1775:
American troops capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
1796:
Napoleon Bonaparte wins a brilliant victory against the Austrians at Lodi bridge in Italy.
1857:
The Bengal Army in India revolts against the British.
1861:
Union troops and civilians riot in St. Louis.
1862:
The Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee takes place.
1863:
General Thomas J. Jackson dies of pneumonia a week after losing his arm when his own troops accidentally fired on him during the Battle of Chancellorsville.
1865:
Union cavalry troops capture Confederate President Jefferson Davis near Irvinville, Georgia.
1917:
Allied ships get destroyer escorts to fend off German attacks in the Atlantic.
1940:
As Germany invades Holland and Belgium, Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain.
1941:
Englands House of Commons is destroyed during the worst of the London Blitz as 550 German bombers drop 100,000 incendiary bombs.
