User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/December 13

December 13:

 * 1643 - English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.
 * 1862 - American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside.
 * 1937 - Battle of Nanjing concludes with the Japanese victory and the fall of the city which became the site of the Nanjing Massacre.
 * 1939 - The Battle of the River Plate, the first major naval battle of World War II, begins.