User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/February 21

February 21

 * 1543 - Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeated a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn.
 * 1916 - World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
 * 1937 - The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
 * 1974 - The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal in carrying out a truce with Egypt.