An orderly desk. adjective. The definition of orderly is something that is tidy or organized in a system, or that follows the rules. A filing system with all files in alphabetical order is an example of something orderly. A crowd that is peacefully protesting is an example of something orderly.
Battle of Chippewa, (July 5, 1814), in the War of 1812, victory by  U.S. forces that restored American military prestige but accomplished little else, largely because the expected naval support needed for a U.S. advance to the north and west failed to materialize.
Ethiopia wins the battle of Adwa. On this date in 1896, Ethiopia defeated the Italian colonial army in the Battle of Adwa. This victory signaled the decline of European colonialism in Black Africa. When Black African Menelik II came to the Ethiopian throne in 1889, the Italians thought that he would surrender power to them because they had been supplying him with arms.