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The Battle of Badr (Arabic: غَزْوَةُ بَدْرٍ Arabic pronunciation: [ɣazwatu badr]), also referred to as The Day of the Criterion (Arabic: يَوْمُ الْفُرْقَانْ, Arabic pronunciation: [jawm'ul fur'qaːn]) in the Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan, 2 AH), [2] near the present-day city of Badr, Al Madinah Province in Saudi Arabia.
Battle (with name) Fort / settlement Native village Symbols are wikilinked to article The Spafford Farm massacre, also known as the Wayne massacre, occurred in LaFayette County, Wisconsin , near present-day South Wayne, Wisconsin during the course of the Black Hawk War. [ 4 ]
The plaque at the site of the Battle of Kellogg's Grove mentions Lincoln's presence there. A number of sources assert that on June 26, 1832, the morning after the Second Battle of Kellogg's Grove, members of Early's company arrived at Kellogg's Grove to help bury the dead. Lincoln assisted with the burial, and later made a statement about his ...
The Battle of Kellogg's Grove, like many of the battles and skirmishes during the Black Hawk War, had no real order or strategy. [7] Early sources indicated that the battle was a complete victory for the state militia, declaring the battle a rout and noting that the Sauk lost 15 while the militia only suffered 5 men killed. [12]
The Battle of Apple River Fort, occurred on the late afternoon of June 24, 1832 at the Apple River Fort, near present-day Elizabeth, Illinois, when Black Hawk and 200 of his "British Band" of Sauk and Fox were surprised by a group of four messengers en route from Galena, Illinois. One of the couriers was wounded in the thigh as the riders ...
Battle of Bad Axe: Wisconsin: Soldiers under General Henry Atkinson, armed volunteers and Dakota Sioux killed around 150 Fox and Sauk men, women and children near present-day Victory, Wisconsin. The US suffered 5 dead. 150 (including warriors) [177] 1833: Exact date unknown: Cutthroat Gap Massacre: Oklahoma
The battle was known contemporarily as the Battle of Mont Saint-Jean in France ... due to bad weather, ... broke the gate open with an axe, ...
Francisca or Frankish axe: a short throwing weapon of the European Migration Period, the name of which may have become attached to the Germanic tribe associated with it: the Franks (see France). Parashu: The parashu (Sanskrit: paraṣu) is an Indian battle-axe. It is generally wielded with two hands but could also be used with only one.