User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/January 5

January 5

 * 1477 - Battle of Nancy, Charles the Bold killed, Burgundy becomes part of France.
 * 1500 - Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.
 * 1675 - Battle of Colmar, French army beats Brandenburg.
 * 1781 - American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
 * 1895 - Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.