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  • Thumbnail for Cinco de Mayo
    Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza. Zaragoza died months after the battle from an illness, however, and a larger French force ultimately defeated...
    41 KB (3,944 words) - 07:34, 25 November 2024
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    1779 painting by Charles Willson Peale, showing George Washington after the Battle of Princeton. The original was commissioned by the Supreme Executive...
    8 KB (703 words) - 12:21, 24 April 2024
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    in 1714. It lasted until Revolutionary France annexed the territory after the Battle of Sprimont in 1794 and the Peace of Basel in 1795. Austria relinquished...
    11 KB (757 words) - 22:42, 10 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Third Battle of Panipat
    40,000 Maratha prisoners were collectively slaughtered on the day after the battle. British historian Grant Duff includes an interview of a survivor of...
    64 KB (7,047 words) - 06:12, 21 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Midway
    1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank...
    123 KB (14,333 words) - 16:19, 9 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for League of Corinth
    urged by Isocrates in 346 BC to unify Greece against the Persians. After the Battle of Chaeronea, the League of Corinth was formed and controlled by Philip...
    29 KB (2,980 words) - 21:38, 18 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Tippecanoe
    but Harrison and his men stood their ground for more than two hours. After the battle, Harrison's men burned Prophetstown to the ground, destroying the food...
    32 KB (3,800 words) - 13:50, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Talas
    strength—defected to the Abbasids, and played a vital role in routing the Chinese. After the battle, the caliph quickly dispatched an envoy to Chang'an, who arrived on...
    40 KB (4,925 words) - 08:00, 28 November 2024
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    to Hitler's Headquarters, After The Battle, No. 19, p. 2. Raiber, Richard, Guide to Hitler's Headquarters, After The Battle, No.19, pp. 48–51. McNab 2014...
    16 KB (1,179 words) - 11:07, 21 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nada Sahib
    Singh Ji halted while travelling from Paonta Sahib to Anandpur Sahib after the Battle of Bhangani in 1688. The place remained obscure until nearby villager...
    6 KB (566 words) - 04:29, 23 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Murino
    000 Montenegrins. The battle at Murino occurred about a month later after the battle of Novšiće (December 4, 1879) as the Ottoman high command was preparing...
    8 KB (535 words) - 19:26, 11 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Treaty Tree
    Town, South Africa. Peace was made under the tree on 10 January 1806 after the Battle of Blaauwberg, thereby starting the second British occupation of the...
    3 KB (250 words) - 17:42, 11 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Yamana Toyokuni
    1600, at the Battle of Sekigahara, he joined the Western army and after the battle he was given small territory in the Tajima Province by Tokugawa Ieyasu...
    3 KB (259 words) - 23:17, 7 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Bosworth Field
    William led his men to Henry's aid, surrounding and killing Richard. After the battle, Henry was crowned king. Henry hired chroniclers to portray his reign...
    94 KB (11,626 words) - 20:54, 10 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for French West Africa in World War II
    fell to invading Free French Forces from the neighbouring colonies after the Battle of Gabon (8–12 November 1940), further isolating West Africa. Unlike...
    8 KB (880 words) - 04:29, 20 October 2024
  • oasis of Medina until the 7th century. They were expelled by Muhammad after The Battle of Uhud against the Quraysh, which took place after attacks by the...
    19 KB (2,512 words) - 02:01, 4 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Culloden
    000 killed or wounded, with many of them occurring in the pursuit after the battle. Cumberland's official list of prisoners taken includes 154 Jacobites...
    66 KB (7,775 words) - 15:22, 11 December 2024
  • white. They play their home matches at the Guldensporenstadion, named after the Battle of the Golden Spurs which took place in Kortrijk in 1302. KV Kortrijk...
    13 KB (906 words) - 11:43, 10 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sanada Yukitaka
    Battle of Odaihara in 1546 and the sieges of Toishi in 1550 and 1551, After the Battle of Toishi, Yukitaka and Sanada clan restored their old territory. Throughout...
    3 KB (261 words) - 13:35, 17 November 2024
  • general council of the Amphictyonians was where major Greek nations met after the battle of Salamis around 480 BC. It was here that the Lacedaemonians argued...
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