Portal:War/Selected anniversaries/May 14

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[edit] May 14

• 1509 - Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
• 1747 - A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at first battle of Cape Finisterre.
• 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Jackson (MS).
• 1940 - World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
• 1955 - Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defence treaty called the Warsaw Pact.