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Encyclopedia of Invasions & Conquests, Fourth Edition

SECTION THREE: HISTORICAL TIME LINE OF ENTRIES

Entry Title Beginning Ending Sargon the Great r. 2334 BCE 2279 BCE Hittites 1900 BCE 1200 BCE Egypt, Hyksos Invasion of 1750 BCE 1567 BCE India, Aryan Invasion of 1500s BCE? 500s BCE? Palestine, Egyptian Invasions of 1500s BCE 1269 BCE Canaan, Israelite Invasion of 13th Century BCE 1050? BCE Assyrian Empire 1300 BCE 612 Chou Empire 1027 BCE 221 BCE Kush, Expansion of 725 BCE 350 Scythians 700 BCE 300 Philip of Macedon 640 BCE 602 Augustus, Caesar 63 BCE 14 CE Chaldean (Neo-Babylonian) Empire, Expansion of 612 BCE 539 BCE Cyrus the Great 590? BCE 529 Persian Empire 550-336 BCE Carthage, Expansion of 553 BCE 146 Axum, Expansion of 500 BCE 6th Century CE Greece, Persian Invasion of 492 BCE 479 Italy, Roman conquest of 396-218 BCE Alexander the Great 356 BCE 323 Egypt, Alexander’s Conquest of 334 BCE 342 Persia, Alexander’s Conquest of 334 BCE 327 Greece, Roman conquest of 328-168 BCE India, Alexander’s Invasion of 326 BCE 325 Seleucid Empire 323 BCE 250 Mauryan Empire 321 BCE 184 BCE Ptolemaic Dynasty 305 BCE 30 BCE Sicily, Roman Conquest of (First Punic War) 264 BCE 241 BCE Hannibal 247 BCE 183 BCE Ch’in Dynasty 221 BCE 206 BCE Italy, Carthaginian Invasion of (Second Punic War) 218 BCE 202 BCE Vietnam, Chinese Conquest of 218 BCE 907 Spain, Roman Conquest of 209 BCE 409 CE Han Dynasty 206 BCE 220 CE Carthage, Roman Invasion of (Third Punic War) 149 BCE 146 BCE Caesar, Julius 100 BCE 44 BCE Gaul, Roman Conquest of 58 BCE 49 BCE Britain, Roman Conquest of 55 BCE 410 Germany, Roman Invasion of 12 BCE 14 CE India, Kushan Invasion of 50 250 Visigoths 3rd Century 711 Constantine, Emperor 274 337 Huns 4th Century 454 Gupta Empire 320 480 Byzantine Empire 330 1453 Vandals 350 435 Ostrogoths 370 540 Franks 5th Century 800 Avars 400 805 Justinian 483 565 Lombards 539 773 Khmer Kingdom 600 1863 T’ang Dynasty 618 907 Middle East, Muslim Conquest of the 634 750 Bulgars 635 969 Carolingian Dynasty 640 899 North Africa, Muslim Conquest of 643 710 Songhay, Expansion of 670 1591 Spain, Muslim Conquest of 710 1492 France, Muslim invasion of 719 759 England, Viking Conquest of 789 954 Ireland, Viking Invasions of 840 1000 France, Viking Invasion of 849 911 Russia, Establishment and Expansion of 862 1097 Magyars 896 955 Crusades 10th through 13th Centuries India, Muslim Invasion of 10th Century 1526 China, Khitan Invasion of 950 11th Century Turks 977 1260s Ghaznavids 977 1040 Seljuks 1040 1260s Italy and Sicily, Norman Conquest of 1042 1194 Ghana, Almoravid Invasion of 1054 1163 Britain, Norman Invasion of 1066 1066 Genghis Khan 1167? 1227 Ireland, English Invasion of 1168 1169 China, Mongol Conquest of 1206 1294 Kubilai Khan 1215 1294 Middle East, Mongol Invasion of the 1219 1337 Russia, Mongol Conquest of 1223 1480 Uzbeks 1227 1868 Mali, Expansion of 1230 1400s Korea, Mongol Invasion of 1234 1361 Europe, Mongol Invasion of 1240 1241 Japan, Mongol Invasions of 1274 1284 Scotland, English Conquest of 1296 1707 Ottoman Empire 1299 1922 Hundred Years’ War 1336 1452 Tamurlane 1336 1405 Mexico, Aztec Conquest of 1350 1521 Ming Dynasty 1368 1644 Morocco, Spanish Occupation of 1415 Current Bohemia, German invasions of 1420 1434 Africa, Portuguese Occupation of 1440 1975 Cortes, Hernan 1485 1547 Western Hemisphere, Spanish Occupation of 1492 1898 Caribbean, European Occupation of 1492 19th Century Bahamas 1650 1973 Bermuda 1612 1973 Cuba 1492 1898 French West Indies 17th Century — Hispaniola (Spanish/French) 1492/1697 1821/1804 Jamaica 1509 — Puerto Rico 1509 1898 U.S. Virgin Islands (Spanish/Danish) 1555/1733 1917 British Virgin Islands (Dutch/British) 1648/1672 — Italy, French Invasions of 1494 1552 Brazil, Portuguese Colonization of 1500 1825 Ceylon, Portuguese Occupation of 1505 1656 Austria, Turkish Invasion of 1521 1699 North America, French Occupation of 1524 1763 Moghul Empire 1526 1707 Cyprus, Ottoman invasion of 1570 1878 Portugal, Spanish Occupation of 1580 1668 England, Spanish Invasion of (Spanish Armada) 1588 1588 Africa, Dutch Occupation in 1595 1815 East Indies, Dutch Occupation of the 1596 1815 North America, British Occupation of 1607 1783 Indians of North America, U.S. Conquest of 17th Century 1890 Ching (Manchu) Dynasty 1616 1912 Thirty Years War 1618 1648 India, British Occupation of 1639 1948 South Africa, Dutch Occupation of 1652 1806 Ceylon, Dutch Occupation of 1656 1790s India, French Occupation of 1664 1815 Netherlands, French Invasions of the 1667 1678 Australia, British Occupation of 1688 1901 Palatinate, French Invasion of the (War of the League of Augsburg) 1688 1697 Russia, Swedish Invasion of (Great Northern War) 1700 1721 Russia, Swedish Invasion of (Great Northern War) 1700 1721 Italy, Austrian Invasion of (War of the Spanish Succession) 1701 1713 Silesia, Prussian Invasion of (War of the Austrian Succession) 1740 1748 Saxony, Prussian Invasion of (Seven Years War) 1756 1763 Napoleon Buonaparte 1769 1821 Canada, American Invasion of 1776 1777 New York, British Invasion of (1776) 1776 1783 New York, British Invasion of (1777) 1777 1778 Southern United States, British Invasion of 1778 1782 Africa, French Occupations in 1785 1960 Equitorial Africa 1785 1898 Morocco 1833 1956 Madagascar 1883 1960 North Africa 1869 1956 France, European Invasion of 1792 1794 South Africa, British Occupation of 1795 1910 Zulus, Expansion of 1795 1838 Italy, Napoleon’s Invasion of 1796 1815 Egypt, Napoleon’s Invasion of 1798 1799 Ceylon, British Occupation of 1803 1948 Austria, Napoleon’s Conquest of 1805 1813 Egypt, British Occupation of 1805 1807 Prussia, Napoleon’s Invasion of 1807 1813 Canada, U.S. Invasion of 1812 1814 Russia, Napoleon’s Invasion of 1812 1813 United States, British Invasion of (1814) 1814 1815 Singapore, British Occupation of 1819 1958 Algeria, French Occupation of 1830 1962 China, British Invasion of (Opium War) 1839 1842 Mexico, U.S. Invasion of 1846 1848 Africa, German Occupations in 1848 1918 Crimea, Allied Invasion of (Crimean War) 1853 1856 New Zealand, British Occupation of 1860 1907 Indochina, French Occupation of 1862 1956 Mexico, French Occupation of 1862 1867 Paraguayan War 1864 1870 France, Prussian Invasion of (Franco-Prussian War) 1870 1871 Ashanti, British Conquest of 1873 1874 Congo, Belgian Occupation of 1879 1960 War of the Pacific 1879 1883 Zululand, British Invasion of 1879 1906 MacArthur, Douglas 1880 1964 Mussolini, Benito 1883 1945 Kenya, British Occupation of 1887 1963 Hitler, Adolf 1889 1945 Somalia, Italian Occupation of 1889 1941 Eisenhower, Dwight David 1890 1969 Uganda, British Occupation of 1890 1961 Korea, Japanese Invasion of (Sino-Japanese War) 1894 1895 Cuba, U.S. Invasion of 1898 1902 Latin America, US Interventions In 1898 2000 Cuba 1898 1934 Dominican Republic 1907 1934 El Salvador 1981 1992 Guatemala 1954 1954 Hispaniola 1915/1994 1934/1994 Nicaragua 1913 1933 Panama 1903 2000 Mexico 1916 1917 Philippines, U.S. Occupation of the 1898 1946 Puerto Rico, U.S. Invasion of 1898 — China, Multinational Invasion of (Boxer Rebellion) 1900 — Manchuria, Japanese Invasion of (1904) (Russo-Japanese War) 1904 1905 Libya, Italian Occupation of 1912 1943 East Africa, British Invasion of 1914 1918 France, German Invasion of 1914 1918 Germany, Russian Invasion of 1914 — Mesopotamia, British Invasion of 1914 1918 Russia, German Invasion of 1915 1918 Turkey, British Invasion of 1915 1916 Russia/Soviet Union, Multinational Invasion of 1918 1920 Albania, Italian Conquest of 1926 1943 Manchuria, Japanese Invasion of (1931) 1931 1945 Ethiopia, Italian Invasion of 1934 1941 Rhineland, Nazi Occupation of the 1936 1945 China, Japanese Invasion of 1937 1945 Austria, Nazi Occupation of 1938 1945 Czechoslovakia, Nazi Occupation of 1938 1945 Finland, Soviet Invasion of 1939 1945 Poland, Nazi Conquest of 1939 1944 Britain, Nazi Invasion of (Battle of Britain) 1940 1940 Egypt, Italian Invasion of 1940 1943 France, Nazi Invasion of 1940 1944 Norway and Denmark, Nazi Invasion of 1940 1945 Crete, Nazi Invasion of 1941 1945 Greece, Nazi Invasion of 1941 1945 Philippines, Japanese Invasion of the 1941 1945 Singapore and Malaya, Japanese 1941 1945 Soviet Union, Nazi Invasion of the 1941 1943 Burma, Japanese Invasion of 1942 1945 Dutch East Indies, Japanese Invasion of 1942 1945 Midway, Japanese Invasion of 1942 1942 New Guinea, Japanese Invasion of 1942 1945 North Africa, U.S. Invasion of 1942 1945 Pacific Islands, U.S. Conquest of 1942 1945 Solomon Islands 1942 1943 Gilbert and Marshall Islands 1943 1944 Mariana Islands 1944 1944 Iwo Jima and Okinawa 1945 1945 Japan, Planned U.S. Invasion of 1945 — Italy, Allied Invasion of 1943 1945 Sicily, Allied Invasion of 1943 1945 France, Allied Invasion of 1944 1945 Southern France, Allied Invasion of 1944 1945 Germany, Soviet Invasion of 1944 1945 Philippines, U. S. Invasion of the 1944 1945 Eastern Europe, Soviet Occupation of 1944 1991 South Korea, North Korean Invasion of (Korean War) 1950 1953 Tibet, Chinese Occupation of 1950 Current Hungary, Soviet invasion of 1956 1956 Sinai, Israeli Invasion of (1956) (Suez Crisis) October, 1956 March, 1957 Cuba, U.S.-backed Exile Invasion of (Bay of Pigs) 1961 — South Vietnam, North Vietnamese Invasions of 1963 1975 Sinai, Israeli Invasion of (1967) (Six-Day War) June 05, 1967 June 10, 1967 Czechoslovakia, Warsaw Pact invasion of 1968 1968 Israel, Arab Invasion of (Yom Kippur War) 1972 1972 Cyprus, Turkish Invasion of 1974 1983 Afghanistan, Soviet Invasion of 1979 1989 Grenada, U.S. Invasion of 1983 1983 Panama, U.S. Invasion of 1989 1989 Kuwait, Iraqi Invasion of 1990 1991 Bosnia-Herzegovinia, Serbian Invasion of 1992 1995 Chechnya, Russian invasions of 1994 2000 Afghanistan, UN Invasion of 2001 2021 Iraq, coalition Invasion of 2003 — Somalia, Ethiopian Invasion of 2006 2009 Georgia, Russian Invasion of 2008 — Somalia, Kenyan Invasion of 2011 2012 Crimea, Russian annexation of 2014 — Ukraine, Russian Invasion of 2022 Current

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, . "SECTION THREE: HISTORICAL TIME LINE OF ENTRIES." Encyclopedia of Invasions & Conquests, Fourth Edition, edited by Paul K. Davis, Salem Press, 2023. Salem Online, online.salempress.com/articleDetails.do?articleName=GHInv4e_0291.
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, . (2023). SECTION THREE: HISTORICAL TIME LINE OF ENTRIES. In P. K. Davis (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Invasions & Conquests, Fourth Edition. Salem Press. online.salempress.com.
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,. "SECTION THREE: HISTORICAL TIME LINE OF ENTRIES." Edited by Paul K. Davis. Encyclopedia of Invasions & Conquests, Fourth Edition. Hackensack: Salem Press, 2023. Accessed October 15, 2025. online.salempress.com.