User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/January 8

January 8

 * 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Æthelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army.
 * 1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
 * 1815 - War of 1812: In the Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
 * 1863 - Second Battle of Springfield of the American Civil War is fought.
 * 1916 - World War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli.
 * 1966 - Operation Crimp of the Vietnam War.