On the night of 1 September , during a bout of stormy weather , several Norwegian vessels were driven Motion aground on the Ayrshire coast , near present-day Largs .

the battle Hostile_encounter of san jacinto ( ) , fought Hostile_encounter on april 21 , 1836 , in present-day harris county , texas , was the decisive battle Hostile_encounter of the texas revolution Change_of_leadership .

The Cologne War Hostile_encounter ( 1583–88 ) was a conflict Hostile_encounter between Protestant and Catholic factions that devastated Destroying the Electorate of Cologne , a historical ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire , within present-day North Rhine-Westphalia , in Germany .

The towns of Bristol and Warren , Rhode Island were significantly damaged Damaging , and Freetown , Massachusetts ( present-day Fall River ) was also attacked Attack , although its militia resisted Defending British attacks more successfully .

The Livonian War Hostile_encounter ( 1558–1583 ) was fought Hostile_encounter for control Control of Old Livonia ( in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia ) , when the Tsardom of Russia faced Confronting_problem a varying Change coalition Collaboration of Denmark–Norway , the Kingdom of Sweden , and the Union ( later Commonwealth ) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland .

The [ First ] Battle Hostile_encounter of Stockach occurred Coming_to_be on 25 March 1799 , when French and Austrian armies fought Hostile_encounter for control Control of the geographically strategic Hegau region in present-day Baden-Württemberg .

The Kalinga War Hostile_encounter ( ended Process_end ) was fought Hostile_encounter in what is now India between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and King of Raja Anantha of the state of Kalinga , an independent feudal kingdom located on the east coast , in the present-day state Statement of Odisha and north of Andhra Pradesh .

The Assyrian civilian population of upper Mesopotamia ( the Tur Abdin region , the Hakkâri , Van , and Siirt provinces of present-day southeastern Turkey , and the Urmia region of northwestern Iran ) was forcibly relocated Departing and massacred Killing by the Ottoman army , together with other armed and allied Collaboration Muslim peoples , including Kurds , Chechens and Circassians , between 1914 and 1920 , with further attacks Attack on unarmed Bearing_arms fleeing Escaping civilians conducted Action by local Arab militias .

Rome 's war against the Gallic tribes lasted Process_end from 58 BC to 50 BC and culminated Process_end in the decisive Battle of Alesia in 52 BC , in which a complete Roman victory resulted in Causation the expansion Expansion of the Roman Republic over the whole of Gaul ( mainly present-day France and Belgium ) .

After conquering Conquering the Achaemenid Empire of Persia , the Macedonian king ( and now the great king of the Persian Empire ) , Alexander , launched Military_operation a campaign into the Indian subcontinent in present-day Pakistan , part of which formed Coming_to_be the easternmost territories of the Achaemenid Empire following Motion the Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley ( 6th century BC ) .

The Action of 1 November 1944 also known as the Ambush off Pag Island was a naval engagement Hostile_encounter in the Kvarner Gulf of the Adriatic Sea , between the islands of Pag and Lussino ( present-day Lošinj ) on 1 November 1944 .

The German flotilla was deployed Arranging to escort a convoy Patrolling retreating Escaping from Šibenik to Fiume ( present-day Rijeka ) .

The Rock Springs massacre Killing , also known as the Rock Springs Riot , occurred Presence on September 2 , 1885 , in the present-day United States city of Rock Springs in Sweetwater County , Wyoming .

Rioters burned Bodily_harm 78 Chinese homes , resulting in Causation approximately US $ 150,000 in property damage Damaging ( $ in present-day terms ) .

The Capture Conquering of Geertruidenberg of 1589 , also known as the English betrayal of Geertruidenberg , took place Process_start on April 10 , 1589 , at Geertruidenberg , Duchy of Brabant , Flanders ( present-day the Netherlands ) , during the Eighty Years ' War and the Anglo-Spanish War ( 1585–1604 ) .

The fleet Motion bombarded Attack various fortified pirate cities in present-day Libya , Tunisia , and Algeria , ultimately extracting Getting concessions of fair passage from their rulers .

The First Balkan War Military_operation had three main causes Causation : The Ottoman Empire lost Earnings_and_losses all its European territories to the west of the River Maritsa as a result of the two Balkan Wars Hostile_encounter , which thus delineated present-day Turkey 's western border .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Machias ( August 13–14 , 1777 ) was an amphibious assault Attack on the Massachusetts town of Machias ( in present-day eastern Maine ) by British forces Causation during the American Revolutionary War .

) , near Borki station in the former Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire ( present-day Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine ) , 295 kilometers south of Kursk , when the imperial train carrying Sending Tsar Alexander III of Russia and his family from Crimea to Saint Petersburg derailed Motion at high speed .

Occupying defensive Defending positions throughout the lava beds south of Tule Lake ( in present-day Lava Beds National Monument ) , those few warriors resisted Defending for months the more numerous United States Army forces sent Sending against them , which were reinforced Cause_change_of_strength with artillery .

This Spanish colony included Cause_to_be_included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina , Bolivia , Paraguay , Uruguay , and parts of Brazil .

The 1740 Batavia massacre Killing ( , literally `` Murder Killing of the Chinese '' ; , meaning `` Chinatown Tumult Killing '' ) was a pogrom Killing in which Dutch East Indies soldiers and native collaborators Collaboration killed Killing ethnic Chinese residents of the port city of Batavia ( present-day Jakarta ) in the Dutch East Indies .

the defeated Conquering tribes were forced to cede Surrendering extensive territory , including much of present-day ohio , in the treaty of greenville in 1795 .

The took place Process_start in Japan on 6 August 1181 ( or by the Japanese calendar , Jishō-5 year , 4-month , 25-day ) , in the present-day town of Sunomata , Gifu Prefecture .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Dyle occurred Coming_to_be near the present-day location of the town of Leuven in Belgium .

The Battle Military_operation of Roatán ( sometimes spelled `` Rattan '' ) was an American War of Independence battle Military_operation fought Hostile_encounter on March 16 , 1782 , between British and Spanish forces for control Control of Roatán , an island off the Caribbean coast of present-day Honduras .

although its precise location Presence remains Presence uncertain , the majority of academic conjectures place Placing it on the south bank of the yangtze river , southwest of present-day wuhan and northeast of unk ( present-day yueyang , hunan ) .

although its precise location Presence remains Presence uncertain , the majority of academic conjectures place Placing it on the south bank of the yangtze river , southwest of present-day wuhan and northeast of unk ( present-day yueyang , hunan ) .

The , or `` Black Fortress '' , was a fortress of the `` Kanrei '' Shiba Takatsune located in Echizen Province ( present-day Nittazuka , Fukui , Fukui Prefecture ) in the Hokuriku region of Japan .

The first battle Hostile_encounter of Celaya was fought Hostile_encounter April 6–7 , 1915 , near Celaya in present-day Guanajuato , Mexico .

It took place Process_start approximately northwest of Hastings , close to the present-day town of Battle Hostile_encounter , East Sussex , and was a decisive Norman victory .

The First Congo War ( 1996–1997 ) , also nicknamed Name_conferral Africa 's First World War , was a civil war Hostile_encounter and international military conflict Hostile_encounter which mostly took place Process_start in Zaire ( present-day DR Congo ) , with major spillovers into Sudan and Uganda .

The Siege of Castelnuovo was an engagement Hostile_encounter during the Ottoman-Habsburg struggle Hostile_encounter for control of the Mediterranean , which took place Process_start in July 1539 in the walled town of Castelnuovo , present-day Herceg Novi , Montenegro .

Resulting in a British victory Earnings_and_losses , it took place Process_start on 13 October 1812 , near Queenston , Upper Canada ( the present-day province of Ontario ) .

The battle Hostile_encounter was held Defending on the site of present-day locality Oskarström in Sweden .

Hurricane Abby made landfall in British Honduras ( present-day Belize ) on July 15 .

The Fulani War Hostile_encounter of 1804–1808 , also known as the Fulani Jihad or Jihad of Usman dan Fodio , was a military contest Competition in present-day Nigeria and Cameroon .

The Bear River Massacre Killing , or the Battle Hostile_encounter of Bear River or Massacre at Boa Ogoi , took place Process_start in present-day Idaho on January 29 , 1863 .

The site is located near the present-day city of Preston in Franklin County , Idaho .

A spur of the railroad , whose name was changed on April 18 , 1853 , to the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company , was formally opened Openness Monday , July 2 , 1855 , with an excursion from Cohoquinoque station , at Front and Willow Streets in Philadelphia , to Wissahickon ( present-day Ambler ) , an outlying area to the northwest .

In the second century BCE the region became Becoming part of the Xiongnu empire , a confederation of nomads centered Placing on present-day Mongolia .

It occurred Presence on 13 January 1902 , in Masmak Castle in Riyadh , the capital of present-day Saudi Arabia .

It also marked Recording the beginning Process_start of the Third Saudi State , which evolved Coming_to_be into present-day Saudi Arabia .

The war began Process_start with separate insurrections , beginning Process_start in the southwestern part of what is now Germany and Alsace , and spread Dispersal in subsequent insurrections to the central and eastern areas of Germany and present-day Austria .

The first Mongol invasions of Burma ( present-day Myanmar ) ( ) were a series of military conflicts Hostile_encounter between Kublai Khan 's Yuan dynasty , division of the Mongol Empire , and the Pagan Empire that took place Process_start between 1277 and 1287 .

The invasions toppled Change_of_leadership the 250-year-old Pagan Empire , and the Mongol army seized Pagan territories in present-day Dehong , Yunnan and northern Burma to Tagaung .

The Upper Canada Rebellion was an insurrection Hostile_encounter against the perceived Perception_active oligarchic government of the British colony of Upper Canada ( present-day Ontario ) in December 1837 .

While public grievances had existed Presence for years , it was the rebellion in Lower Canada ( present-day Quebec ) that emboldened Influence rebels in Upper Canada to openly revolt Change_of_leadership soon after .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Reval took place Process_start on June 30 , 1602 , during the Polish–Swedish War ( 1600–1611 ) near present-day Tallinn in Estonia .

Mabila ( also spelled Mavila , Mavilla , or Mauvilla ) was a small fortress town known Know to Chief Tuskaloosa in 1540 , in a region of present-day central Alabama .