User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/June 23
June 23[edit]
- 1314 - Start of the Battle of Bannockburn south of Stirling, Edward II of England & Robert I of Scotland met in battle. Scotland won and Edward fled the field and Scotland.
- 1532 - Henry VIII & François I sign secret treaty against Emperor Charles V.
- 1757 - Battle of Plassey - 3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj Ud Daulah at Plassey.
- 1758 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld - British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
- 1760 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut - Austria beats Prussia.