User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/March 7

March 7

 * 1814 - Napoleon wins the Battle of Craonne.
 * 1827 - Brazilian marines sail up the Rio Negro (Argentina) and attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina. They are defeated by the local citizens.
 * 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Pea Ridge - Union forces led by General Samuel Curtis defeat Confederate troops under General Earl Van Dorn at Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
 * 1936 - World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
 * 1945 - World War II: American troops seize the bridge over the Rhine at Remagen, Germany and begin to cross.