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Siege of Lusongshi
	Part of the Ming-American Wars
	; Lusonshi, capital of the Ming Dynasty and seat of the Emperor, on the marshes near Fengtai Bay (San Francisco Bay) before the beginning of the Siege.
Date	10 September 1873 – 27 January 1874
Location	Lusongshi, Xuantong Province, Ming Empire; (present-day Fremont, California); 59°55′49″N 30°19′09″E / 59.930248°N 30.319061°E
Result	American Victory Xuantong Province annexed by American Forces; Wongli Emperor captured and deposed; American Conquest of the Ming Empire; collapse of the Chinese control in America;
Territorial; changes	Ming Empire dissolved.
Belligerents
Ming Empire Chumash;	United States of America Mexico; United Kingdom; France; Spain; Comanche;
Commanders and leaders
Wongli Emperor; Zhoung Guzi; C.G.E. Mannerheim; Erik Heinrichs	Markian Popov; Kliment Voroshilov; Georgy Zhukov; Ivan Fedyuninsky; Mikhail Khozin; Leonid Govorov ; Kirill Meretskov
Strength
Initial: 725,000	Initial: 930,000
Casualties and losses
Army Group North: ; 1941: 85,371 total casualties	Northern Front:; 1,017,881 killed, captured or missing; 2,418,185 wounded and sick; Total: 3,436,066 casualties; ; Russian estimate of killed, captured or missing:; Baltic Fleet: 55,890; Leningrad Front: 467,525; Total: 523,415
	Soviet civilians:; 642,000 during the siege, 400,000 at evacuations

Leo XIV
Leo XIV
Bishop of Rome
	Official Portrait
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	3 March 1995
Papacy ended	20 April 2007
Predecessor	John Paul I
Successor	Paul VII
Previous post(s)	Auditor to Chile and Peru (1823–1825); Head of the Hospital of San Michele (1825–1827); Canon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1825–1827); Archbishop of Spoleto (1827–1832); Archbishop (personal title) of Imola (1832–1846); Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro (1840–1846);
Orders
Ordination	10 April 1975; by John Patrick Cody
Consecration	8 June 1990; by John Paul I
Created cardinal	by John Paul I
Personal details
Born	John Wayne Gacy; 17 March 1942; Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died	18 January 2008 (aged 65); US Naval Activities Naples, Naples, Italy
Motto	Crux de Cruce
Signature
Coat of arms
Sainthood
Feast day	7 February
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Title as Saint	Blessed
Beatified	3 September 2000; Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City; by Pope John Paul II
Attributes	Papal vestments; Papal tiara;
Patronage	Pius Seminary of Rome; Senigallia; Diocese of Senigallia; First Vatican Council;
	Other popes named Pius

Italian Invasion of the Vatican City
	Part of 2007 Holy See Constitutional Crisis, Leo XIV Affair
	; Italian Carabineri forces patrolling a street in Rome nearby an Italian Catholic demonstration.
Date	8–19 April 2007 ; (1 week and 4 days)
Location	Vatican City
Result	Italian and Anti-Leoist Victory
Belligerents
Italy; Carabinieri; Anti-Leoist Cardinals; Office of Camerlengo; United States; European Union;	Leoist Cardinals; Swiss Guard;
Commanders and leaders
Manuel Ravonimi; John McCain; Jorge Bergoglio; Guido Crosetto;	Leo XIV
Strength
875 + warships; 203,608 soldiers; : 1 heavy cruiser	Roughly 450–600 aircraft, 200 used as kamikazes; 262,000 troops on Luzon
Casualties and losses
United States; 24 ships sunk; 67 ships damaged; (Entire Luzon campaign and Mindoro Is.); (13 Dec 44 – 13 Jan 45) ; 8,000 dead; 29,560 wounded; (Entire Luzon campaign)	Japan; Roughly 450–600 aircraft lost; 1 destroyer sunk, 2 damaged; Lingayen Invasion ; 217,000 dead, 9,050 taken prisoner; (Entire Luzon campaign)

Heavenly Kingdom of Vozrozhdeniya

Небесное Царство возрождения

1917–1922

Flag of the Heavenly Kingdom, showing an image of Rasputin's son, Illiodor Rasputin

The Khanate of Khiva (bordered in red), c. 1700.^{[citation needed]}

Status

Semi-independent state
(under Russian protection 1917-1922)

Capital

Rasputinograd

Common languages

Chagatai Turkic Persian Turkmen

Religion

Orthodox Christianity

Government

Absolute monarchy

King

• 1917–1921

Giorgi I Rasputin (first)

• 1921–1922

Dmitry I Rasputin (last)

History

• Established

1917

• Death of Rasputin

1921

• Russian conquest

13 September 1922

• Disestablished

2 February 1922

Area

• Total

200 km² (77 sq mi)

1911

67,521 km² (26,070 sq mi)

Population

• 1902

700,000

• 1908

800,000

• 1911

550,000

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Khanate of Khiva

Khorezm People's Soviet Republic

Today part of

Attack on the International Space Station

Part of the Outer Space Theatre and the Sino-American War

Debris from the destroyed International Space Station, captured from a wide field-of-view 7 cm aperture f/2.0 135 mm focal length telescope stationed near Ouarzazate, Morocco

Date

19 October, 2029

Location

Outer Space (Above Sri Lanka

Result

Chinese Victory

Destruction of the International Space Station
Assassination of Liu Wuxang
Deaths of all crew members aboard the ISS
Large amount of space debris created
Debris strewnfield across Malay Peninsular, Borneo, the Java Sea and Northern Australia
Beginning of the limited Outer Space Theatre

Belligerents

China

Commanders and leaders

Strength

The International Space Station

DF-21 Ballistic Missle equipped with kinetic kill vehicle

Casualties and losses

International Space Station destroyed
six allied crew members killed
One US communication satellite destroyed by space debris

none

Civilian casualties

18 civilian satellites destroyed by debris
Indian Space Station Rama evacuated
3 Malay Civilians killed in Bandar Tenggara

1987 South African Atomic Bombing Campaign

Part of the Cold War and the Southern African War

A mushroom cloud developing over the city of Mafikeng after it was targeted by a South African Bomber. Captured by British journalist Sarah Whitbread

Date

2–4 September 1987
(2 days)

Location

Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda, Ciskei and Maputo, Mozambique

Result

South African Victory

13 warheads dropped in total; Mthatha, Thohoyandou, Bhisho, Mafikeng and Maputo all targeted
Deaths of all major leaders of the TBVC States
Summary execution of Nelson Mandela on the same day
Escalation of the Southern African War; beginning of the Mozambican Invasion of South Africa and the Cuban Front

Belligerents

South Africa

Rumoured Involvement:

Supported by:

Commanders and leaders

Strength

13 Mirage F1CZ fighters

13 Nuclear Warheads

Various militias in each Bantustan numbering between 15,000 - 20,000 members

Casualties and losses

1 aircraft shot down
48 captured SADF servicemen killed in retribution
10 SADF killed in blast as collateral

5500 - 6100 Militia deaths in Transkei
3000 - 3200 Militia deaths in Bophuthatswana
3300 Militia deaths in Venda
1500 Militia deaths in Ciskei
732 members of uMkhonto we Sizwe killed in total
900 - 1000 FADM Soilders killed
uMkhonto we Sizwe headquarters in Maputo destroyed

Civilian casualties

56,500 - 75,000 Civilian deaths in total
36,000 Mozambican Civilians killed
50 UNMORSA Peacekeepers killed
6 United States Servicemen killed
2 Peace Corps Members Killed

Gaborone Atomic Trials
Tlokwa Courthouse in Gaborone, where the trails took place
Court	International Military Tribunal
Decided	March 23, 1993 – January 2, 1994
Case history
Subsequent actions	John De Veilko found guilty of War Crimes and Crimes against humanity; sentenced to death Other members of the De Veilko Cabinet found guilty. Others sentenced to life in prison. Two members of war cabinet aquitted on all charges
Court membership
Judges sitting	John Suwezi Mohammed Ibn Saleh Hussein Alexander Nuremko Norman Zan Slabbert John Falco

John De Veilko DMS
De Veilko in 1979

7th State President of South Africa
In office 6 December 1985 (1985-12-06) – 14 April 1991 (1991-04-14)
Preceded by	P.W. Botha
Succeeded by	Howard Blemmen (acting) position abolished
Minister of Defence
In office 2 August 1981 (1981-08-02) – 6 December 1985 (1985-12-06)
President	P.W. Botha
Preceded by	P.W. Botha
Succeeded by	Fredrick Pylo Froon
Minister of Community Development and Coloured Affairs
In office 8 October 1969 – 2 August 1981
Prime Minister	John Vorster P.W. Botha
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Magnus Kirkand
Member of the South African House of Assembly from Worcester
In office 1963 (1963)–1975 (1975)

Personal details
Born	John Pieter De Veilko (1934-05-13)13 May 1934 Fauresmith, South Africa
Died	28 November 1995(1995-11-28) (aged 61) Langstrand Prison, Walvis Bay, Namibia
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Political party	National (1946–1991)
Spouse	Elanza Elizabeth Irenea (m. 1956; died 1981)
Alma mater	Grey University College
Profession	Politician

^ Chun, Clayton K.S. (2017). Luzon 1945: The final liberation of the Philippines. Oxford. ISBN 978-1472816283.
^ ^a ^b Smith, Robert Ross (1993). Triumph in the Philippines (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Army. pp. 60, 62, 66. ISBN 978-1410224958. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
^ Smith, Triumph in the Philippines, p. 694
^ "Luzon 1944–1945". Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
^ EWTN Global Catholic Television Network (ed.). "Pius IX Revisited: 1878-1978 | EWTN". Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ "IL SEMINARIO PIO DI ROMA E LA DIOCESI DI SENIGALLIA (in Italian)". Papa Pio IX. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Cause of Beatification (in Italian)". Papa Pio IX. 2000. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Glantz 2001, pp. 179
^ Krivosheev, G. F. (1997). Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century. ISBN 9781853672804.

[1] Chun, Clayton K.S. (2017). Luzon 1945: The final liberation of the Philippines. Oxford. ISBN 978-1472816283.

[Smith-2] Smith, Robert Ross (1993). Triumph in the Philippines (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Army. pp. 60, 62, 66. ISBN 978-1410224958. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2011.

[3] Smith, Triumph in the Philippines, p. 694

[brochure-4] "Luzon 1944–1945". Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

[5] EWTN Global Catholic Television Network (ed.). "Pius IX Revisited: 1878-1978 | EWTN". Retrieved 29 August 2021.

[6] "IL SEMINARIO PIO DI ROMA E LA DIOCESI DI SENIGALLIA (in Italian)". Papa Pio IX. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

[Papa_Pio_IX-7] "Cause of Beatification (in Italian)". Papa Pio IX. 2000. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

[Glantz_2001_179-8] Glantz 2001, pp. 179

[9] Krivosheev, G. F. (1997). Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century. ISBN 9781853672804.

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