29th January to 4th February

29th January
1814   Battle of Brienne, Napoleon defeats Russian & Prussian troops under Blucher
1916   Paris first bombed by German Zeppelins
1944   USS Missouri launched

30th January
1649   Charles I is beheaded
1862   USS Monitor is launched
1968   Vietcong forces launch Tet Offensive

31st January
1865   Robert E Lee becomes Confederate General in Chief
1917   Germany announces unrestricted submarine warfare
1945   First US soldier executed for desertion since American Civil War

1st February
1793   France declares war on Britain and The Netherlands
1968   The Canadian Armed Forces created by unification of existing services
1979   The Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran

2nd February
1509   Battle of Diu, Portugese fleet defeats combined Ottoman and Gujarat fleet
1943   Battle of Stalingrad, last German troops surrender to Russians
1989   Last Russian troops leave Kabul after 9 years

3rd February
1783   Spain recognises American Independence from Britain
1944   US Troops capture the Marshall Islands
1945   Operation Thunderclap launches first 1000 bomber daylight raid on Berlin

4th February
1899   Philippine-American War starts
1932   Japan occupies Harbin, China
1945   Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin hold their second conference at Yalta