On This Day In Military History
WORLD NEWS posted on 15 JUN 2007 by Andrew Glenn
Discover key military events that took place on this day in history
On this day in military history, June 15:
0923 - Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
1094 - El Cid liberates Valencia from the Moors.
1184 - King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the battle of Fimreite.
1219 - Battle of Reval: The Danes defeat the Estonians.
1381 - The English peasant revolt is crushed in London.
1389 - Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
1567 - Battle at Carberry Scot: Protestant troops beat Earl Bothwell's army.
1607 - Colonists in North America complete James Fort in Jamestown.
1775 - George Washington is named Commander in Chief by Congress.
1776 - Americans burn and abandon Montreal.
1779 - American General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, New York.
1858 - Battle of the Tre Ponti: The Garibaldini defeat the Austrians.
1861 - American Civil War: Joe Johnston evacuates Harpers Ferry.
1862 - American Civil War: General J.E.B. Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan."
1863 - American Civil War: President Lincoln put out an emergency call for 100,000 troops from the state militias of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and West Virginia to protect the capitol from feared Confederate attack.
1864 - American Civil War: The Battle for Petersburg begins as General Grant assaults the Confederate lines.
1864 - American Civil War: Skirmish at Gilgal Church, Georgia.
1864 - American Civil War: Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres around Arlington Mansion (Robert E Lee's former residence) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton.
1866 - Prussia attacks Austria.
1877 - Henry O. Flipper becomes the first African American to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
1913 - The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippine concludes.
1940 - World War II: Italian Air Force bombs Luc-en-Province.
1940 - World War II: The French fortress of Verdun is captured by Germans.
1940 - World War II: Soviet Army occupies Lithuania.
1943 - World War II: German raider Michel sinks 7700-ton merchant ship west of Australia.
1944 - World War II: U.S. Marines begin the invasion of Saipan in Pacific.
1958 - Greece severs military ties to Turkey because of the Cyprus issue.
1964 - The last French troops leave Algeria.
1965 - Vietnam War: U.S. bombers hit targets in North Vietnam, but avoid Hanoi and the Soviet missile sites that surround the city.
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