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| c. 1275 BC |
| | | An indecisve battle between the Hittites and the Egyptians, at Kadesh, stabilizes the frontier between the two empires | |
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| 461 BC |
| | | Pericles is given the task of constructing Athens' two famous Long Walls, stretching from the city to either side of the harbour at Piraeus | |
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| 260 BC |
| | | A Carthaginian quinquereme, captured by the Romans, is used as the model for the first Roman fleet - constructed in two months | |
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| 201 BC |
| | | Carthaginian Spain is handed over to Rome to become two new provinces, at the end of the Second Punic War | |
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| 1450 |
| | | The French bring two small cannon on to the battlefield at Formigny, where they have a significant effect in achieving the French victory | |
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| 1756 |
| | | The French in America, under the marquis of Montcalm, begin two highly successful years of campaigning against the British | |
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| 1796 |
| | | After two rapid victories in north Italy, Napoleon marches on Turin and the king of Sardinia asks for an armistice | |
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| 1797 |
| | | Napoleon marches against Vienna and is only two days from the city when the emperor requests an armistice | |
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| 1812 |
| | | Damage to US trade by British orders in council prompts war (the War of 1812) between the two nations | |
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| 1815 |
| | | American volunteers under Andrew Jackson defeat British regulars near New Orleans, two weeks after peace has been agreed at Ghent | |
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