September 19
1777 - The First Battle of Saratoga: American Revolutionary War.
Saratoga was a series of battles, which lasted from September 19 to October 17, and is considered by many to be the great turning point in the Revolutionary War.
It was also one of its most decisive battles. Of British General Burgoyne's 10,000 troops, the Americans killed or captured around 7,600...The American force lost less than 900.
1356 - The Battle of Poitiers: An English army led by the 'Black Prince' defeated King John II of France at the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years War.
This was one of the three great English victories in the 100 Years War, but wasn't enough to finish the French off.
FYI: I hope you know the 100 Year's War wasn't really 100-years, but was 116-years long: 1337-1453.
1737 - In India’s Bay of Bengal a cyclone destroyed 20,000 ships. It was estimated more than 300,000 people died in the densely populated area called the Sundarbans. Later research indicated the population of Calcutta at the time to be around 20,000, and the estimated number of deaths was revised down to about 3,000.
1. That’s a huge revision of the death toll, from 300,000 to about 3,000...Dan Rather must have been reporting the story.
2. From 1737 to today, Calcutta went from being a city of 'around 20,000' people to over 4,500,000...That's truly amazing.
What I really want to know is how did such a massive cyclone occur before the advent of Man-Made Global Warming? Hmmmmmmm????
1863 - The Battle of Chickamauga began (ended September 20): American Civil War.
Chickamauga was the worst Union defeat in the Western Theatre of the Civil War, and one of the few battles in the war where the Confederates outnumbered the Union force...The Confederates also had superior leadership in this battle, which was normal during this time of the war.
Technically, Bragg and Longstreet were the commanding generals for the Confederates, but it was Nathan Bedford Forrest who stole the show...I highly recommend you read about this man, who was one of the most brilliant Confederate field commanders, and also the most despised - by both sides.
Thankfully, the Confederates hated him so much they never properly used him against the Union.
1870 - Germans laid siege to Paris, as two Prussian armies began a 135-day siege, which caused the collapse of the French Second Empire: Franco-Prussian War.
The Prussians were flexing their muscle, and beginning a 75-year pattern of Germans kicking the French around...The still do it by the way. They just use Euros as their weaponry, instead of bullets and bombs.
1918 - American troops of the Allied North Russia Expeditionary Force clashed with Soviet forces near town of Seltso.
How many of you knew the U.S. sent troops to fight in the Russian Civil War? I’m sure not many...Go here for a short read about the American Polar Bears.
Saratoga was a series of battles, which lasted from September 19 to October 17, and is considered by many to be the great turning point in the Revolutionary War.
It was also one of its most decisive battles. Of British General Burgoyne's 10,000 troops, the Americans killed or captured around 7,600...The American force lost less than 900.
1356 - The Battle of Poitiers: An English army led by the 'Black Prince' defeated King John II of France at the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years War.
This was one of the three great English victories in the 100 Years War, but wasn't enough to finish the French off.
FYI: I hope you know the 100 Year's War wasn't really 100-years, but was 116-years long: 1337-1453.
1737 - In India’s Bay of Bengal a cyclone destroyed 20,000 ships. It was estimated more than 300,000 people died in the densely populated area called the Sundarbans. Later research indicated the population of Calcutta at the time to be around 20,000, and the estimated number of deaths was revised down to about 3,000.
1. That’s a huge revision of the death toll, from 300,000 to about 3,000...Dan Rather must have been reporting the story.
2. From 1737 to today, Calcutta went from being a city of 'around 20,000' people to over 4,500,000...That's truly amazing.
What I really want to know is how did such a massive cyclone occur before the advent of Man-Made Global Warming? Hmmmmmmm????
1863 - The Battle of Chickamauga began (ended September 20): American Civil War.
Chickamauga was the worst Union defeat in the Western Theatre of the Civil War, and one of the few battles in the war where the Confederates outnumbered the Union force...The Confederates also had superior leadership in this battle, which was normal during this time of the war.
Technically, Bragg and Longstreet were the commanding generals for the Confederates, but it was Nathan Bedford Forrest who stole the show...I highly recommend you read about this man, who was one of the most brilliant Confederate field commanders, and also the most despised - by both sides.
Thankfully, the Confederates hated him so much they never properly used him against the Union.
1870 - Germans laid siege to Paris, as two Prussian armies began a 135-day siege, which caused the collapse of the French Second Empire: Franco-Prussian War.
The Prussians were flexing their muscle, and beginning a 75-year pattern of Germans kicking the French around...The still do it by the way. They just use Euros as their weaponry, instead of bullets and bombs.
1918 - American troops of the Allied North Russia Expeditionary Force clashed with Soviet forces near town of Seltso.
How many of you knew the U.S. sent troops to fight in the Russian Civil War? I’m sure not many...Go here for a short read about the American Polar Bears.
Labels: Civil War, France, Germany, India, Nature, Revolutionary War, Russia, UK, US
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