1563 Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania H
1861 Fort Point, in San Francisco, California, completed & garrisoned H
1862 Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, Floyd surrenders the following day W
1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbour H
1900 Lieutenant Francis Newton Parsons was awarded the VC for his action this day.
Essex Regiment, Lieutenant Francis Newton Parsons (since deceased)
On the morning of the 15th February, 1900, at Paardeberg, on the south bank of the River Modder, Private Ferguson, 1st Battalion Essex Regiment, was wounded and fell in a place devoid of cover. While trying to crawl under cover, he was again wounded, in the stomach, Lieutenant Parsons at once went to his assistance, dressed his wound under heavy fire, went down twice (still under heavy fire) to the bank of the river to get water for Private Ferguson, and subsequently carried him to a place of safety.
This Officer was recommended for the Victoria Cross by Lieutenant-General Kelly-Kenny, C.B. on 3rd March latt.
Lieutenant Parsons was killed on the 10th March, in the engagement at Dreifontein, on which occasion he again displayed conspicuous gallantry. W
1918 US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany off Ireland H
1939 German battleship Bismarck was launched H
1942 German U-boat shells Antillian oil refinery H
1942 Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra H
1942 Singapore surrenders to the Japanese H
1944 891 British bombers attack Berlin in the largest raid by the RAF against the city H
1944 Allies begin attack on Axis held Monte Cassino monastery, Italy H
1944 The Narva Offensive begins W
1946 Wing Commander Forest Frederick Edward Yeo-Thomas was awarded the George Cross W
1948 Mao Zedong's army occupies Yenan H
1952 King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. W
1984 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq H
1989 The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan. W
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