57 events with tag "invasion"
1207 BC
ID: 3634
First Sea Peoples invasion of Egypt - Merneptah defeats coalition of Libyans with Sherden, Shekelesh, Lukka, Teresh, Ekwesh
ID: 3634
1180 BC
ID: 5793
Ramesses III records Sea Peoples confederation - Peleset (Philistines), Tjeker, Shekelesh, Denyen, Weshesh attack Egypt by land and sea
ID: 5793
1177 BC
ID: 3639
Battle of the Delta - Ramesses III defeats Sea Peoples naval invasion, Peleset, Tjeker, Shekelesh, Denyen, Weshesh repelled
ID: 3639
1100 BC
ID: 3645
Dorian migrations - Greek-speaking peoples move south, new dialect groups emerge
ID: 3645
925 BC
ID: 2753
Shishak of Egypt invades - raids Jerusalem, Rehoboam pays tribute from Temple treasures (confirmed by Karnak inscription)
ID: 2753
925 BC
ID: 2798
Shoshenq I campaigns in Canaan - Egyptian records at Karnak list conquered cities, confirms biblical Shishak
ID: 2798
732 BC
ID: 2761
Tiglath-Pileser III invades Israel - deports population from Galilee and Transjordan (Assyrian records confirm)
ID: 2761
671 BC
ID: 3688
Assyrians invade Egypt - Esarhaddon defeats Taharqa, Kushites retreat but maintain Nubia
ID: 3688
280 BC
ID: 2657
Pyrrhus invades Italy - Greek king brings war elephants to help Tarentum, defeats Romans at Heraclea
ID: 2657
218 BC
ID: 2663
Hannibal crosses Alps - leads 40,000 men and 37 elephants over Alps in winter, arrives in Italy with half his force
ID: 2663
105 BC
ID: 2678
Battle of Arausio - Cimbri and Teutones destroy two Roman armies, 80,000 dead, worst defeat since Cannae
ID: 2678
105 BC
ID: 5931
Terror Cimbricus grips Rome - panic in city, 'the Germans are coming' becomes nightmare phrase, human sacrifices performed, worst fear since Hannibal
ID: 5931
55 BC
ID: 2694
Caesar crosses Rhine and invades Britain - first Roman to do both, more propaganda than conquest
ID: 2694
55 BC
ID: 2521
August 26, 55 BC
Julius Caesar's first invasion of Britain - reconnaissance in force with two legions, fights Britons on beaches, withdraws before winter
ID: 2521
54 BC
ID: 2522
Caesar's second invasion of Britain - five legions cross Channel, defeats Cassivellaunus, extracts tribute but no permanent conquest
ID: 2522
40 BC
ID: 4665
Parthians invade Roman Syria - briefly control Jerusalem, install Antigonus as king
ID: 4665
43
ID: 2523
Claudius invades Britain - four legions under Aulus Plautius land at Richborough, Claudius arrives with elephants, Camulodunum (Colchester) becomes first capital
ID: 2523
370
ID: 4727
Huns appear in Europe - cross Volga River, destroy Alans, trigger Great Migration of Germanic tribes
ID: 4727
447
ID: 4731
Attila devastates Eastern Roman Empire - defeats army, earthquakes destroy Constantinople's walls during invasion
ID: 4731
452
ID: 4733
Attila invades Italy - destroys Aquileia, Pope Leo I meets him, mysteriously withdraws from Rome
ID: 4733
561
ID: 3895
John III becomes sixty-first pope - Lombards invade Italy during pontificate
ID: 3895
568
ID: 4809
Lombards invade Italy - Alboin leads entire nation across Alps, 200,000+ people, April 2, 568
ID: 4809
602
ID: 4688
Khosrow II begins great war - uses Maurice's murder as pretext for massive invasion
ID: 4688
720
ID: 2865
Muslim forces cross Pyrenees - conquer Septimania (Narbonne), raid into Aquitaine, threaten Frankish lands
ID: 2865
732
ID: 2867
Abd al-Rahman invades with huge army - defeats Duke Odo, sacks Bordeaux, advances toward Tours and its rich abbey
ID: 2867
773
ID: 2891
Charlemagne invades Lombardy - Pope Adrian I appeals for help, Charlemagne crosses Alps with army
ID: 2891
865
ID: 2628
Great Heathen Army arrives - Ivar the Boneless and brothers lead massive Viking force to conquer, not just raid
ID: 2628
1013
ID: 2566
Sweyn Forkbeard conquers England - Ethelred flees to Normandy, Sweyn recognized as king
ID: 2566
1065
ID: 3742
William begins planning English invasion - builds fleet, gains papal support, recruits mercenaries
ID: 3742
1066
ID: 2580
May 1066
Tostig raids English coast - Harold's exiled brother attacks with fleet, driven off to Scotland
ID: 2580
1066
ID: 2581
September 20, 1066
Harald Hardrada invades - 'Last Viking' lands with 300 ships and Tostig, defeats earls at Fulford
ID: 2581
1066
ID: 2583
September 28, 1066
William lands at Pevensey - 7,000 Normans land while Harold in York, builds castle, ravages Sussex
ID: 2583
1101
ID: 2598
Treaty of Alton - Robert Curthose invades but makes peace, receives pension, renounces claim to England
ID: 2598
1169
ID: 2376
Strongbow invades Ireland - beginning of English involvement in Ireland that will last 800 years
ID: 2376
1211
ID: 4736
Mongols invade Jin Dynasty China - begin systematic conquest using Chinese siege engineers
ID: 4736
1231
ID: 5526
First Mongol invasion of Korea begins - Goryeo resists for nearly 30 years
ID: 5526
1237
ID: 4740
Mongols invade Russia - Batu Khan destroys Ryazan, Kiev, begins Golden Horde domination
ID: 4740
1241
ID: 5550
April 11, 1241
Mongols destroy Hungarian army at Battle of Mohi - half of Hungary's population killed in following year
ID: 5550
1274
ID: 4746
First Mongol invasion of Japan - kamikaze (divine wind) destroys invasion fleet
ID: 4746
1281
ID: 4747
Second Mongol invasion of Japan - larger kamikaze destroys 4,400 ships, 100,000 troops
ID: 4747
1296
ID: 2415
Edward I invades Scotland - deposes John Balliol, takes Stone of Scone to Westminster, earns name 'Hammer of the Scots'
ID: 2415
1326
ID: 2427
September 24, 1326
Isabella invades England - Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer land with army, Edward II's support collapses
ID: 2427
1346
ID: 2436
July 12, 1346
Edward III invades Normandy - chevauchée (destructive raid) strategy devastates French countryside
ID: 2436
1399
ID: 2460
July 4, 1399
Henry Bolingbroke invades England - lands at Ravenspur while Richard in Ireland, support floods to him
ID: 2460
1415
ID: 2474
August 13, 1415
Henry V invades France - lands at Harfleur with 12,000 men, dysentery soon decimates army
ID: 2474
1417
ID: 2477
Henry V's second invasion of France - systematic conquest of Normandy begins, different from earlier raids
ID: 2477
1485
ID: 2517
August 7, 1485
Henry Tudor lands at Milford Haven - with 2,000 French mercenaries, marches through Wales gathering support
ID: 2517
1592
ID: 5504
Hideyoshi invades Korea in first attempt to conquer Ming China, beginning Imjin War
ID: 5504
1592
ID: 5533
Japanese invasion of Korea (Imjin War) begins - Admiral Yi Sun-sin's turtle ships defeat Japanese navy
ID: 5533
1597
ID: 5534
Second Japanese invasion of Korea - ultimately repelled with Ming Chinese assistance
ID: 5534
1627
ID: 5535
First Manchu invasion of Korea - Joseon becomes tributary of Later Jin
ID: 5535
1636
ID: 5536
Second Manchu invasion - Joseon forced to break with Ming, becomes Qing tributary
ID: 5536
1709
ID: 3766
Denmark defeats Swedish invasion - failed attempt by Charles XII to knock Denmark out of war
ID: 3766
1812
ID: 703
Russian military colony expansion halts during Napoleon's invasion - colonists join war effort
ID: 703
1940
ID: 3771
April 9, 1940
Germany invades Denmark - occupation in single day, government initially remains but cooperates with Nazis
ID: 3771
1941
ID: 1502
Operation Barbarossa launches with Ukrainian nationalist cooperation
ID: 1502
1961
ID: 1770
Bay of Pigs invasion disaster creates Kennedy-CIA tensions
ID: 1770