The ensuing 3-year conflict will later be known as the First Opium War.ġ866 – Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.ġ914 – World War I: Japan declares war on Germany and bombs Qingdao, China.ġ914 – World War I: Battle of Mons: The British Army begins withdrawal.ġ939 – World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.ġ813 – At the Battle of Grossbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.ġ839 – The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for war with Qing China.
Bartholomew's Day massacre.ġ592 – Japanese invasions of Korea: The Yeongwon Castle is besieged by the Japanese Fourth Division led by Itō Suketaka.ġ595 – Long War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory.ġ600 – Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.ġ650 – Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.ġ655 – Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.ġ775 – American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St. Get in here, post games, miniatures, questions, whatever you like.ģ0 BC – After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, eldest son of Marc Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Caesar and Cleopatra.Ĥ06 – Gothic king Radagaisus is executed after he is defeated by Roman general Stilicho and 12,000 "barbarians" are incorporated into the Roman army or sold as slaves.ġ244 – Siege of Jerusalem: The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to Khwarezmian Empire.ġ268 – Battle of Tagliacozzo: The army of Charles of Anjou defeats the Ghibellines supporters of Conradin of Hohenstaufen marking the fall of the Hohenstaufen family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, and leading to the new chapter of Angevin domination in Southern Italy.ġ305 – Sir William Wallace is executed for high treason at Smithfield in London.ġ328 – Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.ġ382 – Siege of Moscow: The Golden Horde led by khan Tokhtamysh lays siege to the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.ġ514 – The Battle of Chaldiran ends with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty.ġ572 – French Wars of Religion Mob violence against Huguenots in Paris results in the St.