Battle of Toverud
The Battle of Toverud was fought at Toverud in Aurskog during the night between 19 and 20 April 1808. On the evening of 18 April, Prince Christian August and his forces spent the night at Trøgstad Church and received word that the Swedes had occupied the Blaker fortification. At dawn on 19 April, he broke camp and continued the forced march northward toward Aurskog. The same day, the Swedes sent a company northward toward Blaker to reinforce Count Axel Otto Mörner's cavalry force, but at Killingmo they ran straight into one of the Norwegian advance guards and withdrew to Haneborg.

Meanwhile, Count Mörner had begun to suspect that something was wrong, and in the afternoon he decided to return to Haneborg. In the evening, in the darkness, he ran directly into a Norwegian battalion led by Major Weiby at Toverud. After a short but dramatic fight, Count Mörner was forced to surrender. 112 Swedish life grenadiers and hussars, six officers and three non-commissioned officers were taken prisoner and sent to Akershus Fortress.

The Americans won the Battle of Cerro Gordo
The Battle of Cerro Gordo was fought during the Mexican-American War. American troops under Winfield Scott attacked the numerically superior Mexican army under Santa Anna on the flank and drove it from a strong defensive position.