1874
Nov 2
| 1874 • First Battle of Somorrostro (Third Carlist War): Determined to raise the siege of Bilbao by the Pretender Don Carlos VII, Republican commander Marshal Francisco Serrano sent General Domingo Moriones with a relief force of 14,000 men. Carlists, under General Nicolás Ollo, entrenched at Somorrostro outside Bilbao drive back a courageous assault by General Fernando Primo de Rivera and then the entire Republican army. The republicans lose 1,200 men, and Moriones loses his nerve demanding reinforcements and a replacement for himself. Moriones men entrenched and waited. |
1902
Jan 15
Age: 27y
| 1902 • Second Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men. |
1926
Mar 24
Age: 51y
| 1926 • Sean O'Casey's Plough and Stars opens at Abbey Theater in Dublin. |