1716 Anglo-Dutch alliance renewed. 1778 France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris 1832 US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy 1840 Treaty of Waitangi: Peace between Maori & English settlers 1862 Commo Andrew Foote & Maj Gen Ulysses S. Grant capture Ft. Henry, on the Tennessee River 1899 Spanish-American War officially ends 1900 The International Arbitration Court is established at The Hague 1922 Achille Ratti elected Pope as Pius XI (1922-1939) 1922 US, UK, Japan, France, & Italy sign the Washington Naval Arms Limitation Treaty -- Learn More 1939 The Spanish Republican government flees to France 1941 Battle of Beda Fomm: British complete destruction of Italian Tenth Army 1941 British troops capture Bengazi, Libya 1943 CAM Div reaches the Umasani River on Guadalcanal. 1943 Japanese lose 24 aircraft in an attack on the Wau airfield, New Guinea. 1944 British Chindits begin infiltrating into the Japanese rear area in Burma 1944 Chinese troops advance from the north in Burma 1945 Battle for Manila begins 1945 Over 4,000 American POWs are freed from prison camps on Luzon. 1952 Accession of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1952-) 1984 Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese Army 2004 Chechen terrorists bomb the Moscow subway, 49 die, scores injured
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