Saturday 15 June 2019

Today in Military History June 15

June 15 923  Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.

June 15 1184   King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.

June 15 1219   Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lindanise (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia.

June 15 1246   Battle at Leitha: Hungary-Austrian

June 15 1312   At the Battle of Rozgony, King Charles I of Hungary wins a decisive victory over the family of Palatine Amade Aba.

June 15 1389   Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.

June 15 1410   The Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor. In the battle at Onon River

June 15 1567    Battle at Carberry, Scotland: Protestant troops beat Earl Bothwell's army

June 15 1670   The first stone of Fort Ricasoli is laid down in Malta.  

June 15 1779    General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, Bronx

June 15 1800   The Provisional Army of the United States is dissolved.

June 15  1863   Second Battle at Winchester Virginia.

June 15 1864   American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.

June 15 1864   Arlington National Cemetery is established.

June 15 1866    Prussia attacks Austria.
 
June 15 1940   World War II: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.

June 15 1940    Soviet Army occupies Lithuania

June 15 1944  World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invade Japanese-occupied Saipan.

June 15  1944  US forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific

June 15 2018  The U.S. Navy christened and launched the eleventh Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21).

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