2012 Event In the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C., Occupy DC activists are prohibited from camping in Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square 2012 Event Protests run by Occupy Oakland in Oakland City, California turn violent; approximately 300 people are arrested 2011 Event In anticipation of Budget Day, students protesting against the Irish financial crisis occupy the office of Fine Gael lawmaker Anthony Lawlor 2011 Event New York's Police Department clears Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zucotti Park, the public space they have occupied to stage their protest 2011 Event Dozens of people are arrested as riot police shut down Occupy Portland and Occupy Oakland Rallies, offshoots of the Occupy Wall Street movement 2011 Event Over 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested when they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic 1994 Event North Yemenite troops occupy Aden 1993 Event Troops of President Yelsin occupy Russian White House (parliament) 1979 Event Christian Turks occupy St. Jansbasiliek 1979 Event Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge and occupy Phnom Penh 1978 Event Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua 1978 Event Commandos occupy Iraqi embassy in Paris, 1 dead 1977 Event 12,000 police occupy university in Mexico City 1975 Event 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead 1975 Event Portuguese leftist officers occupy 4 airbases 1975 Event Cambodian Red Khmer occupy Phnom Penh 1973 Event "Black September" terrorists occupy Saudi Embassy in Khartoum 1973 Event American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota 1972 Event North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee 1970 Event Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassador's home in Wassenaar 1967 Event Israeli troops occupy Gaza 1955 Event British troops occupy Saudi-Arabic oil field at Boeraimi 1950 Event Chinese forces occupy Tibet 1945 Event British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal 1945 Event Russian troops occupy Harbin and Mukden 1945 Event Allies occupy Wismar 1945 Event Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste 1945 Event Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory 1945 Event U.S. troops occupy concentration camp Colditz 1945 Event Red Army occupy Wien (Vienna) 1945 Event Canadian troops occupy Kalkar 1944 Event Canadian troops occupy Knokke 1944 Event Canadian troops occupy Breskens 1944 Event Soviet forces occupy Estonia 1944 Event U.S. 90th/Polish 1st Division occupy Chambois Normandy 1944 Event Canada/Polish troops occupy Cramesnil/Secqueville/Cintheaux/St-Aignan 1944 Event U.S. 79th/90th division occupy Laval/Mayenne 1944 Event U.S. troops occupy Vannes Bretagne 1944 Event Lieutenant-general Stilwells troops occupy Myitkyina Burma 1944 Event U.S. troops occupy Sansapor New-Guinea 1944 Event U.S. troops occupy le Mesnil-Herman/Hill 183 Normandy 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 U.S. troops occupy Biak 1944 Event Allies occupy Port-and-Bessin Normandy 1944 Event British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy 1944 Event British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy 1944 Event British troops occupy Kohima 1944 Event Allied troops occupy Nettuno Italy 1943 Event 5th day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Verchopenje 1943 Event 3rd day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Dubrova 1943 Event Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia 1942 Event U.S. troops occupy airport of Port-Lyautey Morocco 1942 Event German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1 1942 Event German troops occupy Rostov 1942 Event Hitler's Directive #45: order to occupy Stalingrad 1942 Event Africa Corps occupy Egypt 1942 Event Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma 1942 Event Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean 1942 Event Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java 1942 Event German and Italian troops occupy Banghazi 1942 Event German troops occupy Benghazi Libya 1942 Event Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain 1942 Event Tito's partisans occupy Foca 1942 Event Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines 1941 Event Japanese occupy Guam 1941 Event German troops occupy Rostov 1941 Event German troops occupy Galicia Poland 1941 Event British troops occupy Bagdad Iraq 1941 Event German troops occupy Athens Greece 1941 Event German troops occupy El Agheila Libya 1941 Event British tanks occupy Maus Libya 1940 Event France surrenders to Hitler, German troops occupy Paris 1940 Event German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders 1940 Event French mariners occupy St. Maarten 1938 Event Nazi forces occupy western Czechoslovakia and declared them German citizens 1936 Event Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa 1932 Event Japanese troops occupy Tunhua China 1932 Event Japanese troop occupy Harbin, Manchuria 1923 Event Mussolini's troops occupy Korfu 1923 Event Allies occupy Ruhrgebied: killing railroad striker 1923 Event French and Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations 1922 Event Italian fascists occupy Fiume and Rijeka 1922 Event Irish author Liam O'Flaherty and others occupy Rotunda in Dublin 1921 Event British troops occupy Dublin 1920 Event Polish troops occupy Kiev 1917 Event British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa 1917 Event British troops occupy Baghdad 1916 Event French troops occupy parts of Fort Douaumont Verdun 1916 Event French troops occupy Bois de Caillette 1915 Event U.S. military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934 1915 Event U.S. Marines occupy Haiti 1914 Event German troops occupy Brug 1914 Event German troops occupy Gent 1914 Event German troops occupy Namur Belgium 1914 Event General Martos' troops occupy Soldau/Neidenburg East Prussia 1914 Event Belgium: German troops occupy Tamines 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 French troops under General Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas 1914 Event French troops under General Bonneau occupy Altkitrch at Elzas 1914 Event U.S. Marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months 1912 Event Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes 1911 Event Italian troops occupy Tripoli 1911 Event French troops occupy Fes El Bali Morocco 1910 Event French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir 1907 Event French troops occupy Casablanca 1905 Event Mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa 1900 Event British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg 1900 Event British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state 1900 Event British troops occupy Hlangwane Natal 1900 Event British troops occupy Monte Christo Natal 1900 Event British troops under General Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal 1898 Event 1st U.S. troops land and occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay 1897 Event British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana) 1896 Event British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa 1894 Event Dutch troops occupy and plunders palace of Tjakra Negara, Lombok 1894 Event British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast 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 1881 Event French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax 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 1865 Event Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Virginia and Petersberg 1864 Event Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri 1864 Event Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Morgan, Alabama 1864 Event Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama 1864 Event Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana 1864 Event Federal troops occupy Jacksonville, Florida 1864 Event Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi 1864 Event Austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk/Holstein 1863 Event Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia 1862 Event Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas 1862 Event Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia 1862 Event Union troops under Brigadier-General Wright occupy Fernandina Florida 1861 Event Confederate troops occupy Fort Fillmore, New Mexico 1846 Event British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore 1839 Event British troops under General Charles Napier occupy Beirut 1830 Event Belgian rebels occupy Antwerp 1830 Event Dutch troops occupy Brussels 1821 Event Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw 1813 Event Kosacks occupy Utrecht 1813 Event Allied troops occupy Zwolle, Netherlands 1810 Event French troops occupy Amsterdam 1798 Event Government troops occupy Hasselt 1798 Event Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt 1796 Event French troops occupy Milan 1794 Event Russian troops occupy Warsaw 1794 Event French troops occupy Hertogenbosch 1794 Event French troops occupy Lock 1794 Event French troops occupy Charleroi 1793 Event Prussian troops occupy Venlo, Netherlands 1790 Event Russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks 1790 Event Colonial troops occupy Bonni's marroon village 1788 Event Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam 1787 Event Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede 1781 Event English troops occupy Negapatam Ceylon 1780 Event British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina 1778 Event English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia 1777 Event British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution 1762 Event English troops occupy Manila Philippines 1760 Event Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie 1759 Event Austrian troops occupy Dresden 1758 Event British troops occupy and plunder Cherbourg 1758 Event Russian troops occupy Konigsberg, East Prussia 1757 Event Austrian troops occupy Berlin 1757 Event British troops occupy Calcutta India 1756 Event British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India 1751 Event English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India 1748 Event French troops occupy Maastricht 1747 Event French troops occupy Bergen on Zoom 1747 Event French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands 1746 Event Cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen 1746 Event Cumberlands troops occupy Aberdeen 1746 Event Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling 1746 Event Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling 1745 Event Bonnie Prince Charlies army moves into Manchester and occupy Carlisle 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 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 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 1711 Event French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro 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/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar 1704 Event English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar 1703 Event Dutch and English troops occupy Cologne 1702 Event Dutch/English troops occupy Luik 1702 Event Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch and English fleet destroy and occupy Spanish silver fleet and French squadron 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 1691 Event French troops occupy Mons 1690 Event Turkish troops occupy Belgrade 1688 Event Prince Willem III accept invitation of English crown to occupy 1688 Event Austrian armies occupy Belgrade 1686 Event Habsburgse armies occupy Buda on Turks 1681 Event French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg 1678 Event Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden 1677 Event French troops occupy Freiburg 1673 Event Dutch troops under Willem III occupy Bonn 1672 Event French troops under king Louis XIV occupy Utrecht 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 1652 Event Spanish troops occupy Dunkerk 1652 Event Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen 1651 Event English troops occupy Limerick Ireland 1644 Event French troops occupy Mainz 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 1635 Event Armies of Savoye/Mantua/Parma occupy Milan 1630 Event Spanish troops occupy Mantua 1630 Event French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont 1621 Event Swedish troops occupy Riga 1619 Event Prince Bethlen Gabors troops occupy Pozsony (Pressburg) Hungary 1591 Event Mauritius and Willem van Nassau occupy Devente 1588 Event Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris 1585 Event Duke van Parma's troops occupy Antwerp 1572 Event Don Frederiks troops occupy/plunder Zutphen 1572 Event Willem van Oranges troops occupy Roermond on the Spanjaarden 1572 Event Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater 1572 Event Louis van Nassau and huguenots occupy Valenciennes 1571 Event Spanish troops occupy Manila 1563 Event Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania 1558 Event French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais 1549 Event French troops occupy Ambleteuse England 1544 Event English King Henry VIII's troops occupy Boulogne 1544 Event Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France 1544 Event Turkish troops occupy Hungary 1543 Event French and Turkish troops occupy Nice 1535 Event Hessische troops occupy Munster 1523 Event English troops occupy Montalidier France 1522 Event Turkish troops occupy Rhodos 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 1511 Event Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka 1511 Event Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka 1506 Event Pope Julius II and France occupy Bologna 1393 Event Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria 1240 Event Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev 1204 Event Crusaders occupy Constantinople 1085 Event King Alfonso VI of Castily/Leon occupy Toledo on Moren 1055 Event Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad 969 Event Byzantines troops occupy Antioch Syria 439 Event Vandalen under Genseric occupy Carthago
