User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/January 4

January 4

 * 871 - Battle of Reading - Æthelred of Wessex fights a Danish invasion army.
 * 1642 - English Civil War: King Charles I of England attacks Parliament.
 * 1717 - The Netherlands, England and France sign the Triple Alliance.
 * 1762 - England declares war on Spain and Naples.
 * 1944 - World War II: The Battle of Monte Cassino begins.
 * 1951 - Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
 * 1989 - A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.