Portal:War/Selected anniversaries/July 19
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July 19[edit]
- 1333 - Battle of Halidon Hill: the final battle of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
- 1544 - The Siege of Boulogne begins.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Morgan's Raid - At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
- 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
- 1940 - World War II: Battle of Cape Spada between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
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