On March 29.1973 ; Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam. source
On March 29.1973 ; Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
On April 2.1801 ; Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen: The British capture the Danish fleet. source
On April 2.1801 ; Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen: The British capture the Danish fleet.
On April 5.1879 ; Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific. source
On April 5.1879 ; Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
On April 8.1832 ; Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans. source
On April 8.1832 ; Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.
On April 10.1809 ; Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria. source
On April 10.1809 ; Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria.
On April 11.1955 ; The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang. source
On April 11.1955 ; The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
On April 15.1986 ; The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen. source
On April 15.1986 ; The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.
On April 18.1847 ; American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico. source
On April 18.1847 ; American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
On April 18.1897 ; The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire. source
On April 18.1897 ; The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
On April 21.1898 ; Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date. source
On April 21.1898 ; Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
On April 22.2005 ; Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record. source
On April 22.2005 ; Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
On April 23.1815 ; The Second Serbian Uprising: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire. source
On April 23.1815 ; The Second Serbian Uprising: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
On April 25.1846 ; Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War. source
On April 25.1846 ; Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War.
On April 26.1794 ; Battle of Beaumont during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. source
On April 26.1794 ; Battle of Beaumont during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
On April 27.1996 ; The 1996 Lebanon war ends. source
On April 27.1996 ; The 1996 Lebanon war ends.
On May 3.1808 ; Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia. source
On May 3.1808 ; Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
On May 4.1869 ; The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan. source
On May 4.1869 ; The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
On May 8.1846 ; Mexican–American War: The Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war. source
On May 8.1846 ; Mexican–American War: The Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
On May 8.1945 ; Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre. source
On May 8.1945 ; Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.
On May 9.1763 ; The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces. source
On May 9.1763 ; The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
On May 9.1864 ; Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland. source
On May 9.1864 ; Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
On May 11.1987 ; Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II. source
On May 11.1987 ; Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
On May 15.1792 ; War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia. source
On May 15.1792 ; War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
On May 17.1869 ; Imperial Japanese forces defeat the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Battle of Hakodate to end the Boshin War. source
On May 17.1869 ; Imperial Japanese forces defeat the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Battle of Hakodate to end the Boshin War.
On May 18.1803 ; Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France. source
On May 18.1803 ; Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
On May 26.1900 ; Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro. source
On May 26.1900 ; Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
On May 27.1813 ; War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George. source
On May 27.1813 ; War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
On May 30.1967 ; The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war. source
On May 30.1967 ; The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
On June 1.1879 ; Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War. source
On June 1.1879 ; Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
On June 2.1805 ; Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British. source
On June 2.1805 ; Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British.