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1994 Rwandese Patriot Front occupies Kigali
1990 Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait, Emir flees to Saudi Arabia 1989 Red Khmer occupies Pailin in Cambodia 1986 South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia 1985 M-19 guerrilla's occupies Palace of Justice Bogota Colombia 1982 Habres rebel army occupies capital of Chad, N'djamena 1980 Iraqi troops occupies Khorramshar 1980 Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota 1979 Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed 1979 Iran army occupies Piranshahr 1979 Sanista occupies parts of Managua 1978 Iranian students occupies Iranian embassy at Wassenaar 1978 Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house 1975 Indonesian army occupies East Timor 1971 India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders 1969 Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam 1962 U.N. troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga 1960 Laos General Fumi Nosavang occupies Vientiane 1952 British army occupies Ismailiya, Suez Canal Zone 1951 British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt 1951 Persian troops occupies oil refinery at Abadan 1950 Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung 1949 Chinese Red army occupies Canton 1949 Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai 1948 China's Red army occupies Chinchov 1948 Mao Zedong's army occupies Yenan 1945 6th Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa 1945 1st Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen 1945 Red Army occupies Demmin 1945 British commands attack Elbe and occupies Lauenburg 1945 U.S. 7th Army occupies Neurenberg 1945 Chinese 38th division occupies Lashio 1945 U.S. 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall 1945 British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten 1945 Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi 1945 Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland 1945 U.S. 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath 1945 West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma 1945 Scottish 52nd Lowland division occupies Heinsberg 1944 U.S. 2nd Inf division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid 1944 U.S. 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg Hurtgenwald 1944 U.S. 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar 1944 U.S. 121st Infantry regiment occupies Hurtgen 1944 Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen 1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald 1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies Hill 555 at Roscheid 1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies 1.5 km of Roscheid 1944 U.S. 12nd Army corp occupies Sens 1944 Polish 1st Division occupies Hill 262 (Mont Ormel), Normandy 1944 U.S. 15th Army corp occupies Mantes-Gassicourt at Paris 1944 U.S. 12 Army corp occupies Orleans 1944 U.S. 320th regiment infantry occupies Chateaudun 1944 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy 1944 British 8th army occupies Florence 1944 U.S. 15th Army corp occupies Le Mans 1944 U.S. 20th Army corp under general Walker occupies Nantes 1944 U.S. 90th division occupies St. Hilaire-du-Harcourt 1944 U.S. 8th Army corp occupies Coutances France 1944 U.S. offensive at St-Lo/2nd Armour div occupies St. Gilles 1944 Nazi Germany occupies Hungary 1943 British 8th Army occupies Orsogna/Ortona Italy 1943 British 8th army occupies Tarente 1943 Red Army occupies Bachmatsj 1943 U.S. 45th Division occupies Falcone 40 km outside of Messina 1943 U.S. 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily 1943 U.S. 45th Infantry division occupies San Stefano 1943 U.S. 45th Infantry division occupies north coast of Termini 1943 U.S. 45th Division occupies airport Comiso, Sicily 1943 British 11th Huzaren occupies Tunis Tunisia 1943 U.S. 1st Armour division occupies Ferryville, Tunisia 1943 U.S. 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta/Bensert, Tunisia 1943 U.S. 1st armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia 1943 U.S. 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia 1943 U.S. 34th Division occupies Djebel el Hara North Tunisia 1943 General Montgomery occupies Sfax Tunisia 1942 Red army occupies German airports at Tasjinskaja and Morozowsk 1942 U.S. - British troops occupies Oran Algeria 1942 German 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 German's die 1942 Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943 1941 Free France under Admiral Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon 1941 German army occupies Viarma, U.S.S.R. 1941 German army occupies Briansk, U.S.S.R. 1941 Germany occupies Telz Lithuana 1941 Germany attacks the Soviet Union and occupies the Baltic states 1941 2nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria 1941 Germany occupies Kreta 1941 German airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta 1941 British troops occupies Kassalaf Sudan 1940 British troops occupies Sollum 1940 German troops occupies Romania 1940 German 7th Armour division under General-Major Rommel occupies Cherbourg 1940 U.S.S.R. occupies Estonia 1940 Soviet Army occupies Lithuania 1940 German 5th Armour division occupies Rouen 1940 Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium and begins invasion of France 1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia 1939 Hitler occupies Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ 1938 Japanese troops occupies Hankou and Wuhan 1938 Japanese troops occupies Canton 1937 Franco-troops occupies Gijon 1937 Japanese troops occupies Peking and Tientsin 1935 Italian army occupies Adua Abyssinia 1933 Poland occupies free city Danzig (Gdansk) 1932 Japan occupies Shanghai 1931 Norway occupies East-Greenland 1929 Mohammed Nadir Khan occupies Kabul Afghanistan/drives out H Ghazi 1928 Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland 1924 Chiang Kai-shek occupies Hankou 1924 Christian General Feng Joe Siang occupies Beijing 1922 Republic rebels occupies 4 government courts in Dublin 1920 France occupies (German) Memel territory 1919 Belgian Army occupies Dusseldorf 1918 French troops occupies Mainz 1916 German army under General Mackensen occupies Bucharest 1915 Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine 1914 Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia 1914 German army occupies last fort at Luik, Belgian general Leman caught 1914 German army occupies forts at Luik 1914 German army occupies city of Liege Belgium 1904 Dutch troops occupies Kuto Reh, Sumatra, killing all inhabitants 1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa 1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa 1900 British General Buller occupies Lydenburg South Africa 1900 Lord Roberts' army occupies Pretoria 1900 Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city 1899 Cuba liberated from Spain by U.S., known as National Day, U.S. occupies until 1902 1898 U.S. battle fleet under Admiral Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila 1897 General Kitchener occupies Berber, North of Khartoum 1896 General Kitcheners army occupies Dongola Sudan 1893 Dr. Jamesons Legertje occupies Bulawayo Matabeleland 1893 Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo 1893 Francis Dhanis' army attacksthe Lualaba, occupies Nyangwe 1892 Captain Lugard occupies Uganda's King Mwanga's hide out 1885 Serbian army occupies Bulgaria 1882 British general Wolseley occupies Cairo 1867 U.S. occupies Midway Islands in Pacific 1865 General Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, North Carolina 1865 Union occupies Fort Anderson, NC 1864 General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas 1862 Brigadier-General Nathan Bedford Forrest occupies Trenton, Kentucky 1862 Federal fleet occupies Galveston, Texas 1862 Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland 1862 Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana 1862 Battle of New Orleans LA - U.S. Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans 1862 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath 1861 General Grant occupies Paducah Kentucky 1860 Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy 1857 U.S. occupies Sand, Baker, Howland and Jarvis Is south of Hawaii 1854 Prince Menshikov of Krim occupies British base at Balaclava 1847 U.S. General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico 1846 U.S. troops under General Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico 1831 Ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium 1813 Allied troops occupies Groningen 1812 Napoleon occupies Moscow and fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th) 1806 Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope 1795 French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht, Netherlands 1794 French troops occupies Venlo 1790 Austrian army occupies Brussels 1788 Russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov 1782 French fleet occupies St. Christopher 1781 English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia 1781 French fleet occupies Tobago 1779 French fleet occupies Grenada 1779 French fleet occupies St. Vincent 1777 English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia 1776 U.S. commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas 1774 Cossack leader Emilian Pugachevs army occupies Kazan 1762 English fleet occupies Havana 1762 English fleet occupies Martinique 1761 Russian army occupies Kolberg 1761 British fleet occupies Belle Britain 1760 Russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin 1760 Russian and Austrian army occupies Berlin 1759 British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France 1758 British expeditionary army occupies Goree (Dakar) Senegal 1756 Prussian Libya occupies Saxson: beginning 7 years War 1746 French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais and Dupleix Madras 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness 1745 English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St. Lawrence River 1743 Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War 1741 French and Beiers army occupies Prague 1734 Russian army occupies Danzig 1722 Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia 1717 Prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade 1710 British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia 1708 Great Alliance occupies Gent 1708 Great Alliance occupies Brussels 1708 Great Alliance occupies Rijsel 1705 English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona 1696 Czar Peter I's fleet occupies Azov at mouth of Don River 1695 Dutch/English army under king Willem III occupies Names 1691 English and Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland 1689 Pro-James II-earl of Danby occupies York 1688 Pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham 1688 Pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York 1688 Pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham 1688 French troops occupies Palts 1677 Brandenburgs army occupies Stettin 1674 Prince Willem III occupies Grave 1673 Prince Willem III occupies Naarden 1672 Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden, Netherlands 1667 Aru Palakka's occupies Makassar (Goa) 1667 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England 1661 Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan 1660 Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies York 1656 Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir and occupies Warsaw 1655 Swedish King Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow 1655 Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow 1655 Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw 1655 Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw 1650 Prince Willem II occupies Amsterdam 1646 Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies Oxford 1645 Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies Bristol 1638 Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden 1637 Prince Frederik Henry occupies Breda 1636 Prince Frederik Henry occupies Schenkenschans 1632 Prince Frederik Hendrik occupies Maastricht 1631 Saxon army occupies Prague 1628 French king Louis XIII occupies La Rochelle 1621 French government army occupies Fort St. Jean d'Angely at La Rochelle 1606 Spanish troops under Spinola occupies fort Rhine birch 1605 Spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk 1600 Prince Maurits' army occupies Newport Flanders, Netherlands 1598 Spanish general strategist Bernardino de Mendoza occupies fort Rhine 1597 Earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort 1597 Land guardian Albrecht occupies Amiens on France 1596 Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais 1591 Castiliaans army occupies Zaragoza 1591 French king Henri IV occupies Rouen 1588 Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris 1580 Duke van Alva's army occupies Portugal 1578 Count Johan Casimir occupies Ghent with 500 horsemen 1576 Spanish troops occupies and plunder Maastricht 1572 Spanish army occupies/plunders/destroys Mechelen 1572 Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland 1570 Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein 1568 Willem of Oranges army occupies Brabant 1560 Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli 1558 French king Henri II occupies Calais 1552 Mauritius of Saksen occupies Linz 1552 Henri II of France occupies Metz 1551 Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli 1549 English boer army occupies Norwich 1543 French and Turkish fleet occupies Nice 1543 Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren 1542 French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders 1541 Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Buda/annexes Hungary 1534 Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad 1534 Turkish Admiral Chaireddin"Barbarossa" occupies Tunis 1528 Burgundy army occupies Utrecht 1524 Duke van Bourbon occupies Province 1517 Osmaanse army occupies Cairo 1515 Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz 1508 Gelderse troops occupies Kuinre 1502 Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino 1499 French king Louis XII occupies Milan 1494 French king Charles VIII occupies Florence 1492 English Admiral Poynings fleet occupies Lock 1478 Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod 1468 Charles the Stout occupies and plunders Luik 1462 Arch duke Albrecht VI van Habsburg occupies Vienna 1442 King Alfonso V of Aragon occupies Naples 1413 King Ladislaw of Naples occupies Rome 1395 Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden 1300 King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured 1291 Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine 1204 4th Crusade occupies and plunders Constantinople 1118 Alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden 1094 Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar [El Cid] occupies Valencia on the Moren 1081 Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne 904 Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies and plunders Thessalonica 801 Louis the Vrome occupies Barcelona 711 Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupies North Spain 624 Moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan 536 Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten 410 King Alarik I's Visigoten occupies and plunders Rome 70 Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem 69 General Vespasianus occupies Rome |
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