May 7 1487 The Siege of Málaga commences during the Spanish Reconquista
May 7 1685 Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces
May 7 1748 French troops conquer Maastricht in the War of the Austrian Succession
May 7 1873 US marines attack Panama
May 7 1891 Battle in Bunyoro: Capt F Lugard stops Muslim rebellion, 300 killed
May 7 1915 World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania,
killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans.
May 7 1920 Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev.
May 7 1937 The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain.
May 7 1942 World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō;
May 7 1945 World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims,
May 7 1954 Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory
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1897 21 Sikh soldiers of the Army of British India where killed at Saragarhi hill fort https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2020...
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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 ... -
July 19 711 Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete: Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roder...
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