 1856 Event Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease 1855 Event Crimean war - assault of Malakof Tower under Mac-Mahon 1854 Event Crimean War: British and French defeat Russian force of 50,000 1854 Event Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die 1854 Event During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia 1853 Birthday August Belmont, Jr., breeder, Man 'O War, founder, New York Jockey Club 1852 Death John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies 1851 Birthday 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 Birthday Friedrich von Bernhardi, Germany historian, Germany and the Next War 1848 Event Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts 1848 Event Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo 1848 Event Mexico gives Texas to U.S., ending the war 1848 Birthday Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general and minister of War 1848 Event Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; U.S. acquires Texas California, New Mexico and Arizona for $15 million 1847 Birthday Heihatjiro Tojo, Japan, Admiral, Russian-Japanese war 1847 Event American-Mexican war: U.S. General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City 1846 Event General Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War 1846 Event U.S. declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins 1846 Event 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto Texas 1846 Event Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India 1845 Event Mexican - U.S. war starts 1843 Birthday Vasili V Vereshchagin, Russian painter, War and Peace 1842 Birthday Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, d 1959 1842 Birthday Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator, Joan of Arc of the Civil War 1842 Event Great Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war 1842 Event Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma 1841 Birthday Alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist 1839 Event 1st opium war - 2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks 1839 Death Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89 1839 Death Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator, dies 1839 Event Aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick 1838 Event Mexico declares war on France 1837 Birthday Vincent Strong, civil war fighter 1836 Event Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru 1835 Event 2nd Seminole War begins in Osceola 1834 Event Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates 1833 Death Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War veteran, dies at 88 1832 Birthday Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, British Governor of Natal, Ireland-Boer war 1832 Event 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac and Fox indians, end Black Hawk War 1832 Birthday Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist 1831 Birthday Julius Rodenberg, Levy, German writer, Kriegs-Songs of War and Peace 1831 Event Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain 1830 Birthday Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet, French general/Minister of War, 1899-1900 1829 Event Peace of Adrianopel: ends Russian-Turkish war 1828 Birthday Leo Tolstoy, Russia, novelist, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, 1828 Birthday Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, 1828 Event Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence 1827 Event Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independ 1825 Event Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics 1824 Event U.S. War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1823 Birthday Thomas Alexander Scott, Assistant Secretary War, Union 1823 Birthday Robert J Fruin, historian, 80 year war 1822 Death Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War, dies at 61 1821 Birthday Gustavus Woodson Smith, Secretary War, Confederacy 1821 Birthday 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 Birthday Florence Nightingale, Florence, Italy, nurse, Crimean War 1819 Birthday Charles Anderson Dana, Assistant Secretary War, Union 1818 Birthday Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier 1818 Death Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian Field Marshal/War Minister, dies 1818 Birthday George Wythe Randolph, Secretary War Confederacy 1818 Birthday Jeremy F Gilmer, Major Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept 1817 Event U.S. soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War 1817 Event 1st Seminole War begins in Florida 1817 Birthday Leroy Pope Walker, U.S. lawyer/Confederate minister of War, 1861 1815 Birthday Anna Ella Carroll, U.S., civil war writer, Reconstruction 1815 Birthday James Alexander Seddon, Secretary War, Confederacy 1815 Event Austria declares war on realm of Naples 1815 Event U.S. declares war on Algiers for taking U.S. prisoners and demanding tribute 1814 Event Treaty of Ghent (end of US-Britain's War of 1812) signed 1814 Birthday Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, U.S. Secretary of War, 1861 - 1865 1814 Event Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 1813 Event British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812 1813 Event British take Ft. Niagara in War of 1812 1813 Event British warship Pelican attacks and captures U.S. war brigantine Argus 1813 Death Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussian Minister of War (1807-10), dies in battle 1812 Event U.S. forces led by General Hull invade Canada, War of 1812 1812 Event War of 1812 begins as U.S. declares war against Britain 1812 Event Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812 1811 Birthday John Archibald Campbell, Assistant Secretary War, Confederacy 1811 Birthday Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War, Confederacy 1809 Birthday John AB Dahlgren, U.S. Union Lieutenant-Admiral/inventor, Civil war Dahlgren-cannon 1809 Birthday Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Assistant Secretary War, Confederacy 1809 Event Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war 1809 Event Franz I of Austria declares war on France 1807 Event British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812 1806 Birthday John Buchanan Floyd, Ex-Sect of War, Union 1805 Event Tripoli forced to conclude peace with U.S. after war over tribute 1803 Event Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy and Switzerland 1802 Event Treaty of Amiens-French Revolutionary War ends 1801 Death Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary War general, dies in London 1801 Event Tripoli declares war on U.S. for refusing tribute 1799 Event George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace and 1st in hearts of his countrymen" 1799 Event Austria declares war on France 1799 Birthday Simon Cameron, Secretary War Union 1798 Birthday Samuel Cooper, Sect of War/General Confederate Army 1796 Event Spain declares war on England 1795 Birthday Henry Havelock, British soldier, War in Afghanistan 1838-39 1795 Event Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France 1793 Event France declares war on England and Netherlands 1792 Event France declares war on Prussia 1792 Event France declares war on Austria, Prussia and Sardinia 1792 Event France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars 1791 Birthday Felix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance 1789 Event U.S. War Department established a regular army 1789 Event Congress creates Department of War and Lighthouse Service 1789 Event Society of St. Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of New York City political bosses 1788 Event Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 1788 Event Austria declares war on Russia 1787 Event Turkey declares war on Russia 1784 Event Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris 1783 Event Treaty of Paris signed (ending U.S. Revolutionary War) 1783 Event Hostilities cease in Revolutionary War 1781 Event Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 PM; Revolutionary War ends 1781 Event Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War 1781 Birthday James Lawrence, naval hero, War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!" 1781 Event French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War 1780 Event England declares war on Netherlands 1780 Event Britain declares war on Holland 1780 Event Charleston, South Carolina falls to British (Revolutionary War) 1779 Event John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain 1779 Event In support of the U.S., Spain declares war on England 1779 Event War of Bavarian Succession ends 1779 Birthday Stephen Decatur, U.S., naval hero, War of 1812 1778 Event Prussia declares war on Austria 1778 Event England declares war on France 1776 Event Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France 1776 Death Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War 1776 Event British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War 1775 Event American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured 1774 Event Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War) 1774 Death Heinrich A Fouque, Prussian general (7 year war), dies at 76 1773 Event Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace" 1772 Event 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI 1764 Event Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac 1763 Event Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to England 1763 Birthday Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator 1762 Event England declares war on Spain and Naples 1761 Birthday Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Scot/Russian minister of War 1761 Birthday Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War 1761 Birthday Dirk earl van Hogendorp, general/Dutch minister of War 1759 Event British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War) 1757 Event Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French and Indian War) 1757 Event German Diet declares war on Prussia 1756 Event England and France meet in war 1756 Event Prussian Libya occupies Saxson: beginning 7 years War 1756 Event England declares war on France 1756 Event Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French and Indian War) 1755 Birthday Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War, 1807-10 1755 Event British General E. Braddock mortally wounded during French and Indian War 1755 Death E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French and Indian War 1754 Event George Washington surrenders to French, Ft. Necessity (7 Years' War) 1752 Birthday George Rogers Clark, frontier military leader in Revolutionary War 1750 Birthday Stephen Girard, bailed out U.S. bonds during War of 1812 1750 Birthday Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War, 1798-1800, 1803-06 1748 Event Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession 1748 Birthday Casimir Pulaski, Count/American Revolutionary War general 1747 Birthday Kasamir Pulaski, U.S. general in the Revolutionary War 1745 Event Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war 1744 Event French King Louis XV declares war on England 1743 Event Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War 1742 Birthday Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General 1741 Birthday Benedict Arnold, U.S. general turn traitor, Revolutionary War 1739 Event England declares war on Spain: War of Jenkin's Ear 1739 Event England declares war on Spain 1738 Event France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey 1738 Event English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) 1738 Birthday Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter, lead the Green Mtn Boys 1733 Event France declares war on emperor Charles VI 1729 Birthday Jean de Neufville, Dutch / U.S. merchant, started 4th English war 1724 Event Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War 1721 Event Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War 1718 Event England declares war on Spain 1718 Event France declares war on Spain 1715 Event Prussia declares war on Sweden 1714 Event Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine 1713 Event King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia 1704 Event War of Spanish Succession, English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar 1702 Event Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne and Bavaria 1702 Event War of Spanish Succession, 1st American conflict between England and France 1702 Event England and Netherlands declares war on France and Spain 1700 Event Turkey declares war on Russia 1697 Event Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Netherlands/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War 1697 Event Peace of Saki (ends 9 years war) 1697 Event King William's War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick 1689 Event France declares war on England 1689 Event English King Willem III declares war on France 1689 Event French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain 1689 Event German Parliament declares war on France 1688 Event French king Louis XIV declares war on Netherlands 1688 Event France declares war on German 1687 Event Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians 1676 Event 1st war between American colonists and Indians ends in New England 1675 Event New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians 1674 Event German Parliament declares war on France 1672 Event France declares war on Netherlands 1672 Event England declares war on Netherlands 1668 Event 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands 1668 Event Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution 1667 Event Brandenburg declares himself neutral in Devolutie War 1667 Event Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland and Russia 1666 Event France declares war on England and Munster 1665 Event English king Charles II declares war on Netherlands 1663 Event Osman declares war on Austria 1658 Event Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought 1652 Event England declares war on Netherlands 1648 Event Treaty of Westphalia ends 30 year war and Holy Roman Empire 1648 Event Spain and Netherlands sign Peace of Munster, ending Tachtigjarige War 1642 Event Civil War in England began between Royalists and Parliament 1639 Event Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war 1635 Event Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France 1635 Event France declares war on Spain 1624 Event England declares war on Spain 1622 Birthday Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor, Lambs' War 1620 Event French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII 1618 Event 2nd Defenestration of Prague; beginning of 30 Years War 1616 Event Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War 1616 Event Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war 1614 Event Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends 1613 Event Peace of Knarod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark and Sweden 1608 Birthday Thomas Fuller, England, literary, History of the Holy War 1600 Birthday Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian, Matters of State and War 1595 Event French king Henri IV declares war on Spain 1589 Death Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, Lieutenant Colonel (80 year war), dies at about 49 1574 Event France begins 5th holy war against Huguenots 1570 Event Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out 1567 Event War of Religion - Huguenots try to kidnap king Charles IX 1557 Event England declares war on France 1549 Event France declares war on England 1538 Event Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King French I 1529 Event Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons 1528 Event England and France declare war on Emperor Charles V 1525 Event German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war 1524 Event Boer War begins in Germany's Black Forest 1521 Event French king Francois I declares war on Spain 1509 Event France declares war on Venice 1461 Event Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses) 1461 Event Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses 1455 Event Open battle in England's 30-year War of the Roses (St. Albans) 1453 Event 2nd Battle at Castillon: France beats English, end of hundred year war 1450 Event French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War 1419 Event French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War 1409 Event Austrian civil war ends 1379 Event End of Gelderse war victory 1340 Event In the Hundred Years War, British fleet destroys French at Sluys 1303 Event Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War 1264 Event Baron's War fought in England 1190 Death Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies 1146 Event European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time 585 Event War between Lydia and Media ended by solar eclipse
