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1987 Troops of Chad President Habre conquer Fada oasis
1976 Christian militia conquer Palestinian camp Tell al-Za'tar, 2000 killed 1975 Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam 1970 Palestine guerillas conquer Irbid Jordania 1968 Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra 1967 U.S. troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam 1964 Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville 1958 Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai 1945 U.S. 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa 1945 U.S. troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa 1945 U.S. Marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa 1945 U.S. forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa 1945 U.S. Marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa 1945 Canadian troops conquer Deventer 1945 U.S. tanks and infantry conquer Bielefeld 1945 Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab 1944 Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma 1944 Canadian Cameroon Highlanders conquer St-Andre 1944 Soviet forces conquer Wiborg 1944 Japanese troops conquer Changsha China 1944 French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba 1944 British 12th airborne batallion/13th and 18th Hussars conquer 1944 Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India 1944 British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma 1943 Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa 1943 Japanese troops conquer Indin 1942 General Paulus orders German 6th Army to conquer Stalingrad 1942 German troops conquer Rostow 1942 German troops conquer Sebastopol 1942 German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa 1942 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa 1941 British troops conquer Belhamed, Sidi Rezegh and El Duda 1941 German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow 1941 New Zealand troops conquer Ft. Capuzzo Libya 1941 German troops conquer Kertsh (probably) 1941 German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad 1941 German troops conquer Roslavl U.S.S.R. 1941 German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica 1941 German troops conquer Banghazi 1941 British troops conquer El Agheila 1941 British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya 1941 Australian troops conquer Derna Libya 1941 British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia 1940 British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani 1940 Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani 1940 German troops conquer Boulogne 1940 German troops conquer Brussels 1940 German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug 1940 Soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland 1940 Russian troops conquer Lasi Island 1937 Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing 1937 Franco's troops conquer Santander 1937 Franco-troops conquer Bilbao Basques 1936 Franco troops conquer Toledo 1936 Franco troops conquer Irun and Talavera de la Reina Spain 1931 Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria 1922 Turkish troops conquer Smyrna/murder Greek citizens 1917 Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy 1916 Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa 1916 German troops conquer Kavalla Greece 1916 Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano 1916 Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia 1916 German troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun 1916 Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia 1916 German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun 1915 British and French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon 1901 Dutch troops under General Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilie on Sumatra 1885 Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum 1862 Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV 1860 Dutch troops conquer Watampone in Celebes 1831 Dutch troops conquer Leuven 1821 Dutch troops conquer Palembang 1794 French troops conquer Grave, Netherlands 1794 French troops conquer Nijmegen 1794 French troops conquer Maastricht 1794 French troops conquer Crevecoeur 1793 French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Netherlands 1793 French troops conquer Breda 1787 Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem 1779 U.S. troops under General A Wayne conquer Ft. Stony Point, New York 1774 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 1773 Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London 1756 French fleet conquer St. Philips Castle of Minorca 1748 French troops conquer Maastricht 1746 French troops conquer Antwerp 1746 French troops conquer Brussels 1744 French troops conquer Kortrijk 1730 Oliver Goldsmith, Ireland, novelist/dramatist, She Stoops to Conquer 1690 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia 1678 French troops conquer Ypres 1673 Prince Willem III/Raimundo earl Montecuccoli conquer Bonn 1673 French troops conquer Maastricht 1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife 1625 Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda 1624 Jacob Willekens and Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist 1598 Spanish troops under of Bernardino de Mendoza conquer Doetinchem 1589 Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg 1587 Spanish troops conquer Lock 1583 Spanish and Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk 1577 Spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur 1576 Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst 1576 Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea 1575 Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died 1575 Spanish troops conquer Buren 1517 Turks conquer Cairo 1513 King Henry III and Emperor Maximilian conquer Doornik 1347 English troops conquer Ft. Calais 1308 Johannieter knights conquer Rhodos on the Greece 1203 Venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees 642 Arabs conquer Alexandria, library destroyed |
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