User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/February 1

February 1

 * 1662 - The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
 * 1793 - French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
 * 1968 - Vietnam War: Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém is executed by Nguyễn Ngọc Loan a South Vietnamese National Police Chief. The execution was videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams and helped sway public opinion against the war.