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-hr 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 Neth, 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 Gov 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
1923 Gov Walton of Oklahoma declares state of siege because of KKK terror
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 Gen 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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