July 04 1187 The Crusades: Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
July 04 1253 Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre.
July 04 1610 The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish–Muscovite War.
July 04 1776 American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
July 04 1778 American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
July 04 1802 At West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy opens.
July 04 1863 American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
July 04 1863 American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
July 04 1879 Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
July 04 1903 Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
July 04 1918 World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
July 04 1941 World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
July 04 1942 World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
July 04 1943 World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
July 04 1943 World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
July 04 1964 Vietnam War William Westmoreland becomes Commander of MACV
July 04 1972 Abrams appointed as Army Chief of Staff President Richard Nixon appoints General Creighton W. Abrams, commander of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, to be U.S. Army Chief of Staff.
July 04 2014 Queen Elizabeth was named at Rosyth on 4 July 2014, by Queen Elizabeth II.
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