User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/March 29

March 29

 * 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
 * 1847 - Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
 * 1865 - American Civil War: Battle of Appomattox Court House begins
 * 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
 * 1911 - The M1911 semi-automatic handgun designed by John Browning becomes the standard-issue handgun in the United States Army, and is subsequently widely used in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.