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Timur, the founder of the Timurid Empire, died from natural causes three years after the Battle of Ankara. #History “There is no nation on earth that I cannot destroy.” - Timur (attributed)

#OTD July 21st, 1568 - The Eighty Years' War The Battle of Jemmingen “God has granted us a great victory over the heretics. Their insolence is punished, and the land is made peaceful again—by fire and sword, if necessary.” - Fernando Alverez de Toledo, Duke of Alba After

The overwhelming defeat at Jemmingen in 1568 ended the Dutch rebellion against the Spanish in the northern Netherlands for a time. "...Count Louis' forces, untrained and poorly supplied, were overwhelmed by the iron discipline and heavy artillery of the Spanish under Alva. A

In 1568, three months after his victory at Jemmingen, the Duke of Alba's Spanish army defeated William of Orange's Dutch troops at the Battle of Jodoigne (aka the River Guete). “Orange lost over 2,000 men and some key commanders … although many of the Spanish were wounded,

#OTD July 22nd, 1298 - The First War of Scottish Independence The Battle of Falkirk "As God lives … they need not pursue me, for I will meet them this day." - Edward I (attributed) At Falkirk, Edward I's invading army of some 25,000 Englishmen forced William Wallace's roughly

Scottish leader William Wallace was betrayed, captured, and executed by hanging followed by drawing and quartering in 1305. “To Edward of England, I cannot be a traitor; for he never was my sovereign… as the wrongful invader… he never received my homage, and while life remains

Although Scotland was invested by Edward I after the death of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce continued to resist the English invasion. “Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled; Scots, wham Bruce has aften led: Welcome to your gory bed, Or to glorious victorie!” - Robert Burns,

The camaraderie hands down. I forget the names of people i see almost every day. I have not forgotten the names of those I served with.

#OTD July 23rd, 1759 - The Seven Years' War The Battle of Kay (or Paltzig) “Scoundrels! Do you want to live forever?” - Frederick II (attributed) Under orders from Czarina Elizabeth, Field Marshal Count Pyotr Saltykov led 70,000 Russian troops into Brandenburg. Prussian

The French and Indian War (1754-1763) between Great Britain and France provoked further conflict in continental Europe where it was referred to as the Seven Years' or Third Silesian War (1756-1763). “The purpose of war is to push back the unrighteous enemy, not to exterminate

Russia would drop out of the Seven Years' War in 1762, three years after the Battle of Kay, following the death of Czarina Elizabeth and the ascension of Peter the Great. “I do not see why Russia should shed blood for Austria. I am a friend of the King of Prussia.” - Peter the