July 08 1099 Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
July 08 1283 Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta.
July 08 1497 Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.1579 Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
July 08 1709 Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
July 08 1716 The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
July 08 1758 French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
July 08 1760 British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
July 08 2014 Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.
Today in Military History September 12
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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