Today in Artillery History
Weapons Topics: Grenade - Machine Gun - Nuclear Weapon - Rifle - Tank
Historical Events
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1537-08-25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
1775-12-05 - At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1776-01-24 - Henry Knox arrives at Cambridge, Massachusetts with the artillery that he has transported from Fort Ticonderoga.
1793-01-09 - Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery
1916-02-23 - French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verdun
1918-03-23 - Crépy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris, 256 killed
1937-08-06 - Franco-artillery fire on Madrid
1942-12-25 - Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad
1945-03-31 - US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa
1954-09-03 - China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy & Amoy
1968-07-08 - Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal
Famous Birthdays
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1754-03-23 - Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (d. 1802)
1816-12-13 - E Werner von Siemens, German artillery officer/inventor
1870-10-01 - Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor (grape-shot shells)
1882-02-26 - Walter Lucht, German artillery general (WW I/WW II)
1884-10-05 - Hendrik W Tilanus, Dutch artillery officer/politcian (CHU 1939-63)
1928-03-09 - Gerald Bull, Canadian long range artillery designer (d. 1990)
Famous Deaths
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1863-03-17 - John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24
1925-04-14 - Pieter D van Essen, Dutch artillery officer, dies at 54
1966-02-16 - Hendrik W Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at 81
1971-12-13 - Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88
