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The Battle of Alapan (Filipino: Labanan sa Alapan, Spanish: Batalla de Alapan) was fought on May 28, 1898, and was the first military victory of the Filipino Revolutionaries led by Emilio Aguinaldo after his return to the Philippines from Hong Kong.
The park covers an area of 5 hectares (12 acres), purportedly at the site where the Battle of Alapan occurred. It also features a 35.05 m (115.0 ft) flagpole, which used to be the old Independence Flagpole in Rizal Park in Manila. [5] In 2019, a sanctum of Katipunan revolutionary flags was unveiled at the National Flag Shrine. [6]
1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces commanded by George Washington defeated British troops at the Battle of Princeton (depicted). 1990 – United States invasion of Panama : Manuel Noriega , the deposed strongman of Panama, surrendered to American forces outside the apostolic nunciature in Panama City .
For some languages, like Sanskrit and Greek, the historical dictionary (in the sense of a word-list explaining the meanings of words that were obsolete at the time of their compilation) was the first form of dictionary developed; though not being scholarly historical dictionaries in the modern sense, they did give a sense of semantic change over time.
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The British commander on Lissa in November 1811 was Captain Murray Maxwell of HMS Alceste with two other frigates and a sloop. [5] Maxwell responded to the signal by readying his squadron to seek out and destroy the convoy, but the attempted invasion of Lissa the previous March had bred caution in the British defenders and Maxwell was therefore compelled to disembark 30 sailors and most of his ...
Battle of the Belly River occurs. The battle is the last major conflict between the Cree (the Iron Confederacy) and the Blackfoot Confederacy, and the last major battle between First Nations on Canadian soil. October 1, 1874 First North-West Mounted Police outpost in Alberta at Fort Macleod is established. The following spring Mounties ...
The Battle of Víðines takes place. Kolbeinn Tumason is mortally wounded. [16] 1238: 21 August: The Battle of Örlygsstaðir takes place. [17] Sturla Sighvatsson and Sighvatr Sturluson are killed. [18] 1244: 25 June: The Battle of the Gulf takes place. [19] 1246: 19 April: The Battle of Haugsnes takes place. [20] 1253: 22 October: The ...