HISTORIC WARS
IN 73 B.C., ROMAN COMMANDER, GAIUS CLAUIUS GLABER, WAS DEFEATED BY THE SLAVE ARMY IN THE BATTLE OF MOUNT VESUVIUS. THIS WAS THE FIRST OF THREE BATTLES THE ROMANS FOUGHT AGAINST THE SLABVE ARMY LED BY THIS MAN....
SPARTACUS
IN 1066, THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS WAS FOUGHT BETWEEN THE DUKEDOM OF NORMANY & THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND. WHO LED THE NORMANS?
HENRY THE 3RD - WILLIAM THE CONQUER0R - RICHARD THE LION-HEARTED
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. ( ALL THE ROYALS OF ENGLAND SINCE CAN TRACE THEIR ROOTS TO WILLIAM.)
IN 1095, POPE URBAN THE SECOND, CALLED FOR A CRUSADE TO RECOVER THE HOLY SIGHTS IN JERUSALEM. THIS LED TO ALMOST 200 YEARS OF BATTLES. THE CRUSADES ARE CONSIDERED HAVING BEEN THIS MANY.
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TRUE OR FALSE
FROM OCTOBER 12,1428 TO MAY 8 ,1429, BRITISH FORCES BESEIGED ORLEANS, FRANCE BEFORE FORCES LED BY JOAN OF ARC, DROVE THEM OFF. HOWEVER, SHE WAS CAPTURED AND TRIED AND FOUND GUILTY OF HERESY AND BURNED AT THE STAKE.
FALSE . SHE LEAD THE ARMY FOR MANY MORE CAMPAIGNS AND LATER, CAPTURED AND EXECUTED ON MAY 31, 1431 AT AGE 19.
THE FIRST BATTLE IN NORTH AMERICA BETWEEN WARRING NATIONS TOOK PLACE IN 1613 BETWEEN WHICH 2 COUNTRIES.
SPANISH - FRENCH - ENGLISH - DUTCH
FRENCH AND ENGLAND. THE BATTLE OF PORT ROYAL. CAPTAIN SAMUEL ARGALL LEADS A FORCE FROM VIRGINIA TO ACADIA TO DESTROY PORT ROYAL AND OTHER FRENCH OUTPOSTS
ALTHOUGH HISTORY BOOKS TELL US THAT "THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD" AT LEXINGTON & CONCORD WAS THE START OF THE REVOLUTUIONARY WAR, THE FIRST BLOODSHED HAPPEN AT THE BATTLE OF GOLDEN HILL BETWEEN REBELS AND LOYALIST IN THIS STATE.
MASSACHUSETTS - NEW YORK - RHODE ISLAND - PENNSYLVANIA
NEW YORK
CORNWALLIS' SURRENDER ON OCTOBER 19, 1781 IS CONSIDERED THE FINAL VICTORY OF THE REBELS OVER THE BRITISH. BUT NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS AND SKIRMISHES CONTINUED. THE FINAL NOTED BATTLE TOOK PLACE IN.......
1782 -1783 -1784
1783. ON JANUARY 22, 1783, A BRITISH FRIGATE AND A FRENCH FRIGATE EXCHANGED FIRE OFF CHEASEPEAKE BAY.