User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/February 17

February 17

 * 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt
 * 1814 - Battle of Mormant
 * 1865 - American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burns as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
 * 1944 - World War II: Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
 * 1979 - The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
 * 1995 - The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN.