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18 matches to Panay Incident
Panay Incident. 1937. Japanese sink US gunboat in China. US restraint exemplified isolationism.
Amethyst Incident. 1949. Escape of British frigate from China.
Baltimore Incident. 1891. Chileans attack US seamen; pay reparations to avert war.
Corfu Incident. 1923. Italy occupies Corfu.
Curragh Incident. 1914. 57 British army officers resign rather than fight Ulstermen.
Delcassé, Théophile. 1852-1923. French statesman. Fashoda. Anglo-French Entente. Treaty of London.
Dogger Bank Incident. 1904. Russians sink British North Sea fishing trawlers believing them to be Japanese torpedo boats. Compensation paid. Russo-Japanese War.
Fashoda Incident. 1898. British/French dispute over Sudan. French renounce claims. Entente Cordiale 1904.
Faure, Felix. 1841-99. French president. Fashoda. Dreyfus.
Mayaguez Incident. 1975. Cambodia seizes US ship. 38 killed in rescue.
Mukden Incident. 1931. Japan takes over Manchuria on pretext of attempted railway sabotage.
Powers, Francis Gary. 1929-77. US pilot in U-2 incident.
Salisbury, Third Marquess. 1830-1903. British Imperialist Prime Minister 1885~1902. Fashoda. Boer War. Splendid Isolation.
Sussex Incident. 1916. Germans sink passenger ferry hastening US entry into WWI.
Tsushima, Battle. 1905. Russian fleet destroyed by Japan after sailing from Atlantic. Ends Russo-Japanese war. Embarasses Nicholas II. Dogger Bank.
U-2 Incident. 1960. US spy plane shot down over USSR. Summit cancelled. Pilot Powers traded for Russian spy Abel 1962.
Vera Cruz Incident. 1914. Mexico seizes US ship. US attacks Vera Cruz.
Xian Incident. 1936. Chiang Kai-shek captured and forced to unite with Communists to fight Japanese.