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The siege of Peronne was a battle during the Franco-Prussian War, [12] from December 26, 1870 [2] until January 9, 1871, in Péronne, Somme of France. [13] The German siege force, under the command of Lieutenant Generals August von Goeben and Albert von Barnekow, [10] [6] forced the French army at Péronne- which could not be rescued [3] and had to surrender after more than a week under the ...
The Annals of the Four Masters, written in the 17th century, records a number battles as having taken place in prehistoric Ireland.These include: 2530 AM – Battle of Mag Itha, the first recorded battle in Ireland [1]
This is a timeline of Irish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Ireland. To read about the background to these events, see History of Ireland . See also the list of Lords and Kings of Ireland , alongside Irish heads of state , and the list of years in Ireland .
The Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin was a battle on the Western Front during World War I. As part of the Allied Hundred Days Offensive on the Western Front in the late summer of 1918, the Australian Corps crossed the Somme River on the night of 31 August and broke the German lines at Mont Saint-Quentin and Péronne .
from 1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: Spain French Republic: Inconclusive or other outcome: Kandyan Wars (1796–1818) Great Britain from 1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: Kingdom of Kandy: British victory. End of 2357 years of Sinhalese independence; War of the Second Coalition (1797–1802)
On 26 June 1815 following the Battle of Waterloo, a garrison of 1,500 National Guard in the town surrendered to the advancing Allied Army. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] There was a motor-racing circuit southeast of the town in the 1920s and 1930s which held the Grand Prix de Picardie organised by the Automobile Club de Picardie et de l'Aisne.
The Second Battle of the Somme of 1918 was fought during the First World War on the Western Front from late August to early September, in the basin of the River Somme. It was part of a series of successful counter-offensives in response to the German Spring Offensive , after a pause for redeployment and supply.
Territorial evolution of North America of non-native nation states from 1750 to 2008The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the major war known by Americans as the French and Indian War and by Canadians as the Seven Years' War / Guerre de Sept Ans, or by French-Canadians, La Guerre de la Conquête.