2015 Event France and the U.K. agree to share responsibility for taking in immigrants fleeing Syria and other conflict-ridden nations; France agrees to accept 24,000 people over the next two years, and the U.K. will accept 20,000 2015 Event Over 6,000 Syrian migrants arrive in Austria after being detained in Hungary in an effort to control the recent mass wave of refugees fleeing Syria and other war-torn nations; many of the migrants plan to seek asylum in Austria and Germany 1976 Event War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing 1943 Event Bomb fleeing crowd falls into London shelter; 173 die 1861 Event 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe Virginia 1791 Event Fleeing French King Louis XVI and family captured at Varennes-en-Argonne 1789 Event Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname
