On This Day In Military History
WORLD NEWS posted on 11 JUN 2007 by Andrew Glenn
Discover key military events that took place on this day in history
On this day in military history, June 11:
1184 - (BC) Trojan War: Troy was sacked and burned, according to the calculations of Eratosthenes.
0090 - (BC) Social War: Battle of the Tolenus - Consuls P Rutilius Rufus & G. Marius defeat Vettius Scato.
1298 - Battle of Campaldino: Tuscan Guelfs (including Dante) defeat the Arretine Ghibellines.
1429 - Hundred Years' War: The start of the Battle of Jargeau.
1488 - Battle of Sauchieburn, Scotland.
1666 - Vierdaagse Sea battle (Ruyter-Monk vs Prince Ruprecht).
1676 - Danish and Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden.
1685 - James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, rebels against Catholic king James II.
1774 - Jews in Algiers escape the attacks of the Spanish army.
1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte takes the island of Malta.
1825 - The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
1861 - American Civil War: Union forces under General George B. McClellen repulse a Confederate force at Rich Mountain in western Virginia.
1864 - American Civil War: Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: Gen Hobsons unit caught.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Laurel Hill, West Virginia.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad.
1898 - Spanish-American War: U.S. war ships start to sail for Cuba.
1900 - Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha.
1915 - World War I: British troops take Cameroon in Africa.
1940 - World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin in Italy.
1940 - World War II: First attack of the Italian Airforce on the island of Malta.
1942 - World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
1942 - World War II: Italo-German forces halted at El Alamein, North Africa.
1943 - World War II: Allies land on Pantelleria, Italy.
1943 - World War II: Kiska: Japanese submarine I-9 sunk by U.S. DD Frazier.
1944 - World War II: U.S. carrier-based planes attack Japanese airfields on Guam , Rota, Saipan and Tinian islands, preparing for the invasion of Saipan.
1967 - Six Days War: Israel and Syria accept a UN cease-fire.
1977 - Dutch Marines rescue hostages on a train held by Moluccan terrorists.
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