May 20 685 The
Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a
Pictish army under King
Bridei III and the invading
Northumbrians under King
Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated.
May 20 794 King
Æthelberht II of East Anglia visits the royal
Mercian court at
Sutton Walls, with a view to marrying princess
Ælfthryth. He is taken captive and
beheaded.
May 20 1217 The
Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near
Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of
Prince Louis of France by
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
May 20 1449 The
Battle of Alfarrobeira is fought, establishing the
House of Braganza as a principal royal family of Portugal.
May 20 1631 The city of
Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the
Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants
massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the
Thirty Years' War.
May 20 1813 Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the
Battle of Bautzen in
Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and
Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
May 20 1864 American Civil War:
Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the
Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
May 20 1882 The
Triple Alliance between the German Empire,
Austria-Hungary and the
Kingdom of Italy is formed.
May 20 1941 World War II:
Battle of Crete:
German paratroops invade
Crete.
May 20 1969 The
Battle of Hamburger Hill in
Vietnam ends.
May 20 1971 In the
Chuknagar massacre, Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus.
May 20 1989 The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-
democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the
Tiananmen Square massacre.
283 Battle of the Gulf of Naples : Roger of Lauria , admiral to King Peter III of Aragon , captures Charles of Salerno . 1288 Battle...
July 24 1132 Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. July 24 1148 Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus ...
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