2011 Event New Zealand's highest mountain, the south ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook, is renamed Hillary Ridge after Sir Edmund Hillary, first to conquer Mt. Everest 1987 Event Troops of Chad President Habre conquer Fada oasis 1976 Event Christian militia conquer Palestinian camp Tell al-Za'tar, 2000 killed 1975 Event Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam 1970 Event Palestine guerillas conquer Irbid Jordania 1968 Event Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra 1967 Event U.S. troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam 1964 Event Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville 1958 Event Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai 1945 Event U.S. 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. Marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. Marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa 1945 Event Canadian troops conquer Deventer 1945 Event U.S. tanks and infantry conquer Bielefeld 1945 Event Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab 1944 Event Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma 1944 Event Canadian Cameroon Highlanders conquer St-Andre 1944 Event Soviet forces conquer Wiborg 1944 Event Japanese troops conquer Changsha China 1944 Event French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba 1944 Event British 12th airborne batallion/13th and 18th Hussars conquer 1944 Event Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India 1944 Event British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma 1943 Event Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa 1943 Event Japanese troops conquer Indin 1942 Event General Paulus orders German 6th Army to conquer Stalingrad 1942 Event German troops conquer Rostow 1942 Event German troops conquer Sebastopol 1942 Event German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa 1942 Event Japanese troops conquer Kalewa 1941 Event British troops conquer Belhamed, Sidi Rezegh and El Duda 1941 Event German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow 1941 Event New Zealand troops conquer Ft. Capuzzo Libya 1941 Event German troops conquer Kertsh (probably) 1941 Event German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad 1941 Event German troops conquer Roslavl U.S.S.R. 1941 Event German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica 1941 Event German troops conquer Banghazi 1941 Event British troops conquer El Agheila 1941 Event British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya 1941 Event Australian troops conquer Derna Libya 1941 Event British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia 1940 Event British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani 1940 Event Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani 1940 Event German troops conquer Boulogne 1940 Event German troops conquer Brussels 1940 Event German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug 1940 Event Soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland 1940 Event Russian troops conquer Lasi Island 1937 Event Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing 1937 Event Franco's troops conquer Santander 1937 Event Franco-troops conquer Bilbao Basques 1936 Event Franco troops conquer Toledo 1936 Event Franco troops conquer Irun and Talavera de la Reina Spain 1931 Event Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria 1922 Event Turkish troops conquer Smyrna/murder Greek citizens 1917 Event Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy 1916 Event Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa 1916 Event German troops conquer Kavalla Greece 1916 Event Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano 1916 Event Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia 1916 Event German troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun 1916 Event Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia 1916 Event German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun 1915 Event British and French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon 1901 Event Dutch troops under General Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilie on Sumatra 1885 Event Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum 1862 Event Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry WV 1860 Event Dutch troops conquer Watampone in Celebes 1831 Event Dutch troops conquer Leuven 1821 Event Dutch troops conquer Palembang 1794 Event French troops conquer Grave, Netherlands 1794 Event French troops conquer Nijmegen 1794 Event French troops conquer Maastricht 1794 Event French troops conquer Crevecoeur 1793 Event French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Netherlands 1793 Event French troops conquer Breda 1787 Event Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem 1779 Event U.S. troops under General A Wayne conquer Ft. Stony Point, New York 1774 Death Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 1773 Event Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London 1756 Event French fleet conquer St. Philips Castle of Minorca 1748 Event French troops conquer Maastricht 1746 Event French troops conquer Antwerp 1746 Event French troops conquer Brussels 1744 Event French troops conquer Kortrijk 1730 Birthday Oliver Goldsmith, Ireland, novelist/dramatist, She Stoops to Conquer 1690 Event English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia 1678 Event French troops conquer Ypres 1673 Event Prince Willem III/Raimundo earl Montecuccoli conquer Bonn 1673 Event French troops conquer Maastricht 1654 Event Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife 1625 Event Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda 1624 Event Jacob Willekens and Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist 1598 Event Spanish troops under of Bernardino de Mendoza conquer Doetinchem 1589 Event Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg 1587 Event Spanish troops conquer Lock 1583 Event Spanish and Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk 1577 Event Spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur 1576 Event Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst 1576 Event Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea 1575 Event Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died 1575 Event Spanish troops conquer Buren 1517 Event Turks conquer Cairo 1513 Event King Henry III and Emperor Maximilian conquer Doornik 1347 Event English troops conquer Ft. Calais 1308 Event Johannieter knights conquer Rhodos on the Greece 1203 Event Venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees 642 Event Arabs conquer Alexandria, library destroyed
