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American Revolutionary War battles
Recently they did work on history, wrote an essay on the theme of revolutionary wars in America. A lot of blood has been shed on our land, war is evil. It begins in offices and ends there, but hundreds of thousands of young people die. Here is a list of battles, sorted by chronology.
Battle Date Colony/State Outcome
Powder Alarm
* September 1, 1774 Massachusetts British soldiers remove military supplies
Storming of Fort William and Mary
* December 14, 1774 New Hampshire Patriots seize powder and shot after brief skirmish.
Battles of Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775 Massachusetts Patriot victory: British forces raiding Concord driven back into Boston with heavy losses.
Siege of Boston
April 19, 1775 –
March 17, 1776 Massachusetts Patriot victory: British eventually evacuate Boston after Patriots fortify Dorchester heights
Gunpowder Incident
* April 20, 1775 Virginia Virginia governor Lord Dunmore removes powder to a Royal Navy ship, standoff is resolved peacefully
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
May 10, 1775 New York Patriot victory: Patriots capture British posts at Ticonderoga and Crown point
Battle of Chelsea Creek
May 27–28, 1775 Massachusetts Patriots victory: Patriots capture British ship Diana
Battle of Machias
June 11–12, 1775 Massachusetts Patriot forces capture the HM schooner Margaretta
Battle of Bunker Hill
June 17, 1775 Massachusetts British victory: British drive Patriot army from the Charlestown peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses
Battle of Gloucester
August 8, 1775 Massachusetts Patriot victory
Siege of Fort St. Jean
September 17 –
November 3, 1775 Quebec Patriot victory: Patriots capture British force and subsequently overrun Montreal and much of Quebec
Burning of Falmouth
October 18, 1775 Massachusetts British burn Falmouth
Battle of Kemp's Landing
November 14, 1775 Virginia British victory
Siege of Savage's Old Fields
November 19–21, 1775 South Carolina Patriot victory: Patriots defeat loyalist force
Battle of Great Bridge
December 9, 1775 Virginia Patriot victory: Lord Dunmore's loyalist force is defeated
Snow Campaign
December 1775 South Carolina Patriot campaign against loyalists in South Carolina
Battle of Quebec
December 31, 1775 Quebec British victory: British repulse Patriot assault on Quebec city
Burning of Norfolk
January 1, 1776 Virginia British bombard Norfolk and Patriots destroy what they see as a loyalist stronghold
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
February 27, 1776 North Carolina Patriot victory: loyalist force of Regulators and Highlanders defeated
Battle of the Rice Boats
March 2–3, 1776 Georgia British victory
Battle of Nassau
March 3–4, 1776 Bahamas Patriots raid against the Bahamas to obtain supplies
Battle of Saint-Pierre
March 25, 1776 Quebec Patriot victory
Battle of Block Island
April 6, 1776 Rhode Island British victory
Battle of The Cedars
May 18–27, 1776 Quebec British victory
Battle of Trois-Rivières
June 8, 1776 Quebec British victory: Patriots forced to evacuate Quebec
Battle of Sullivan's Island
June 28, 1776 South Carolina Patriot victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
June 29, 1776 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of Lindley's Fort
July 15, 1776 South Carolina Patriot victory: Native Americans attack repulsed
Battle of Long Island
August 27, 1776 New York British victory: in the largest battle of the war the Patriot army is outflanked and routed on Long Island but later manages to evacuate to Manhattan
Landing at Kip's Bay
September 15, 1776 New York British victory: British capture New York City
Battle of Harlem Heights
September 16, 1776 New York Patriot victory: Patriots repulse British attack on Manhattan
Battle of Valcour Island
October 11, 1776 New York British victory: British defeat Patriot naval force on Lake Champlain, but victory comes too late to press the offensive against the Hudson valley
Battle of White Plains
October 28, 1776 New York British victory
Battle of Fort Cumberland
November 10–29, 1776 Nova Scotia British victory
Battle of Fort Washington
November 16, 1776 New York British victory: British capture 3,000 Patriots on Manhattan in one of the most devastating Patriot defeats of the war
Battle of Fort Lee
November 20, 1776 New Jersey British victory: Patriots begin general retreat
Ambush of Geary
December 14, 1776 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of Iron Works Hill
December 22–23, 1776 New Jersey British victory
Battle of Trenton
December 26, 1776 New Jersey Patriot victory: Patriots capture Hessian detachment at Trenton
Second Battle of Trenton
January 2, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of Princeton
January 3, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory: Patriots defeat a small British force, the British decide to evacuate New Jersey
Battle of Millstone
January 20, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory
Forage War
January–March 1777 New Jersey Patriots harass remaining British forces in New Jersey
Battle of Punk Hill
March 8, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of Bound Brook
April 13, 1777 New Jersey British victory
Battle of Ridgefield
April 27, 1777 Connecticut British victory
Battle of Thomas Creek
May 17, 1777 East Florida British victory
Meigs Raid
May 24, 1777 New York Patriot victory
Battle of Short Hills
June 26, 1777 New Jersey British victory
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
July 5–6, 1777 New York British victory
Battle of Hubbardton
July 7, 1777 Vermont British victory
Battle of Fort Ann
July 8, 1777 New York British victory
Siege of Fort Stanwix
August 2–23, 1777 New York Patriot victory: British fail to take Fort Stanwix
Battle of Oriskany
August 6, 1777 New York British victory
Second Battle of Machias
August 13–14, 1777 Massachusetts British victory
Battle of Bennington
August 16, 1777 New York Patriot victory
Battle of Staten Island
August 22, 1777 New York British victory
Battle of Setauket
August 22, 1777 New York British victory
First Siege of Fort Henry
September 1 or 21, 1777 Virginia Patriot victory
Battle of Cooch's Bridge
September 3, 1777 Delaware British victory
Battle of Brandywine
September 11, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of the Clouds
September 16, 1777 Pennsylvania Battle called off due to rain
Battle of Freeman's Farm
September 19, 1777 New York British tactical victory: First of the two
Battles of Saratoga
Battle of Paoli
September 21, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory
Siege of Fort Mifflin
September 26 –
November 15, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of Germantown
October 4, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery
October 6, 1777 New York British victory
Battle of Bemis Heights
October 7, 1777 New York Patriot victory: Second of the two
Battles of Saratoga
, British under Burgoyne driven back and forced to surrender 10 days later
Battle of Red Bank
October 22, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of Gloucester
November 25, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of White Marsh
December 5–8, 1777 Pennsylvania Patriot victory
Battle of Matson's Ford
December 11, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of Barbados
March 7, 1778 Barbados British victory
Battle of Quinton's Bridge
March 18, 1778 New Jersey British victory
North Channel Naval Duel
April 24, 1778 Great Britain Patriot victory
Battle of Crooked Billet
May 1, 1778 Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of Barren Hill
May 20, 1778 Pennsylvania Indecisive
Mount Hope Bay raids
May 25–30, 1778 Rhode Island British victory
Battle of Cobleskill
May 30, 1778 New York British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Monmouth
June 28, 1778 New Jersey Draw: British break off engagement and continue retreat to New York
Battle of Alligator Bridge
June 30, 1778 East Florida British victory
Wyoming Massacre
July 3, 1778 Pennsylvania British-Iroquois victory
First Battle of Ushant
July 27, 1778 Bay of Biscay Indecisive
Siege of Pondicherry
August 21–October 19, 1778 India British victory
Battle of Newport
August 29, 1778 Rhode Island British victory
Grey's raid
September 5–17, 1778 Massachusetts British victory
Invasion of Dominica
September 7, 1778 Dominica French victory
Siege of Boonesborough
September 7, 1778 Virginia Patriot victory
Attack on German Flatts
September 17, 1778 New York British-Iroquois victory
Baylor Massacre
September 27, 1778 New Jersey British victory
Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga
October 2–16, 1778 Indian Reserve Patriot victory
Battle of Chestnut Neck
October 6, 1778 New Jersey British victory
Little Egg Harbor massacre
October 16, 1778 New Jersey British victory
Carleton's Raid
October 24-November 14, 1778 Vermont British victory
Cherry Valley Massacre
November 11, 1778 New York British-Iroquois victory
Battle of St. Lucia
December 15, 1778 St. Lucia British victory
Capture of St. Lucia
December 18–28, 1778 St. Lucia British victory
Capture of Savannah
December 29, 1778 Georgia British victory
Battle of Beaufort
February 3, 1779 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Kettle Creek
February 14, 1779 Georgia Patriot victory
Siege of Fort Vincennes
February 23–25, 1779 Indiana Patriot victory
Battle of Brier Creek
March 3, 1779 Georgia British victory
Battle of Chillicothe
May 1779 Quebec Patriot victory
Chesapeake raid
May 10–24, 1779 Virginia British victory
Capture of Saint Vincent
June 16–18, 1779 St. Vincent French victory
Battle of Stono Ferry
June 20, 1779 South Carolina British victory
Great Siege of Gibraltar
June 24, 1779 – February 7, 1783 Gibraltar British victory
Capture of Grenada
July 2, 1779 Grenada French victory
Tryon's raid
July 5–14, 1779 Connecticut British victory
Battle of Grenada
July 6, 1779 Grenada French victory
Battle of Stony Point
July 16, 1779 New York Patriot victory
Battle of Minisink
July 22, 1779 New York British-Iroquois victory
Penobscot Expedition
July 24-August 29, 1779 Massachusetts British victory
Battle of Paulus Hook
August 19, 1779 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of Newtown
August 29, 1779 Indian Reserve Patriot victory
Capture of Fort Bute
September 7, 1779 West Florida Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Lake Pontchartrain
September 10, 1779 West Florida Patriot victory
Boyd and Parker ambush
September 13, 1779 Indian Reserve British-Iroquois victory
Action of 14 September 1779
September 14, 1779 Azores British victory
Siege of Savannah
September 16-October 18, 1779 Georgia British victory
Battle of Baton Rouge
September 20–21, 1779 West Florida Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Flamborough Head
September 23, 1779 Great Britain Patriot victory
Battle of San Fernando de Omoa
October 16-November 29, 1779 Guatemala British victory
Action of 11 November 1779
November 11, 1779 Portugal British victory
First Battle of Martinique
December 18, 1779 Martinique British victory
Action of 8 January 1780
January 8, 1780 Spain British victory
Battle of Cape St. Vincent
January 16, 1780 Portugal British victory
Battle of Young's House
February 3, 1780 New York British victory
San Juan Expedition
March–November, 1780 Guatemala Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Fort Charlotte
March 2–14, 1780 West Florida Patriot-Spanish victory
Siege of Charleston
March 29-May 12, 1780 South Carolina British victory: British recapture South Carolina following the battle
Battle of Monck's Corner
April 14, 1780 South Carolina British victory
Second Battle of Martinique
April 17, 1780 Martinique Patriot victory
Battle of Lenud's Ferry
May 6, 1780 South Carolina British victory
Bird's invasion of Kentucky
May 25-August 4, 1780 Virginia British victory
Battle of St. Louis
May 25, 1780 Louisiana Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Waxhaws
May 29, 1780 South Carolina British victory
Battle of Connecticut Farms
June 7, 1780 New Jersey British victory
Battle of Mobley's Meeting House
June 10–12, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Ramsour's Mill
June 20, 1780 North Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Springfield
June 23, 1780 New Jersey Patriot victory
Huck's Defeat
July 12, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Bull's Ferry
July 20–21, 1780 New Jersey Loyalist victory
Battle of Colson's Mill
July 21, 1780 North Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Rocky Mount
August 1, 1780 South Carolina Loyalist victory
Battle of Hanging Rock
August 6, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Pekowee
August 8, 1780 Quebec Patriot victory
Action of 9 August 1780
August 9, 1780 Atlantic Spanish victory
Battle of Camden
August 16, 1780 South Carolina British victory
Battle of Fishing Creek
August 18, 1780 South Carolina British victory
Battle of Musgrove Mill
August 18, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Black Mingo
August 28, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Wahab's Plantation
September 20, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Charlotte
September 26, 1780 North Carolina British victory
Battle of Kings Mountain
October 7, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory: halts first British invasion of North Carolina
Royalton Raid
October 16, 1780 Vermont British victory
Battle of Klock's Field
October 19, 1780 New York Patriot victory
La Balme's Defeat
November 5, 1780 Quebec British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Fishdam Ford
November 9, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Blackstock's Farm
November 20, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Fort St. George
November 23, 1780 New York Patriot victory
Battle of Jersey
January 6, 1781 Jersey British victory
Battle of Mobile
January 7, 1781 West Florida Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Cowpens
January 17, 1781 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Cowan's Ford
February 1, 1781 North Carolina British victory
Capture of Sint Eustatius
February 3, 1781 Sint Eustatius British victory
Battle of Haw River
February 25, 1781 North Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Wetzell's Mill
March 6, 1781 North Carolina British victory
Siege of Pensacola
March 9-May 8, 1781 West Florida Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Guilford Court House
March 15, 1781 North Carolina British victory
Battle of Cape Henry
March 16, 1781 Virginia British victory
Siege of Fort Watson
April 15–23, 1781 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Porto Praya
April 15, 1781 Cape Verde Draw
Battle of Blandford
April 25, 1781 Virginia British victory
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
April 25, 1781 South Carolina British victory
Battle of Fort Royal
April 29, 1781 Martinique French victory
Action of 1 May 1781
May 1, 1781 France British victory
Battle of Fort Motte
May 8–12, 1781 South Carolina Patriot victory
Siege of Augusta
May 22-June 6, 1781 Georgia Patriot victory
Siege of Ninety-Six
May 22-June 6, 1781 South Carolina British victory
Invasion of Tobago
May 24-June 2, 1781 Tobago French victory
Action of 30 May 1781
May 30, 1781 Barbary Coast British victory
Battle of Spencer's Ordinary
June 26, 1781 Virginia British victory
Francisco's Fight
July 1781 Virginia Patriot victory
Battle of Green Spring
July 6, 1781 Virginia British victory
Naval battle of Louisbourg
July 21, 1781 Nova Scotia Franco-Patriot victory
Battle of Dogger Bank
August 5, 1781 North Sea British victory
Invasion of Minorca
August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782 Minorca Franco-Spanish victory
Lochry's Defeat
August 24, 1781 Quebec British-Iroquois victory
Battle of the Chesapeake
September 5, 1781 Virginia French victory
Battle of Groton Heights
September 6, 1781 Connecticut British victory
Battle of Eutaw Springs
September 8, 1781 South Carolina British victory
Battle of Lindley's Mill
September 13, 1781 North Carolina Patriot victory
Long Run Massacre
September 13, 1781 Virginia British-Iroquois victory
Siege of Yorktown
September 28-October 19, 1781 Virginia Franco-Patriot victory: Cornwallis surrenders his force of over 7,000
Battle of Fort Slongo
October 3, 1781 New York Patriot victory
Siege of Negapatam
October 21-November 11, 1781 India British victory
Battle of Johnstown
October 25, 1781 New York Patriot victory
Second Battle of Ushant
December 12, 1781 Bay of Biscay British victory
Battle of Videau's Bridge
January 2, 1782 South Carolina British victory
Siege of Brimstone Hill
January 11-February 13, 1782 St. Christopher Franco-Patriot victory
Capture of Trincomalee
January 11, 1782 Ceylon British victory
Capture of Demerara and Essequibo
January 22-February 5, 1782 Demerara and Essequibo Franco-Patriot victory
Battle of Saint Kitts
January 25–26, 1782 St. Christopher British victory
Battle of Sadras
February 17, 1782 India French victory
Capture of Montserrat
February 22, 1782 Montserrat French victory
Battle of Wambaw
February 24, 1782 South Carolina British victory
Gnadenhütten massacre
March 8, 1782 Ohio
Battle of Roatán
March 16, 1782 Guatemala Patriot-Spanish victory
Action of 16 March 1782
March 16, 1782 Strait of Gibraltar British victory
Battle of Little Mountain
March 22, 1782 Virginia British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Delaware Bay
April 8, 1782 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of the Saintes
April 9–12, 1782 Dominica British victory
Battle of Providien
April 12, 1782 Ceylon French victory
Battle of the Black River
April–August, 1782 Guatemala British victory
Battle of the Mona Passage
April 19, 1782 Mona passage British victory
Action of 20–21 April 1782
April 20–21, 1782 Bay of Biscay British victory
Capture of the Bahamas
May 6, 1782 Bahamas Patriot-Spanish victory
Crawford expedition
May 25-June 12, 1782 Quebec British-Iroquois victory
Naval battle off Halifax
May 28–29, 1782 Nova Scotia British victory
Raid on Lunenburg
July 1, 1782 Nova Scotia Patriot victory
Battle of Negapatam
July 6, 1782 Ceylon British victory
Hudson Bay Expedition
August 8, 1782 Rupert's Land Franco-Patriot victory
Siege of Bryan Station
August 15–17, 1782 Virginia Patriot victory
Battle of Blue Licks
August 19, 1782 Virginia British-Iroquois victory
Battle of the Combahee River
August 26, 1782 South Carolina British victory
Battle of Trincomalee
August 25-September 3, 1782 Ceylon French victory
Siege of Fort Henry
September 11–13, 1782 Virginia Patriot victory
Grand Assault on Gibraltar
September 13, 1782 Gibraltar British victory
Action of 18 October 1782
October 18, 1782 Hispaniola British victory
Action of 6 December 1782
December 6, 1782 Martinique British victory
Action of 22 January 1783
January 22, 1783 Virginia British victory
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Events 9.3
36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. 301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus. 590 – Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great). 673 – King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne. 863 – Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid. 1189 – Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster. 1260 – The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire. 1411 – The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. 1650 – Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War. 1651 – The Battle of Worcester is the last significant action in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. 1658 – The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England. 1666 – The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time. 1783 – American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain. 1798 – The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize. 1812 – Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana. 1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery. 1843 – King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens. 1855 – American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children. 1861 – American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance. 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23. 1875 – The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers. 1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames. 1879 – Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire. 1895 – John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association. 1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule. 1914 – French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers. 1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy. 1916 – World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil. 1925 – USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne. 1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m). 1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph. 1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also declares war, but without consulting the provincial legislatures. 1939 – World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic. 1941 – The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs. 1942 – World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus). 1943 – World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days. 1944 – Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later. 1945 – A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2. 1950 – "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix. 1954 – The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. 1967 – Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight. 1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state. 1976 – Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars. 1981 – The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations. 1987 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya. 1997 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64. 2001 – In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. 2004 – Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children. 2010 – After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board. 2016 – The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement. 2017 – North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
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Events 9.3
36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. 301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus. 590 – Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great). 673 – King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne. 863 – Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid. 1189 – Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster. 1260 – The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire. 1411 – The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. 1650 – Third English Civil War: In the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles I of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark. 1651 – Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester: Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war. 1658 – The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England. 1666 – The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time. 1783 – American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain. 1798 – The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize. 1802 – William Wordsworth composes the sonnet "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802". 1812 – Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana. 1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery. 1843 – King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens. 1855 – American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children. 1861 – American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance. 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23. 1875 – The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers. 1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames. 1879 – Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire. 1895 – John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association. 1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule. 1914 – French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers. 1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy. 1916 – World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil. 1925 – USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne. 1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m). 1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph. 1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies. 1939 – World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic. 1941 – The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs. 1942 – World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus). 1943 – World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMS Nelson off Malta. 1944 – Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later. 1945 – A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2. 1950 – "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix. 1954 – The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. 1954 – The German submarine U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. 1967 – Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight. 1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state. 1976 – Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars. 1981 – The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.[1] 1987 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya. 1994 – Sino-Soviet split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other. 1997 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64. 2001 – In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines. 2004 – Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children. 2010 – After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board. 2016 – The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement. 2017 – North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
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