History Hop Tags - Conquer

546-12-17

Gothic War (535-554): The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison.

550-01-16

Gothic War (535-552): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.

642-09-17

Arabs conquer Alexandria, library destroyed

927-08-15

The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.

1308-08-15

Johannieter knights conquer Rhodos on the Greece

1347-08-04

English troops conquer Ft Calais

1513-09-23

King Henry III & Emperor Maximilian conquer Doornik

1517-01-22

Turks conquer Cairo

1575-06-28

Spanish troops conquer Buren

1575-08-07

Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died

1576-07-02

Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea

1576-07-26

Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst

1577-07-24

Spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur

1583-07-17

Spanish & Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk

1587-08-05

Spanish troops conquer Lock

1589-04-10

Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg

1598-11-08

Spanish troops under Bernardino de Mendoza conquer Doetinchem

1624-05-10

Dutch admirals Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

1625-06-05

Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda

1654-01-26

Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife

1673-07-06

French troops conquer Maastricht as part of the Franco-Dutch War

1673-11-13

Prince Willem III/Raimundo earl Montecuccoli conquer Bonn

1678-04-25

French troops conquer Ypres

1690-05-11

English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal, Nova Scotia

1708-09-11

Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire is no longer a major power.

1744-05-31

French troops conquer Kortrijk

1746-02-22

French troops conquer Brussels

1746-06-01

French troops conquer Antwerp

1748-05-07

French troops conquer Maastricht in the War of the Austrian Succession

1756-06-27

French fleet conquer St Philips Castle of Minorca

1773-03-18

Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London

1779-07-15

American troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft Stony Point, NY

1787-09-17

Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem

1793-02-24

French troops conquer Breda

1793-03-04

French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Neth

1793-07-23

The Prussians conquer Mayence.

1794-09-27

French troops conquer Crèvecoeur

1794-11-03

French troops conquer Maastricht

1794-11-07

French troops conquer Nijmegen

1794-12-30

French troops conquer Grave Neth

1821-06-23

Dutch troops conquer Palembang

1831-08-12

Dutch troops conquer Leuven

1860-01-20

Dutch troops conquer Watampone in Celebes

1862-09-15

Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV

1885-01-26

Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum

1901-02-03

Dutch troops under Gen Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilië on Sumatra

1915-06-10

British/French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon

1916-01-07

German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun

1916-02-16

Russian troops conquer the Ottoman Empire city of Erzurum during WWI

1916-02-25

German troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun

1916-02-26

Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia

1916-04-19

Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano

1916-09-11

German troops conquer Kavalla Greece

1916-09-19

Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa

1917-01-08

Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy

1922-09-09

Turkish troops conquer Smyrna/murder Greek citizens

1931-09-19

Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria

1936-09-04

Franco's troops conquer Irun & Talavera de la Reina, Spain

1936-09-27

Franco troops conquer Toledo

1937-06-19

Franco-troops conquer Bilbao Basques

1937-08-26

Franco's troops conquer Santander

1937-12-14

Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing

1940-02-23

Russian troops conquer Lasi Island

1940-03-02

Soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland

1940-05-12

German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug

1940-05-18

German troops conquer Brussels

1940-05-25

German troops conquer Boulogne

1940-09-18

Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani

1940-12-12

British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani

1941-01-05

British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia

1941-01-30

Australian troops conquer Derna, Libya

1941-02-06

British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya

1941-02-09

British troops conquer El Agheila

1941-04-04

German troops conquer Banghazi

1941-04-10

German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica

1941-08-03

German troops conquer Roslavl USSR

1941-08-25

German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad

1941-11-16

German troops conquer Kertsh (probably)

1941-11-22

NZ troops conquer Ft Capuzzo Libya

1941-11-23

German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow

1941-11-26

British troops conquer Belhamed, Sidi Rezegh & El Duda

1942-05-11

Japanese troops conquer Kalewa

1942-06-20

German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa

1942-07-01

German troops conquer Sebastopol

1942-07-23

German troops conquer Rostow

1942-08-19

WWII: General Paulus orders German 6th Army to conquer Stalingrad

1943-04-05

Japanese troops conquer Indin

1943-04-12

Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa

1944-01-10

British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma

1944-04-01

Japanese troops conquer Jessami, Eastern India

1944-06-17

-19] French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba

1944-06-19

Japanese troops conquer Changsha China

1944-06-20

Soviet forces conquer Wiborg

1944-07-20

Canadian Cameron Highlanders conquer St Andre

1945-01-03

Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab

1945-04-04

US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld

1945-04-10

Canadian troops conquer Deventer

1945-04-13

US Marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa

1945-04-20

US forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa

1945-05-11

US marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa

1945-05-13

US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa

1945-06-12

US 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa

1958-05-01

Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai

1964-08-05

Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville

1967-11-05

US troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam

1968-09-04

Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra

1970-09-13

Palestine guerillas conquer Irbid Jordania

1975-03-12

Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam

1976-08-12

Christian militia conquer Palestinian camp Tell al-Za'tar, 2000 killed

1987-01-02

Troops of Chad President Habré conquer Fada oasis

1730-11-10

Oliver Goldsmith, Ireland, novelist/dramatist (She Stoops to Conquer) (d. 1774)

1730-11-10

Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer

1891-02-03

Anna De Linsky, I Conquer the Sea!

1912-01-26

Claude Bouchinet-Serreulles, To Conquer or to Die

1918-05-16

Edward Thomas, To Conquer or to Die

1919-10-23

Dennis Monger, She Stoops to Conquer

1961-11-27

Wynne McLaughlin, Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge

1965-03-19

Joseph D. Kucan, Command & Conquer

1969-01-31

Aaron Powell, Command & Conquer

1970-06-20

Joe Howes, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

1971-9-04

Jason Henderson, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

1984-04-16

Krystal Vayda, Consult and Conquer

1984-9-25

Scott Daniells, Command & Conquer: Generals

1992-03-30

Alex Goldman, She Stoops to Conquer

1774-04-04

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17

1774-04-04

Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer

1960-08-08

Luis Firpo, Will He Conquer Dempsey?

1991-11-14

Anna De Linsky, I Conquer the Sea!

1996-01-22

Edward Thomas, To Conquer or to Die

2000-12-08

Claude Bouchinet-Serreulles, To Conquer or to Die