Historical place archive

Little Big Horn in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Little Big Horn in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

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Historical events in Little Big Horn

1876

25 June 1876
Battle of Little Big Horn
George Armstrong Custer · Indian Wars

The 264-man US 7th cavalry is massacred at the hands of the Sioux Chief "Sitting Bull". Death of George Armstrong Custer, killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn

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