Wednesday 29 May 2019

Today in Military History May 29


May 29 363   The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.

May 29 1108   Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.

May 29 1167   Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.

May 29 1176   Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
  
May 29 1416   Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetians under Pietro Loredan defeat a much larger Ottoman fleet off Gallipoli.[1][2]

May 29 1453   Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
  
May 29 1658   Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659).
   
May 29 1780   American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
  
May 29 1798   United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
  
May 29 1918   Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
 
May 29 1932   World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.

May 29 1945   First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
  
May 29  2004   The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

May 29 1982:   Battle of Goose ended Green.

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