June 17 1580 Battle at Hardenberg: Spanish troops beat rebels
June 17 1665 Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War.
June 17 1734 French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine
June 17 1775 American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
June 17 1855 Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, Crimea: 2,000+ killed
June 17 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
June 17 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
June 17 1863 American Civil War: Battle at Middleburg, Virginia
June 17 1863 Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta
June 17 1876 American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
June 17 1877 American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
June 17 1898 The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
June 17 1900 Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
June 17 1940 World War II: RMS Lancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
June 17 1940 The Soviet Union annexed the Baltic state.
June 17 1900 Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
June 17 1940 World War II: RMS Lancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
June 17 1940 The Soviet Union annexed the Baltic state.
June 17 1940 – World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
June 17 2019 Bombardier Patrick Labrie, a member of the 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery based at 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa, Ontario, has died as a result of his injuries during parachute training as part of Exercise SWIFT RESPONSE
June 17 2019 Bombardier Patrick Labrie, a member of the 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery based at 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa, Ontario, has died as a result of his injuries during parachute training as part of Exercise SWIFT RESPONSE
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