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1992 Event - Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo 1987 Event - State of siege ends in Taiwan 1986 Event - Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege 1985 Event - Colombian troops end 27-hour siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice 1981 Event - Philippino president Marcos ends state of siege 1980 Event - Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos and police stormed the building 1977 Event - Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11 1977 Event - Hanafi Moslems invade 3 buildings in Washington D.C., siege ended Mar 11th 1973 Event - Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2 years) 1971 Event - Turkey state of siege proclaimed 1964 Event - Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64) 1963 Event - State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested 1955 Event - Argentine state of siege ends 1954 Event - French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu 1949 Event - Bolivian state of siege proclaimed 1948 Event - Albert Camus' "L'etat de Siege," premieres in Paris 1945 Event - Nazi occupiers begin state of siege 1943 Event - Soviets announce they broke long Nazi siege of Leningrad 1942 Event - Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim 1942 Event - WW II siege of Bataan starts 1941 Event - State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia 1941 Event - German siege of Tobruk after 8 months ends 1941 Event - Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II 1940 Event - Dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege 1940 Event - Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege 1932 Event - State of siege proclaimed in Honduras 1922 Event - State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa 1919 Event - Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of siege 1906 Event - State of siege proclaimed in Zululand 1906 Event - Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising 1899 Birthday - Harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith 1899 Event - Boers begin siege of Ladysmith Natal 1893 Birthday - Kathleen Smoothy, housewife, last link to Siege of SIdney Street 1884 Event - Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins 1883 Event - French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar 1876 Birthday - Max Jacob, French writer, Concentration Camp, Le Siege de Jerusalem 1870 Event - Siege of Paris begins 1865 Event - Siege of Richmond, Virginia 1865 Event - Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals 1864 Event - General Shermans armies reach Savannah and 12 day siege begins 1864 Event - Siege of Petersburg, VA 1864 Event - Union General Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Virginia 1863 Event - Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN 1863 Event - Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins 1863 Event - After 59 day siege, confederates evacuate Ft. Wagner, SC 1863 Event - Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana 1863 Event - General Grant begins siege on Vicksburg 1863 Event - Siege on Port Hudson, Louisiana begins 1863 Event - Siege of Vicksburg, investment of city complete 1863 Event - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi 1862 Event - Siege of Yorktown, Virginia 1862 Event - General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid 1849 Event - Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, after been under siege since July 20 after proclaiming independence 1848 Event - State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam 1816 Event - Lord Byron completes "Parisina" and "Siege of Corinth" 1809 Event - French take Saragossa, Spain after a long siege 1806 Event - British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve 1804 Event - Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad 1781 Event - Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War 1781 Event - 9,000 American forces and 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown 1775 Event - British begin siege of Boston 1707 Event - Prince Eugenius van Savoye siege of Toulon 1676 Death - Ahmed Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (siege of Candia, Kreta), dies 1661 Event - Tsjeng Tsj'eng-Kung begins siege of Dutch fort Zeelandia, Formosa 1627 Event - Cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle 1601 Event - Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy 1594 Event - Earl Mauritius and Willem Louis begins siege of Groningen 1585 Event - Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma 1574 Event - Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht 1573 Event - Don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar 1572 Event - Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem 1572 Event - Duke of Alva's son Don Fredrik begins siege for Haarlem 1565 Event - Turkish siege of Malta broken by Maltese and Knights of St. John 1552 Event - Emperor Karel and Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz 1536 Event - Earl of Nassau disbands siege of Peronne 1524 Event - Emperor Charles V's troops give siege of Marseille 1509 Death - Siwara/Sjoerd Aylva, Fries army leader (siege of Franeker) 1476 Event - 400 Burgundy soldiers freeze to death during siege of Nancy 1429 Event - English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc 1214 Event - English king John begins siege around Lille France 1099 Event - 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria 1098 Event - After 5-month siege in 1st Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch Turkey 626 Event - Avaren/Slaves under khagan Bajan begin siege of Constantinople 537 Event - Goths lay siege to Rome 13 Event - Tiberius' triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany |
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