Youghiogany (Seven Years' War).
A skirmish of no importance in itself, but notable as being "the shot fired in America which gave the signal that set Europe in a blaze" (Voltaire, Louis XV), and was in a sense the cause of the Seven Years' War. On May 27, 1754, Washington, with 40 Virginians, surprised a small French detachment, under Coulon de Jumonville, despatched probably as a reconnaissance by Contrecœur from Fort Duquesne. The detachment, with one exception, was killed or captured.
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Zab, The (Bahram's Revolt).
Fought 590, between the troops of the Persian usurper Bahram, and the army of the Emperor Maurice, under Narses. The usurper's forces were totally routed, and Chosroes II restored to the throne of Persia.