1238 The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus'.
1665 English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1776 The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
1804 Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
1814 Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
1913 First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
1941 The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.
1943 The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
1943 The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.[4]
1944 After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
2002 Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to infiltrate the Shah-i-Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
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