Today in Military History:
September 22
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 1622 | Battle of Kotzim. Polish army of 60,000 routed Turkish forces of 300,000 inflicting 30,000 casualties. |
| | 1789 | Battle of Rimnik. Rusians nearly wipe out larger Turkish force earning their commander (Suvorov) the title of Count Riminiksy. |
| | 1863 | President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech. |
| | 1868 | Last stand of the Shogun's forces at the castle of Wakamatsu ended the Japanese Revolution. |
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