User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/May 10

May 10

 * 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Fort Ticonderoga is taken by a small force led by Colonel Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen.
 * 1796 - First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the River Adda in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
 * 1801 - First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States.
 * 1857 - Indian Mutiny: In India, the Sepoys revolt against the British Army.
 * 1940 - World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
 * 1941 - World War II: The House of Commons in London is destroyed by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.