Portal:War/Selected anniversaries/June 15

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[edit] June 15

• 923 - Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
• 1389 - Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
• 1775 - American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
• 1877 - Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
• 1944 - World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invades Saipan.