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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