7th January to 13th January

7th January
1558      France captures Calais, the last English possession on the continent
1942      Siege of the Bataan Peninsula starts

8th January
871        Battle of Ashdown, King Alfred defeats Danes
1863      Battle of Springfield, Union forces repulse Confederate attack
1877      Battle of Wolf Mountian, Crazy Horse defeated by US Cavalry

9th January 
1863      Battle of Fort Hindman, Union troops disembark at Arkansas Post
1912      US Marines invade Honduras
1917      Battle of Rafa, British and ANZAC forces defeat Turks

10th January
1475      Battle of Vaslui, Modovian troops defeat Ottoman Empire
1863      Battle of Fort Hindman, Union Ironclads bombard the fort
1989      Cuban troops withdraw from Angola

11th January
1256      Mongol forces start siege of Baghdad
1863      Battle of Fort Hindman, Uniion forces capture the fort
1879      Anglo-Zulu war commences
1923      British and French forces occupy the Rhur

12th January
1940      Russian bombs cities in Finland
1970      Nigerian Civil War ends

13th January
1842      Few British survivors reach safety after retreat from Kabul