2014 Event Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, a key member of the military arm of the al-Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabab, surrenders to police; the group seeks to take over the U.N.-supported Somali government 1997 Event Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders 1991 Event Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar surrenders to police 1990 Event Panama's leader General Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. authorities 1984 Event New York City subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in New Hampshire 1982 Event Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict 1982 Event Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island 1975 Event Last U.S. helicopter leaves U.S. embassy grounds, Saigon surrenders 1974 Event Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended 1971 Event India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders 1970 Event Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria 1945 Event Japan surrenders ending WW II (U.S. date, 9/2 in Japan) 1945 Event V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II 1945 Event German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British 1945 Event General Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov 1945 Event General J. Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands 1945 Event German Army in Italy surrenders 1945 Event Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders 1944 Event Last German troops at Walcheren surrenders 1944 Event German troops in Vlissingen surrenders 1944 Event Last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders 1943 Event Hermann Goering division in Tunisia surrenders 1943 Event 5th German Pantser army surrenders in Tunisia 1943 Event German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II 1943 Event General Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad 1942 Event 3rd and 5th Romanian army corp surrenders 1942 Event KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies 1942 Event Singapore surrenders to Japanese 1941 Event Italian army under general Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia 1941 Event Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia 1941 Event Last British troops in Greece surrenders 1941 Event Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt 1941 Event Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany 1941 Event Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British and Ethiopian forces 1940 Event Hitler orders Great Britain to surrenders 1940 Event France surrenders to Hitler, German troops occupy Paris 1940 Event Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II 1940 Event Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up 1940 Event German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders 1940 Event Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders 1940 Event Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus 1939 Event Warsaw Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance 1934 Event German theologist Karl Barth surrenders to nazi 1920 Event Mexican rebel Pancho Villa surrenders 1918 Event Germany surrenders ending WW I, Allies and Germany sign armistice 1916 Event German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain and France 1916 Event Montenegro surrenders to Austria-Hungary 1915 Event Belgrade Serbia, surrenders to Central leaders 1915 Event Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa 1915 Event 20th Russian Army corps surrenders 1914 Event Lithuiana surrenders to Germans 1903 Event Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders 1903 Event Panglima Polim surrenders to Captain Colijn at Atjeh 1900 Event Boer Generals Prinsloo and Roux surrenders in Brandwater Basin 1900 Event British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer general De Wet 1900 Event Boer General Cronje surrenders to English in Pardenberg, South Africa 1886 Event Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war 1881 Event Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops 1877 Event Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War 1871 Event Paris surrenders to Prussians 1870 Event Pope Pius IX surrenders to King Victor Emmanuel 1870 Event Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies 1865 Event At Ft. Towson, General Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable Confederate army 1865 Event At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept 1865 Event Battle of Citronville, Alabama; Richard Taylor surrenders 1865 Event Confederate General J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tennessee, at Durham North Carolina 1863 Event Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces 1862 Event Battle of Mumfordville, Kentucky-U.S. Col J Wilder surrenders city 1861 Event After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft. Sumter surrenders to Confederates 1861 Event St. Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies 1857 Event William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to U.S. Navy 1849 Event Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, after been under siege since July 20 after proclaiming independence 1813 Event Danzig surrenders to allied armies 1813 Event Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies 1813 Event Lubeck surrenders to allied armies 1813 Event Stettin surrenders to allied armies 1813 Event Dresden surrenders to allied armies 1812 Event General Hull surrenders Detroit and Michigan territory to England 1810 Event Seville, Spain surrenders to French 1800 Event Malta surrenders to British after they blockade French troops 1797 Event Trinidad, West Indies surrenders to British 1795 Event Cape Colony surrenders to England 1795 Event Zealand Netherlands surrenders to French general Michaud 1787 Event Amsterdam surrenders to Prussian invasion army 1782 Event British garrison surrenders to French and Spanish fleet 1781 Event Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 PM; Revolutionary War ends 1777 Event British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY 1760 Event French commandant Belatre surrenders Detroit to Major R Rogers 1760 Event Ft. Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians 1759 Event Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians 1757 Event English Ft. William Henry, New York, surrenders to French and Indians troops 1757 Event Prince Mas Said of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java 1756 Event Saxon army surrenders to Prussia 1754 Event George Washington surrenders to French, Ft. Necessity (7 Years' War) 1752 Event French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India 1715 Event Pro-James Edward Stuart-rebellion surrenders 1695 Event French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem III 1695 Event French garrison of surrenders to Willem III 1664 Event Dutch Fort Orange (Albany New York) surrenders to English 1663 Event Austrian Fort Neuhausl surrenders to Turkish invasion army 1662 Event Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders for Chinese pirates 1658 Event Spanish garrison at Duinkerk surrenders to French and British 1646 Event King Charles I surrenders at Scotland 1644 Event Battle at Lostwithiel: Robert Devereux' infantry surrenders 1642 Event Perpignan surrenders to French troops 1629 Event Spanish garrison surrenders to prince Frederik Henry 1628 Event Hugenot bulwark La Rochelle surrenders to Cardinal Richelieu 1605 Event Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen 1604 Event Spanish garrison of Sluis surrenders to count Maurice 1604 Event Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius 1602 Event Grave surrenders to earl Mauritius 1601 Event Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius 1597 Event Amiens surrenders to French King Henri IV 1594 Event Groningen surrenders to earl Mauritius/Willem Louis 1591 Event Nijmegen surrenders to Earl Mauritius van Nassau 1591 Event Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius 1591 Event Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France 1588 Event Medemblik surrenders to Spanish army 1585 Event Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma 1584 Event Gent surrenders to duke of Parma 1581 Event Doornik surrenders to duke of Parma 1579 Event Mechelen surrenders to duke of Parma 1577 Event Danzig surrenders to troops of Polish king Istvan Bathory 1574 Event Spanish garrison of Middelburg Netherlands surrenders 1573 Event Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army 1555 Event Siena surrenders for Spanish troops 1547 Event Monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel 1547 Event Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg 1543 Event Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V 1530 Event Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I 1527 Event Pope Clement VII surrenders to emperor Charles V's armies 1496 Event Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi 1495 Event French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders 1492 Event Flemish rebel leader Philip van Kleef surrenders 1483 Event Utrecht surrenders to Habsburgs army 1419 Event French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War 1399 Event King Richard II of England surrenders to his cousin Henry 1154 Event Damascus surrenders to sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo 1124 Event Tyrus surrenders to Crusaders 1110 Event Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
