User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/March 5

March 5

 * 1824 - First Burmese War: The British officially declares war on Burma.
 * 1836 - Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver (.34-caliber).
 * 1842 - Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.
 * 1905 - Russian troops begin to retreat from Mukden, Manchuria after losing 100,000 troops in three days.