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Today in Military History May 12 May 12 1082 – Battle of Mailberg (Austria) May 12 1479 – Condottiero Pompeo Colonna born May 12 1496 – Swedish king Gustav I of Sweden born May 12 1510 – Prince of Anhua rebellion begins (China) May 12 1649 – Battle of Focchies (Cretan War Naval) https://amzn.to/3xZZyqR May…

Today in Military History May 11 May 11 1560 – Battle of Djerba (Mediterranean Sea) (Naval) https://amzn.to/3o69iLD May 11 1571 – Japanese daimyo Niwa Nagashige born https://amzn.to/33xl7B5 May 11 1745 – Battle of Fontenoy (War of the Austrian Succession) https://amzn.to/3eCZDJ8 May 11 1862 – CSS Merrimack scuttled (US Civil War) https://amzn.to/3o7lgEy May 11 1864 –…

Today in Military History May 10 May 10 1775 – Second Continental Congress convenes; Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (American Revolutionary War) https://amzn.to/3eyPgGt May 10 1779 – Chesapeake raid begins (American Revolutionary War) May 10 1796 – Battle of Lodi (French Revolutionary Wars); Battle at Derbent (Russo-Persian Wars) https://amzn.to/3y0ohLK May 10 1799 – Assault on Acre…