* 1810 – Battle of Grand Port – the French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.

* 1904 – Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.

* 1904 – Russo – Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic ; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.

Despite the only French naval victory ( during the Napoleonic Wars ) of Battle of Grand Port on 19 and 20 August 1810 by a fleet commanded by Pierre Bouvet, Mauritius was captured on 3 December 1810 by the British under Commodore Josias Rowley.

Having had their initial effort to capture Port Moresby by a seaborne invasion disrupted by the U. S. Navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese attempted a landward invasion from the north via the Kokoda Trail.

* 1810: The Battle of Vieux Grand Port ( Great Old Port ) in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the Island of Mauritius, was the only naval victory won by Napoleon.

During King William's War ( 1689 to 1697 ) military conflicts in Acadia included: Battle of Port Royal ( 1690 ); a naval battle in the Bay of Fundy ( Action of July 14, 1696 ); and the Raid on Chignecto ( 1696 ).

( The others were Russian Admirals Oskar Victorovich Stark, who had been relieved of command following his humiliating loss in the Battle of Port Arthur, and Wilgelm Vitgeft, who had been killed in the Battle of the Yellow Sea.

** Battle of Port Arthur, a sea battle in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904

General George Kenney's outnumbered and out classed old fighters, when staged forward from new bases about Port Moresby, would affect Japanese decisions to withdraw from their beachhead on Milne Bay because the allied fighters were only minutes away and enjoyed a rapid turn around time to resume sweeps against long ranged Japanese air during the Battle of Milne Bay — and that earned Kenney a promotion for it was the first time Japanese aggression had been repulsed in any landing.

* Battle for Port Lyautey

Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army as a general and commander of Confederate forces prior to the 1863 Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, and of the young Virginia Military Institute cadets, at the 1864 Battle of New Market in New Market, Virginia.

* Battle of Bladensburg, War of 1812 Bicentennial preparations top Port Towns ' priorities

The Battle of Port Gibson occurred on May 1, 1863, and resulted in the deaths of over 200 Union and Confederate soldiers.

During the American Revolutionary War, Galloway was the site of the Battle of Chestnut Neck, in what is now a part of Port Republic.

The New Englanders were successful with the Siege of Port Royal ( 1710 ), while the Wabanaki Conferacy were successful in the near-by Battle of Bloody Creek in 1711 and continued raids along the Maine frontier.

Several months after hostilities began between the states, Beaufort was occupied by Union forces following the Battle of Port Royal.

Port Royal was the site of the Naval Battle of Port Royal during the Civil War.

* 1980 The Battle of Port Arthur aka 203 Koichi

After the capture of the area by Union forces, the mansion was used as a hospital following the Battle of Port Gibson and as an observation station.

Gibson eventually photographed Gen. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, Seven Days Battles, Battle of Gaines ' Mill, and Battle of Malvern Hill.

Gibson fought at the Battle of Shiloh and subsequent actions.

In September 2005, PWG ran the first annual Battle of Los Angeles tournament, featuring AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, James Gibson, Super Dragon, Kevin Steen, El Generico, and several others.

The Battle of Port Gibson was fought by the XIII Corps, with the aid of a portion of the XVII Corps.

These included, among many others, Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC DSO DFC of 617 Squadron, who led ' The Dambusters ' and Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader DSO DFC, the legendary ( and legless ) Battle of Britain fighter ace and strategic leader.

* The third oldest settlement in Mississippi, Port Gibson, is founded.

Its county seat is Port Gibson.

** Port Gibson

20 px U. S. Route 61 runs north-south, parallel to the Mississippi River, linking Natchez with Port Gibson, Mississippi, Woodville, Mississippi, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Port Gibson is a city in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States.

Chartered as a town on March 12, 1803, Port Gibson is Mississippi's third-oldest European-American settlement, being occupied in 1729 by French colonists, as it was then within French-claimed territory, La Louisiane.

The now defunct Port Gibson Female College was founded here in 1843.

Port Gibson was the site of several clashes during the American Civil War and figured in Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.

Port Gibson has many historic buildings, including the Windsor Ruins, which have been shown in several motion pictures.

Although Port Gibson no longer has a Jewish community, it boasts the only Moorish Revival building in Mississippi and the oldest synagogue in the state, the Gemiluth Chessed synagogue, built in 1892.

A historic marker has been placed by the Mississippi Blues Commission in Port Gibson commemorating the contribution The Rabbit's Foot Company has made to the development of the blues in Mississippi.

Port Gibson is located at ( 31. 956243 ,-90. 983124 ).

Port Gibson is served by the Claiborne County School District.

File: lakehamilton. jpg | Lake Hamilton outside Port Gibson

File: portgibsonchurch. jpg | The Episcopal church in downtown Port Gibson

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