War & Conflict

9 events in this category

The legendary city of Troy fell after a prolonged siege by Greek forces, as recounted in Homer's Iliad.

A small Greek force led by King Leonidas of Sparta held the pass at Thermopylae against the massive Persian army.

Alexander the Great defeated the Persian Empire at the Battle of Gaugamela, creating one of the largest empires in ancient history.

The Ottoman Empire captured Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and marking a turning point between the medieval and modern eras.

General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the American Civil War.

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered a chain of alliances that plunged Europe into the First World War.

Nazi Germany invaded Poland, triggering declarations of war from Britain and France and beginning the Second World War.

The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, ushering in the nuclear age.

Terrorist attacks on the United States killed nearly 3,000 people and fundamentally changed global security and foreign policy.