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  • 1777: French Marquis de La Fayette Becomes U.S. General at the Age of only 19

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    1777: French Marquis de La Fayette Becomes U.S. General at the Age of only 19

    1777: French Marquis de La Fayette Becomes U.S. General at the Age of only 19

    On this day in 1777, Marquis de La Fayette, a French nobleman, became a U.S. general in the War of Indepe ...

    On this day in 1777, Marquis de La Fayette, a French nobleman, became a U.S. general in the War of Independence. The rank of general was awarded to him by the American Continental Congress, the suprem ...

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  • 1779: Great Siege of Gibraltar: The Largest Battle of the American War of Independence actually Took Place in Europe

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    1779: Great Siege of Gibraltar: The Largest Battle of the American War of Independence actually Took Place in Europe

    1779: Great Siege of Gibraltar: The Largest Battle of the American War of Independence actually Took Place in Europe

    On this day in the year 1779 the Great Siege of Gibraltar, a strategic promontory on the southern coast o ...

    On this day in the year 1779 the Great Siege of Gibraltar, a strategic promontory on the southern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, began. This invasion took place during the American War of Independenc ...

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  • 1717: The French Count Thanks to whom the U.S. was Formed

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    1717: The French Count Thanks to whom the U.S. was Formed

    1717: The French Count Thanks to whom the U.S. was Formed

    On this day the rich French aristocrat Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes, was born. His name is little ...

    On this day the rich French aristocrat Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes, was born. His name is little known, but the consequences of his political decisions, by all accounts, had a huge impact on t ...

    December 20, 2019
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  • 1730: Von Steuben: The German Who Organized the U.S. Army in the War of Independence

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    1730: Von Steuben: The German Who Organized the U.S. Army in the War of Independence

    1730: Von Steuben: The German Who Organized the U.S. Army in the War of Independence

    Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (also known as Baron von Steuben), one of the Germans who helped the USA ga ...

    Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (also known as Baron von Steuben), one of the Germans who helped the USA gain independence, was born on this day in 1730. He was born in the German city of Magdeburg, and ...

    September 17, 2019
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  • 1783: USA Gains Independence from Great Britain

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    1783: USA Gains Independence from Great Britain

    1783: USA Gains Independence from Great Britain

    The American War of Independence formally ended on this day in 1783. It lasted eight years, four months, ...

    The American War of Independence formally ended on this day in 1783. It lasted eight years, four months, two weeks and one day. The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris on this day, by representatives ...

    September 03, 2019
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  • 1778: Why was One of the Battles of the American Revolutionary War Fought in Pondicherry, India?

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    1778: Why was One of the Battles of the American Revolutionary War Fought in Pondicherry, India?

    1778: Why was One of the Battles of the American Revolutionary War Fought in Pondicherry, India?

    On this day in 1778, the British began the siege of the French colonial city of Pondicherry in India. It ...

    On this day in 1778, the British began the siege of the French colonial city of Pondicherry in India. It is interesting to note that this battle was fought in India due to the American Revolutionary W ...

    August 21, 2019
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  • 1762: Jean-Baptiste Jourdan: Napoleon’s Marshal who Fought in America

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    1762: Jean-Baptiste Jourdan: Napoleon’s Marshal who Fought in America

    1762: Jean-Baptiste Jourdan: Napoleon’s Marshal who Fought in America

    Napoleon’s Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan was born on this day. He was about seven years older than Napole ...

    Napoleon’s Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan was born on this day. He was about seven years older than Napoleon; therefore, he was among the more experienced military commanders of the French Empire. Inde ...

    April 29, 2019
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