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