2015 Event The Japanese Diet enacts a defense policy allowing the nation's troops to aid allies in conflicts that also threaten Japan; Prime Minister Shinzo Abe supports the law, but it is opposed by many who wish to maintain the country's pacifist constitution 2015 Event Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledges that the country is aiding the forces of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad with military expertise and equipment; Putin states that troops may also be sent in the future to help fight against ISIL 2015 Event Nigerian troops rescue 93 women and 200 girls from Boko Haram encampments in the Sambisa Forest; the 'Chibok girls', kidnapped by the militants last year and taken into the forest, were not among those rescued 2015 Event Turkey sends troops to Syria to rescue 40 guards and relocate remains from the tomb of Sulayman Shah, which is now surrounded by ISIS militants; the site is internationally recognized as Turkish territory 2014 Event The United States and allied forces end the combat mission in Afghanistan, which began in 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.; about 13,000 troops will stay to train Afghan police and military forces in their fight against the Taliban 2014 Event The U.S. Obama administration will keep over 10,000 troops in Afghanistan, delaying fulfillment of Obama's pledge to withdraw all but 9,800 troops; the plan is to reduce troops to around 5,500 by the end of next year 2014 Event Russian troops along the Ukrainian border have been ordered to withdraw to their home bases by President Vladimir Putin; the move comes ahead of meetings between Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko 2014 Event Afghan officials have signed a pact with the U.S. to maintain troops in the country beyond the end of 2014 and provide Afghanistan with funding; former Afghan President Hamid Karzai would not sign the agreement due to his opposition to U.S. presence 2014 Event The U.N. will remove peacekeepers from the Syrian side of Golan Heights after the recent capture and release of 45 U.N. troops from Fiji by Syrian rebel forces; the U.N. has worked in the area for 40 years to keep peace between Syria and Israel 2014 Event With help from Qatar officials, 45 U.N. peacekeepers from Fiji have been freed by their Syrian rebel captors; the troops were taken hostage two weeks ago after the rebels overtook the Syrian-controlled part of Golan Heights from government troops 2014 Event President Barack Obama announces that the U.S. will increase its support for forces fighting the advances of the Islamic State militant group; air power, military training and other aid will be provided, but U.S. troops will not be sent to battle 2014 Event Ukrainian troops and separatist forces have halted fighting in eastern Ukraine in accordance with a cease-fire agreement between Ukraine, Russia and the rebel forces 2014 Event Iraqi troops and Shiite militia members, aided by U.S. air strikes, free the town of Amerli from Islamic State control; the rebel group seized the town two months ago, blocking access to food and supplies; rations were air-dropped after the victory 2014 Event In the face of signs that Russian troops and equipment are aiding rebels in eastern Ukraine, the E.U. proposes further sanctions against Russia; President Vladimir Putin denies the charges while calling for independent statehood of the region 2014 Event A new front has opened along the Russian- Ukrainian border, with thousands of Russians assisting rebels in Ukraine; Russia claims that it is neither sending nor supporting these forces, but that the troops are fighting with the rebels voluntarily 2014 Event 705 military troops will be sent to Iraq by the U.S. to assist in planning assistance to groups affected by the advance of Islamist State militants; President Barack Obama states that the troops will not be involved in combat 2014 Event In an effort to address the flood of unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the Texas border, Governor Rick Perry sends 1,000 National Guard troops to provide border security 2014 Event Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko initiates a 7-day cease-fire, allowing troops to defend themselves but not to attack; during the cease-fire, separatists can turn in weapons and receive amnesty; so far, rebels have rejected the offer 2014 Event The U.S. may cooperate with Iran in identifying options to address the violence in Iraq, though such options would not include military aid; President Barack Obama has sent 257 troops to Baghdad to provide additional security for the U.S. embassy 2014 Event A U.S. aircraft carrier is being repositioned in the Persian Gulf in the event that President Barack Obama decides to authorize military aid in the current internal Iraqi conflict; the president has stated that he will not send in ground troops 2014 Event President Barack Obama plans to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015 and then reduce this number over the following two years to a small force; the troops will train Afghan forces and conduct counterterrorism operations 2013 Event Declassified CIA documents reveal that during the Iran-Iraq War, top Reagan administration officials gave Iraq information on the location of Iranian troops 2012 Event A refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo experiences an outbreak of cholera; thousands have fled there due to fighting between government troops and M23 rebels 2012 Event The newly-elected President of France, Francois Hollande, makes a surprise visit to see the French troops in Afghanistan 2012 Event The decision of the Economic Community of West African States to deploy troops to the country is rejected by Mali coup leader Amadou Haya Sanogo 2011 Event Ancient Korean royal books looted by French troops in 1866 are returned to South Korea; 1,000 officials and locals celebrate the return of the 297-volume 'Oegyujanggak' books 2011 Event The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly votes against funding for ground troops in Libya 2011 Event China announces it may station troops in North Korea to protect its citizens and investment projects 2010 Event President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for 'alien troops' to leave and suggests that the regional nations be allowed to settle things themselves 2010 Event Thousands of 'red shirt' protesters demand fresh elections, causing Thai troops to retreat 2010 Event Somali troops demolish 500 homes near the airport in Mogdishu 2010 Event The second day of conflict between Somali government troops and opposition forces in Mogadishu results in more than 20 civilian deaths 2010 Event United States Navy troops land near the Haitian presidential palace, bringing food, water, and equipment to aid victims of the earthquake 2006 Event Ethiopian troops eject the Islamic forces from Mogadishu, Somalia 2005 Event Syria withdraws troops from Lebanon, ending its 29 year military occupation 2004 Event U.S. troops launch offensive on Falluja 1996 Event Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with U.S.) 1994 Event Russian troops pull inside Tsjetsjenia 1994 Event Last U.S., British and French troops leave West-Berlin 1994 Event Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841) 1994 Event North Yemenite troops occupy Aden 1993 Event Troops of President Yelsin occupy Russian White House (parliament) 1992 Event Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo 1991 Event U.S. troops leave northern Iraq 1991 Event Mother of All Parades - New York City welcomes desert storm troops 1991 Event Last Cubans troops leave Angola 1991 Event Planeloads of U.S. troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured 1991 Event 6 week Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated and Kuwait is liberated 1991 Event U.S. and allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops 1990 Event George Bush visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia 1990 Event 100,000 additional U.S. troops are sent to Persian gulf 1990 Event Secretary of State James Baker visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia 1990 Event France announce it will send 4,000 troops to Persian Gulf 1990 Event Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait 1990 Event Iraqi troops surround U.S. and other embassies in Kuwait City 1990 Event Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion 1990 Event Desert Shield begins - U.S. deploys troops to Saudi Arabia 1990 Event U.S. warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait 1990 Event South African troops plunder Mandela's dwelling 1990 Event Indian troops leave Sri Lanka 1990 Event U.S.S.R. agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czechoslovakia by July, 1991 1989 Event U.S. troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him 1989 Event 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops 1989 Event Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing 1989 Event President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama 1988 Event Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war 1988 Event Moscow began withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghanistan 1988 Event Russia announced it would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan 1987 Event Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed 1987 Event President Habre's troops reconquer Faya Largeau Chad 1987 Event Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre 1987 Event Troops of Chad President Habre conquer Fada oasis 1985 Event Colombian troops end 27-hour siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice 1984 Event Chinese troops invade Vietnam 1983 Event Chad government troops reconquer Abeche 1982 Event U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon 1982 Event Israeli troops reach outskirts of Beirut 1982 Event 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO 1982 Event Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar 1982 Event British troops lands on Falkland Islands 1982 Event Government troops and Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria 1981 Event Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo 1980 Event Premier Queddei troops conquers Chad capital N'djamena 1980 Event Senegal routes troops to Gambia due to Libyan threat 1980 Event Iraqi troops occupies Khorramshar 1980 Event Iraqi troops cross Iran's border, encircling Abadan 1980 Event Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins 1979 Event Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin overthrown 1979 Event U.S. admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange 1979 Event China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam 1979 Event Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge and occupy Phnom Penh 1978 Event Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U 1978 Event Uganda troops attack Tanzania 1978 Event France sends troops to Chad 1976 Event Last U.S. troops leave Thailand 1976 Event South African troops leave Angola 1975 Event British government sends troops to Belize 1975 Event Battle between Cuba and South Africa troops in Angola 1975 Event Indonesia sends troops to Portuguese East Timor 1973 Event Israeli troops reconquer mountain Hermon 1973 Event Indies troops invade Sikkim 1973 Event U.S. troops leave Vietnam, 9 years after Tonkin Resolution 1972 Event Tanzania troops march in to Uganda 1972 Event Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam 1972 Event North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee 1972 Event North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam 1971 Event India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders 1971 Event South Vietnamese troops flee Laos 1971 Event 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos 1971 Event South Vietnamese troops invade Laos 1970 Event 50,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia 1969 Event British troops intervene militarily in Northern Ireland 1969 Event Nixon says 25,000 U.S. troops would leave Vietnam by end of August 1968 Event Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra 1968 Event 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia 1968 Event Battle between students and troops in Paris, 1000 injured 1968 Event U.S. troops reconquer Hue Vietnam 1967 Event British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen 1967 Event U.S. troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam 1967 Event Israeli troops reach Suez Canal 1967 Event Israeli troops occupy Gaza 1967 Event U.S. troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War 1967 Event 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border 1966 Event U.S. troops shooting targets in Cambodia 1965 Event Indian troops invade Pakistan 1965 Event U.S. troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam 1965 Event Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam 1965 Event U.S. ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam 1965 Event U.S. confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong 1964 Event Last United Nations troops leave Congo 1964 Event Last French troops leave Algeria 1964 Event U.N. troops arrive on Cyprus 1963 Event U.S.S.R. informs John F. Kennedy it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba 1962 Event U.N. troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga 1962 Event John F. Kennedy routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi 1962 Event John F. Kennedy authorized use of federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi 1962 Event Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary) 1962 Event U.S. sends troops to Thailand 1961 Event Battles between United Nations and Katanga troops in Congo 1961 Event Last Spanish troops leave Morocco 1961 Event Belgium sends troops to Rwanda-Urundi 1960 Event South Korean troops cross 38th parallel into North Korea 1960 Event 1st United Nations troops reach Congo 1960 Event Belgium sends troops to Congo 1959 Event Chinese troops move into India, 17 die 1958 Event President Eisenhower sends U.S. troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months 1958 Event Government troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia 1958 Event Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops 1958 Event Government troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia 1958 Event Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia 1957 Event 300 U.S. Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central HS in Ark 1957 Event Eisenhower orders U.S. troops to desegregate Little Rock schools 1957 Event Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships 1957 Event United Nations adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt 1957 Event Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East 1956 Event Last British/French troops leave Egypt 1956 Event England and France pull troops out of Egypt 1956 Event 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest 1956 Event Soviet troops invade Hungary, Imre Nagy becomes Prime Minister of Hungary 1956 Event French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis 1956 Event Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal 1955 Event British troops occupy Saudi-Arabic oil field at Boeraimi 1955 Event Last allied occupying troops leave Austria 1954 Event Indonesian troops land in New-Guinea 1954 Event Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs 1954 Event Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out 1952 Event French troops shoot on demonstrators at Casablanca, 50 die 1951 Event British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt 1951 Event 1st atomic explosion witnessed by troops, New Mexico 1951 Event Egyptian army fires on British troops 1951 Event Persian troops occupies oil refinery at Abadan 1951 Event Communist troops driven out of Seoul 1950 Event Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea 1950 Event China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River 1950 Event U.N. troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas 1950 Event Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops 1950 Event Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon 1950 Event U.S. troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea 1950 Event South Korean troops reach Chosan at Chinese boundary 1950 Event French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam 1950 Event South Korean troops exceed 38 degrees latitude 1950 Event U.N. troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul 1950 Event U.N. lands at Inchon to drive North Korean troops out of the south 1950 Event Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka 1950 Event U.S. General MacArthur visits front in South Korea and asks for U.S. troops 1950 Event Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia 1950 Event Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China 1949 Event Dutch troops evacuate Djakarta 1949 Event U.S. troops withdraw from Korea after WW II 1948 Event Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel 1946 Event French troops leave Lebanon 1946 Event Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang 1946 Event Dutch troops land on East Bali 1945 Event British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal 1945 Event U.S. troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender 1945 Event Russian troops occupy Harbin and Mukden 1945 Event Australian troops lands in Brunei Bay North, Borneo 1945 Event U.S. troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa 1945 Event Russian troops occupied Prague 1945 Event Canadian troops move into Amsterdam 1945 Event British troops pull into Utrecht, Netherlands 1945 Event General J. Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands 1945 Event Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague 1945 Event German troops in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender 1945 Event Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste 1945 Event Australian and Dutch troops lands on Tarakan 1945 Event U.S. troops attack the Elbe 1945 Event British troops reach Grebbe line Netherlands 1945 Event U.S. troops in Italy cross river Po 1945 Event Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory 1945 Event Soviet troops enter Berlin 1945 Event Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops 1945 Event U.S. troops lands in Mindanao 1945 Event German troops in Groningen surrender 1945 Event U.S. troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II 1945 Event U.S. troops land on He Shima Okinawa 1945 Event British and Canadian troops liberate Nazi camp of Bergen-Belsen 1945 Event U.S. troops occupy concentration camp Colditz 1945 Event Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Netherlands 1945 Event Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum 1945 Event U.S. troops conquers Mulheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen 1945 Event Canadian troops conquer Deventer 1945 Event German troops attack Ijsselbrug 1945 Event U.S. troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. troops liberate Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany 1945 Event U.S. troops lands on Mindanao 1945 Event Canadian troops occupy Kalkar 1945 Event British troops take Ramree Island, Burma 1945 Event U.S. troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla 1945 Event British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma 1945 Event Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation) 1944 Event Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium 1944 Event U.S. troops lands on Mindoro 1944 Event German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht 1944 Event German troops seize Betuwse dikes 1944 Event Walcheren of nazi troops purged 1944 Event Last German troops at Walcheren surrenders 1944 Event Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren 1944 Event Canadian and British troops liberate Dinteloord 1944 Event German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die 1944 Event German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald 1944 Event German troops in Vlissingen surrenders 1944 Event Canadian troops occupy Knokke 1944 Event Canadian troops occupy Breskens 1944 Event During WW II, U.S. troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall 1944 Event Russian/Yugoslavian troops free Belgrade 1944 Event Canadian troops liberate Aardensburg 1944 Event Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II 1944 Event Allied troops land in Corfu 1944 Event British troops march into Athens 1944 Event British troops land on Greek continent 1944 Event Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia 1944 Event U.S. troops land on Ulithi 1944 Event Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria 1944 Event U.S. troops lands on Palau and Morotai 1944 Event U.S. Army troops entered Germany for 1st time 1944 Event Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France 1944 Event French troops liberate Lyon 1944 Event French troops liberate Bordeaux 1944 Event Russian-Romanian troops march into Bucharest 1944 Event Soviet troops enter Bucharest, Romania 1944 Event 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 1944 Event Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared 1944 Event Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed 1944 Event General LeClercs troops open assault on Paris 1944 Event Allied troops capture Marseilles, France 1944 Event General George Leclercs troops advance towards Paris 1944 Event Last Japanese troops driven out of India 1944 Event Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border 1944 Event Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence 1944 Event Canada/Polish troops occupy Cramesnil/Secqueville/Cintheaux/St-Aignan 1944 Event U.S. troops occupy Vannes Bretagne 1944 Event Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma 1944 Event Lieutenant-general Stilwells troops occupy Myitkyina Burma 1944 Event U.S. troops enter Tessy-sur-Vir 1944 Event U.S. troops occupy Sansapor New-Guinea 1944 Event U.S. troops occupy le Mesnil-Herman/Hill 183 Normandy 1944 Event Russian troops arrive in Weichsel 1944 Event U.S. troops land on Tinian 1944 Event U.S. troops occupy Pisa, Italy 1944 Event British/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy 1944 Event Allied troops occupy Faubourg de Vaucelles, at Caen 1944 Event British troops occupy Bourquebus hill range Normandy 1944 Event Polish troops under General Anders occupy Ancona Italy 1944 Event Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland 1944 Event In World War II, U.S. troops secure Saipan as Japan fell 1944 Event British troops march into Caen 1944 Event U.S. troops occupy Biak 1944 Event French troops free Elba 1944 Event Japanese troops conquer Changsha China 1944 Event French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba 1944 Event Nazi troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad 1944 Event British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy 1944 Event British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy 1944 Event British troops occupy Kohima 1944 Event Krim purged of nazi troops 1944 Event British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1944 Event Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India 1944 Event German troops reconquer Aprilia Italy 1944 Event Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory 1944 Event Allied troops occupy Nettuno Italy 1944 Event British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma 1943 Event U.S. troops land on Abemada, Gilbert Island 1943 Event Russian troops land on Kertsj peninsula 1943 Event U.S. troops land on Bougainville Island on Solomon Island 1943 Event Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island 1943 Event Russian troops liberate Smolensk 1943 Event U.S. and Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea 1943 Event German troops occupied Rome and took over the protection of Vatican City 1943 Event U.S., British and French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche) 1943 Event Soviet troops free Karkov 1943 Event Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead 1943 Event U.S. troops reconquer Attu Aleutians 1943 Event German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw 1943 Event German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender 1943 Event German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia 1943 Event British and U.S. troops make contact at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia 1943 Event Japanese troops conquer Indin 1943 Event Soviet troops liberate Wjasma 1943 Event German troops pull back through Kasserine-pass Tunisia 1943 Event Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia 1943 Event General Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad 1943 Event Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death 1943 Event Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa 1942 Event Australian/Dutch guerrilla troops evacuated to Timor near Australia 1942 Event Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender 1942 Event U.S. troops occupy airport of Port-Lyautey Morocco 1942 Event U.S. - British troops occupies Oran Algeria 1942 Event German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1 1942 Event British troops lands on Madagascar 1942 Event German troops enter Stalingrad 1942 Event German troops land on Taman peninsula 1942 Event Japanse troops lands on New-Guinea, Milne Bay 1942 Event German troops cross Kuban River 1942 Event German troops occupy Rostov 1942 Event German troops strike at Tsym Lyanskaja 1942 Event German troops conquer Rostow 1942 Event German troops conquer Sebastopol 1942 Event German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa 1942 Event Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands 1942 Event Japanese troops conquer Kalewa 1942 Event Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma 1942 Event British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal 1942 Event Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java 1942 Event Japanese troops land on Timor 1942 Event Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra 1942 Event Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes 1942 Event Japanese troops land on Ambon 1942 Event German and Italian troops occupy Banghazi 1942 Event General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine 1942 Event German troops occupy Benghazi Libya 1942 Event Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain 1942 Event Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo 1942 Event British troops reconquer Sollum 1942 Event Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender 1942 Event German troops in Bardia surrender 1942 Event Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines 1941 Event British troops overrun Benghazi Libya 1941 Event Japanese troops lands on Mindanao 1941 Event Japanse troops land on Hong Kong 1941 Event Dutch and Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor 1941 Event German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa 1941 Event Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon in the Philippines 1941 Event Japanese troops overrun Guam 1941 Event German troops vacate Rostov 1941 Event British troops conquer Belhamed, Sidi Rezegh and El Duda 1941 Event U.S. troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine 1941 Event German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow 1941 Event New Zealand troops conquer Ft. Capuzzo Libya 1941 Event British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa 1941 Event German troops conquer Kertsh (probably) 1941 Event German troops occupy Rostov 1941 Event German armour troops surround Kiev Ukraine 1941 Event Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II 1941 Event English and Russian troops attack pro-German Iran 1941 Event German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad 1941 Event Nazi troops reach Lenningrad 1941 Event German troops conquer Roslavl U.S.S.R. 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt demands Japanese troops out of Indo-China 1941 Event German troops attack Dnjepr 1941 Event German troops occupy Galicia Poland 1941 Event 2nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria 1941 Event British troops occupy Bagdad Iraq 1941 Event British troops vacate Kreta 1941 Event Allied troops begin evacuating Kreta 1941 Event British troops attack Baghdad 1941 Event Last British troops in Greece surrenders 1941 Event German troops occupy Athens Greece 1941 Event Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia 1941 Event German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica 1941 Event German troops conquer Banghazi 1941 Event British troops defeat British Somalia 1941 Event German troops occupy El Agheila Libya 1941 Event British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1941 Event German troops invade Bulgaria 1941 Event British troops conquer El Agheila 1941 Event British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya 1941 Event Australian troops conquer Derna Libya 1941 Event British troops march into Abyssinia 1941 Event British/Australian troops capture Tobruk from Italians 1941 Event British troops occupies Kassalaf Sudan 1941 Event British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia 1940 Event British troops occupies Sollum 1940 Event British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani 1940 Event British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II 1940 Event German troops occupies Romania 1940 Event U.S. forms parachute troops 1940 Event Japanese troops attack French Indo-China 1940 Event Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani 1940 Event Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt 1940 Event Italian troops enter Egypt 1940 Event Italian troops invade British Somalia 1940 Event France surrenders to Hitler, German troops occupy Paris 1940 Event Last British troops leave Narvik, Norway 1940 Event British/French troops evacuate Narvik 1940 Event British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops 1940 Event British-French troops capture Narvik Norway 1940 Event Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk 1940 Event German troops conquer Boulogne 1940 Event German troops conquer Brussels 1940 Event German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders 1940 Event French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands 1940 Event British troops land at Narvik, Norway 1940 Event Allied troops land in Norway 1940 Event Russian troops conquer Lasi Island 1940 Event Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island 1939 Event Last Polish troops surrender 1939 Event Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to U.S.S.R., last Polish troops surrender 1939 Event German troops move into Danzig 1938 Event Japanese troops occupies Hankou and Wuhan 1938 Event Japanese troops occupies Canton 1938 Event Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country 1938 Event German troops entered Austria 1937 Event Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing 1937 Event Franco's troops conquer Santander 1937 Event Japanese troops occupies Peking and Tientsin 1937 Event Japanese and Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II 1936 Event Franco troops conquer Toledo 1936 Event Franco troops conquer Irun and Talavera de la Reina Spain 1936 Event Chaing Kai-shek's troops conquers Kanton 1936 Event Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa 1936 Event Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland 1934 Event Mao Tse-tung and 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March 1934 Event U.S. troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915 1933 Event Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators 1933 Event U.S. troops leave Nicaragua 1932 Event Battle between unemployed war veterans and federal troops, 4 die 1932 Event Japanese troops occupy Tunhua China 1931 Event Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria 1929 Event Stalin routes troops to Manchuria 1929 Event British troops begin evacuating 1928 Event Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland 1927 Event Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain 1927 Event British government decides to send troops to China 1925 Event Last Belgian troops vacate Duisburg 1925 Event Last U.S. troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912) 1925 Event Last allied occupying troops leave Ruhrgebied 1924 Event Last French/Belgian troops leave Ruhrgebied 1924 Event France begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied 1924 Event After 8 years of occupation, U.S. troops leave Dominican Republic 1923 Event Italian troops leave occupied Korfu 1923 Event Mussolini's troops occupy Korfu 1923 Event French and Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations 1923 Event Last U.S. troops leave Rhineland (Germany) 1922 Event Last British troops leave Ireland Freestate 1922 Event Turkish troops chase Greeks out of Asia 1922 Event Turkish troops conquer Smyrna/murder Greek citizens 1922 Event Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain 1921 Event British troops occupy Dublin 1921 Event Soviet troops invade Georgia 1920 Event Polish troops occupy Kiev 1920 Event Polish troops attack Ukraine 1919 Event British troops withdraw from Archangelsk 1919 Event British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350 1918 Event French troops occupies Mainz 1918 Event U.S. troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months 1918 Event U.S. troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920 1918 Event British troops attack Baku Azerbaijan 1918 Event Turkish troops overthrow Caukasus 1918 Event U.S. troops overthrows Archangelsk 1918 Event British troops enter Vladivostok 1918 Event Greeks troops lands at Smyrna 1917 Event General Pershing and U.S. troops see action on Western Front for 1st time 1917 Event German troops over run Riga Latvia 1917 Event British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium 1917 Event Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops 1917 Event British troops occupy Baghdad 1917 Event Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy 1916 Event Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol 1916 Event Moroccan troops capture Ft. Douaumont 1916 Event Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa 1916 Event German troops conquer Kavalla Greece 1916 Event Mexican troops beat U.S. expeditionary force under General Pershing 1916 Event U.S. troops under General Pershing march into Mexico 1916 Event German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux 1916 Event French troops occupy parts of Fort Douaumont Verdun 1916 Event Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front 1916 Event Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano 1916 Event French troops occupy Bois de Caillette 1916 Event German troops overtake Bois de Caillette 1916 Event General Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos 1916 Event Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia 1916 Event German troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun 1916 Event Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia 1916 Event French troops capture/Serbian army flees to Corfu 1916 Event German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun 1915 Event Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia 1915 Event Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia 1915 Event German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia 1915 Event German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana 1915 Event German troops over run Warsaw 1915 Event British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa 1915 Event British and French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon 1915 Event 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli 1915 Event Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops 1914 Event Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland 1914 Event Swedish troops over run Belgrade in Austria-Hungary 1914 Event German troops over run Lodz 1914 Event German troops occupy Brug 1914 Event German troops occupy Gent 1914 Event German troops take Antwerp in World War I 1914 Event South African troops land in German South West Africa 1914 Event German troops withdraw from Aisne/invent trenches 1914 Event French troops vacate Reims 1914 Event German troops reconquer Soldau/Neidenburg East-Prussia 1914 Event German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan 1914 Event Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops 1914 Event German troops occupy Namur Belgium 1914 Event German troops plunder Belgium 1914 Event Battle at Mons: general von Klucks troops beat Britten 1914 Death Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks 1914 Event Battle at Charleroi: General von Bulows troops beat French 1914 Event 1st encounter between British and German troops (in Belgium) 1914 Event General Martos' troops occupy Soldau/Neidenburg East Prussia 1914 Event German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium 1914 Event Belgium: German troops occupy Tamines 1914 Event Battle at Morhange: German troops chase French, killing 1000s 1914 Event Bavarian troops kill 50 inhabitants of Nomeny France 1914 Event French troops under general Dubail occupy Sarrebourg 1914 Event French troops under General de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins 1914 Event Russian troops take East-Prussia and occupy Marggrabowa 1914 Event German troops reconquer Mulhouse in Elzas 1914 Event French troops under General Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas 1914 Event French troops under General Bonneau occupy Altkitrch at Elzas 1914 Event German troops overthrows Luxembourg 1914 Event Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia 1914 Event French troops withdraw 10 km from German border 1914 Event Russia mobilize troops along Austrian boundary 1914 Event White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China 1913 Event Serbian troops march into Albania 1913 Event 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops 1913 Event Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania 1912 Event Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade drinking water 1912 Event Serbian troops over run Skopje (Uskup) 1912 Event French/British troops lands on Samoa 1911 Event Italian troops occupy Tripoli 1911 Event French troops occupy Fes El Bali Morocco 1911 Event U.S. sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border 1910 Event French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir 1907 Event French troops occupy Casablanca 1906 Event U.S. troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909 1905 Event Bloody Sunday: Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops 1905 Event Bloody Sunday-demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops 1905 Event Japanese troops capture Port Arthur 1904 Event Dutch troops occupies Kuto Reh, Sumatra, killing all inhabitants 1901 Event Dutch troops under General Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilie on Sumatra 1900 Event British troops over run Johannesburg 1900 Event Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha 1900 Event British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg 1900 Event U.S. troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion 1900 Event British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa 1900 Event British troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony) 1900 Event Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city 1900 Event Brigadier General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands 1900 Event British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state 1900 Event General Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal 1900 Event British troops occupy Hlangwane Natal 1900 Event British troops occupy Monte Christo Natal 1900 Event British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal 1900 Event British troops under General Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal 1899 Event British troops reach Durban Natal 1899 Event British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa 1899 Event 1st British troops reaches Durban South Africa 1899 Event 1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa 1899 Event British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal South Africa 1898 Event French troops reach Guinea and Sudan, Samori caught 1898 Event Spanish troops in Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrender 1898 Event 1st U.S. troops land and occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay 1898 Event American troops captured deserted Wake Island 1898 Event American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba 1898 Event 1st Philippine Expeditionary Troops sail from San Francisco 1897 Event British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana) 1897 Event Battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army 1896 Event British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa 1896 Event Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr. Jamesons troops) 1895 Event Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1894 Event Dutch troops occupy and plunders palace of Tjakra Negara, Lombok 1894 Event French Captain Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki West Africa 1894 Event Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed 1894 Event 2000 federal troops recalled from Chicago, having ended Pullman strike 1894 Event Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike 1894 Event British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast 1894 Event Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops 1891 Event French troops under captain Archinard occupy Diena West Sudan 1891 Event French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed 1890 Event French troops under Captain Archinard occupy Oussebougou West Sudan 1890 Event French troops under captain Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan 1883 Event French troops under Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal 1882 Event Battle at Count el-Kebir: British troops invade Egypt 1881 Event Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops 1881 Event French troops occupy Algeria and Tunisia 1881 Event Natal: British troops under General-major Colley occupy Majuba Hill 1879 Event British troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan 1879 Event Chilean troops occupy Antofagasta 1879 Event British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana 1877 Event 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers 1877 Event U.S. troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico 1877 Event President Hayes removes Federal troops from LA, Reconstruction ends 1877 Event Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south in New Orleans 1877 Event Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia, South Carolina 1875 Event President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi 1874 Event U.S. troops land in Honolulu to protect the king 1873 Event German troops leave France 1873 Event Last German troops leave France 1867 Event Battle at Mentana: French/pontifical troops beat Garibaldi 1867 Event Last French troops leave Mexico 1865 Event Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox 1865 Event General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro North Carolina 1865 Event Evacuation of Charleston, South Carolina; Sherman's troops burn city 1865 Event Union troops force Confederates to abandon Ft. Anderson, North Carolina 1865 Event Ft. Fisher, North Carolina falls to Union troops 1864 Event Confederate troops vacate Sandersville Georgia 1864 Event Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia 1864 Event Union troops ambush and kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI 1864 Event Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri 1864 Event Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South 1864 Event Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Morgan, Alabama 1864 Event Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama 1864 Event Confederate troops attack Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in fire 1864 Event Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia 1864 Event General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas 1864 Event Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas 1864 Event Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana 1864 Event Federal troops occupy Jacksonville, Florida 1864 Event Austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk/Holstein 1863 Event Confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas 1863 Event Fortifications built on Angel Island (SF Bay) by troops 1863 Event Federal troops reconquer the Cumperland Gap, Tennessee 1863 Event Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner South Carolina (1700 casualties) 1863 Event Federal troops reconquer Fort Smith Arkansas 1863 Event Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender 1863 Event Union troops enter Port Hudson 1863 Event Mexico City captured by French troops 1863 Event War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops 1863 Event Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia 1863 Event War Department authorizes Mass governor to recruit black troops 1863 Event General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman Ark 1862 Event Confederate troops reconquer Cumperland Gap, Tennessee 1862 Event Major General Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Confederate troops in Missisippi 1862 Event Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates 1862 Event Battle at South Mountain: Union troops chases away Confederates 1862 Event Federal troops escape from beleaguered Harpers Ferry West Virginia 1862 Event General Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops 1862 Event Confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky 1862 Event Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas 1862 Event Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana 1862 Event 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Mississippi 1862 Event Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia 1862 Event Union troops under Brigadier-General Wright occupy Fernandina Florida 1861 Event Battle of Cape Hatteras SC-Union troops take Ft. Clark 1861 Event 79th New York troops mutinies 1861 Event Confederate troops occupy Fort Fillmore, New Mexico 1861 Event Skirmish at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico Terr - Rebels attack Union troops 1861 Event General McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia with 40,000 troops 1861 Event Lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia and says Union troops will not enter that state 1861 Event CS General Sibley is given command of rebel troops in New Mexico territory 1861 Event In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops 1861 Event Alexandria, Virginia occupied by Federal troops 1861 Event Union troops march on state militia in St. Louis, Missouri 1861 Event Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry 1861 Event President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory 1861 Event Arkansas troops seize Ft. Smith 1861 Event State troops seize U.S. munitions in Napoleon, Arkansas 1861 Event MS troops take Ft. Massachusetts an Ship Island 1861 Event Ft. Jackson and Ft. Philip are taken over by LA state troops 1861 Event Florida troops takeover Ft. Marion at St. Augustine 1861 Event Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola 1861 Event 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft. Sumter 1861 Event Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan and Gaines at Mobile Bay 1860 Event British and French troops capture Beijing 1860 Event Dutch troops conquer Watampone in Celebes 1849 Event Battle at Waghausel: Prussian troops beat Baden rebels 1847 Event Battle of Buena Vista: U.S. troops beat Mexican army 1846 Event U.S. troops under General Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico 1846 Event Battle at Gwanga: British troops beat Bantu 1846 Event U.S. troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros 1842 Event 4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India 1839 Event British troops under General Charles Napier occupy Beirut 1834 Event President Jackson orders 1st use of U.S. troops to suppress a labor dispute 1832 Event Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender 1831 Event Dutch troops conquer Leuven 1830 Event Dutch troops occupy Brussels 1821 Event Dutch troops conquer Palembang 1819 Event Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra 1816 Event U.S. troops destroy Ft. Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves 1814 Event Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub 1813 Event Allied troops occupies Groningen 1813 Event Allied troops occupy Zwolle, Netherlands 1813 Event U.S. troops under General Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala 1812 Event Duke of Wellington's troops enter Madrid 1810 Event French troops occupy Amsterdam 1807 Event British troops lands at Ensenada, Argentina 1800 Event Malta surrenders to British after they blockade French troops 1798 Event Government troops occupy Hasselt 1796 Event Last of Britain's troops withdraws from U.S. 1796 Event French troops occupy Milan 1794 Event French troops conquer Grave, Netherlands 1794 Event Russian troops occupy Warsaw 1794 Event French troops conquer Nijmegen 1794 Event French troops conquer Maastricht 1794 Event French troops occupies Venlo 1794 Event French troops occupy Hertogenbosch 1794 Event French troops conquer Crevecoeur 1794 Event French troops occupy Lock 1794 Event French troops occupy Charleroi 1793 Event British troops under major-general Williamson lands on (French) Haiti 1793 Event French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Netherlands 1793 Event French troops conquer Breda 1793 Event Prussian troops occupy Venlo, Netherlands 1790 Event Russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks 1790 Event Colonial troops occupy Bonni's marroon village 1789 Event Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long 1788 Event Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam 1787 Event Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem 1787 Event Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede 1786 Event Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg 1781 Event English troops occupy Negapatam Ceylon 1781 Event George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis 1780 Event British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina 1779 Event U.S. troops under General A Wayne conquer Ft. Stony Point, New York 1778 Event English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia 1778 Event Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge 1777 Event Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for winter 1777 Event General George Washington's troops attacked British at Germantown, Pennsylvania 1777 Event British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution 1776 Event Washington and his troops cross Delaware River 1776 Event British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution 1776 Event Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops, New York 1776 Event Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston 1775 Event George Washington takes command of U.S. troops 1774 Event England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes 1770 Event Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom 1768 Event English troops under general Gauge lands in Boston 1762 Event English troops occupy Manila Philippines 1760 Event Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie 1760 Event Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French 1759 Event Austrian troops occupy Dresden 1759 Event French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY 1759 Event British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India 1758 Event British troops occupy and plunder Cherbourg 1758 Event Russian troops occupy Konigsberg, East Prussia 1757 Event Austrian troops occupy Berlin 1757 Event English Ft. William Henry, New York, surrenders to French and Indians troops 1757 Event British troops occupy Calcutta India 1756 Event British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India 1755 Event Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British 1751 Event English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India 1748 Event French troops conquer Maastricht 1748 Event French troops occupy Maastricht 1747 Event French troops occupy Bergen on Zoom 1747 Event French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands 1746 Event French troops conquer Antwerp 1746 Event Cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen 1746 Event Jakobijnse troops leave Aberdeen 1746 Event Cumberlands troops occupy Aberdeen 1746 Event French troops conquer Brussels 1746 Event Jakobijnse troops vacate Aberdeen 1746 Event Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling 1746 Event Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling 1745 Event French troops attack indians of Saratoga, New York 1745 Event Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle 1745 Event Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland 1745 Event Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland 1744 Event French troops conquer Kortrijk 1741 Event French troops attack the Rhine 1738 Event Turkish troops occupy Orsova and Ochakov 1734 Event French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine 1722 Event Russian troops occupy Baku and Derbent on Persia 1717 Event Spanish troops lands on Sardinia 1716 Event Hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar 1716 Event Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar 1716 Event Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar 1715 Event Swedish troops occupy Norway 1715 Event Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund 1715 Event Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund 1714 Event French and Spanish troops under duke of Berwick occupy Barcelona 1713 Event French troops bomb Willemstad Curacao 1711 Event French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro 1710 Event British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia 1710 Event English troops occupy Acadia (Nova Scotia) 1708 Event Dutch and English troops occupy Lille (Rijsel) 1708 Event English troops occupy Menorca and Sardinia 1704 Event War of Spanish Succession, English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar 1704 Event English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar 1703 Event Dutch and English troops occupy Cologne 1702 Event English troops plunder St. Augustine, Florida 1702 Event Dutch/English troops occupy Luik 1702 Event English/Dutch troops under Marlborough occupy Roermond 1702 Event Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crackow 1702 Event Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw 1695 Event French troops under Villeroi shoot in Brussels 1691 Event French troops occupy Mons 1690 Event Turkish troops occupy Belgrade 1690 Event English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia 1690 Event French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland 1690 Event French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire 1688 Event Prince Willem III's troops pull into London 1688 Event French troops occupies Palts 1683 Event Turkish troops attacks Vienna overthrows by Polish king Sobieski 1683 Event Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna 1683 Event Turkish troops under Kara Mustafa attain Vienna 1681 Event French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg 1679 Event Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java 1678 Event Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden 1678 Event English troops lands in Flanders 1678 Event French troops conquer Ypres 1677 Event French troops occupy Freiburg 1677 Event Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III 1673 Event Dutch troops under Willem III occupy Bonn 1673 Event French troops conquer Maastricht 1672 Event Willem III's troops reconquer Naarden on France 1672 Event French troops under king Louis XIV occupy Utrecht 1667 Event French troops attack into Southern Netherlands 1658 Event Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India 1658 Event Dutch troops occupy last Portugese Fort Jafnapatnam Ceylon 1657 Event French troops occupy Mardyke 1655 Event Dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram 1654 Event Russian troops occupy Smolensk on Poland 1654 Event French troops occupy Stenay 1654 Event Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife 1652 Event Spanish troops occupy Dunkerk 1652 Event Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen 1651 Event English troops occupy Limerick Ireland 1649 Event Last Swedish troops vacate Prague 1648 Event Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples 1644 Event French troops occupy Mainz 1642 Event Perpignan surrenders to French troops 1639 Event French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan 1638 Event French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine 1636 Event Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens 1630 Event Spanish troops occupy Mantua 1630 Event Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf land at Peenemunde 1630 Event Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde 1630 Event French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont 1625 Event Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda 1621 Event Swedish troops occupy Riga 1621 Event John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies 1619 Event Prince Bethlen Gabors troops occupy Pozsony (Pressburg) Hungary 1618 Event Prince Maurits' troops pull into Utrecht 1606 Event Spanish troops under Spinola occupies fort Rhine birch 1598 Event Spanish troops under of Bernardino de Mendoza conquer Doetinchem 1597 Event French troops chase away Albrecht of Austria 1597 Event England routes troops to Amiens 1591 Event Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius 1589 Event Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg 1588 Event Duke Farneses troops ready for invasion of England 1588 Event Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris 1587 Event Spanish troops conquer Lock 1586 Event Battle at Boxum: Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army 1585 Event Duke van Parma's troops occupy Antwerp 1585 Event Spanish army under Tassis beats Amerongen Staatse troops 1583 Event Spanish and Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk 1580 Event Spanish troops lands in Ireland 1580 Event Battle at Hardenberg: Spanish troops beat rebels 1577 Event Danzig surrenders to troops of Polish king Istvan Bathory 1576 Event Spanish troops occupies and plunder Maastricht 1576 Event Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst 1575 Event Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died 1575 Event Spanish troops conquer Buren 1574 Event Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer and Jisp Netherlands 1572 Event Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem 1572 Event Don Frederiks troops occupy/plunder Zutphen 1572 Event Spanish troops attack Maastricht 1572 Event Willem van Oranges troops occupy Roermond on the Spanjaarden 1571 Event Spanish troops occupy Manila 1570 Event Battles between Spanish troops and followers of sultan Suleiman 1568 Event Battle at Jemmingen: Alva's troops beat Dutch rebellion 1567 Event Battle at Carberry Scot: Protestant troops beat Earl Bothwells army 1567 Event Battle at Oosterweel: Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger 1563 Event Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania 1558 Event French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais 1555 Event Siena surrenders for Spanish troops 1552 Event Siena drives Spanish troops out of Verdun 1549 Event French troops occupy Ambleteuse England 1544 Event English King Henry VIII's troops occupy Boulogne 1544 Event English troops attack The Canal 1544 Event Turkish troops occupy Hungary 1544 Event Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss 1543 Event French and Turkish troops occupy Nice 1543 Event French troops invade Luxembourg 1543 Event Battle at Wayna Daga: Ethiopian/Portugese troops beat Moslem army 1542 Event French troops leave Flanders 1542 Event French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders 1537 Event French troops invade Flanders 1535 Event Hessische troops occupy Munster 1527 Event Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance 1525 Event Battle at Pavia: Emperor Karel V's troops beat French king 1524 Event Spanish troops give Milan to France 1524 Event Emperor Charles V's troops give siege of Marseille 1524 Event Emperor Charles V's troops besieges Marseille 1523 Event English troops occupy Montalidier France 1522 Event Turkish troops occupy Rhodos 1522 Event French troops driven out of Genoa 1521 Event Battle at Milan: Emperor Karel V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France and occupy Milan 1521 Event Turkish troops occupy Belgrade 1521 Event Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade 1521 Event Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade 1512 Event French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia 1512 Event Battle at Valeggio: French troops beat Venetianen 1512 Event French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna 1511 Event Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka 1511 Event Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka 1508 Event Gelderse troops occupies Kuinre 1504 Event King Maximilian I routes troops to Bavaria 1500 Event Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan 1497 Event Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France 1453 Event 1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops 1429 Event French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orleans 1347 Event English troops conquer Ft. Calais 1328 Event Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers 1066 Event William the Conqueror troops sail to England 969 Event Byzantines troops occupy Antioch Syria
