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Sack of Debre Libanos
The Sack of Debre Libanos was the May 1937 massacre of about 2,000 monks and pilgrims by Italian troops, in retaliation for an attempt on viceroy Graziani.
Sack of Delhi (1757)
Sack of Delhi (1757), also called the Fourth Invasion of Ahmad Shah Durrani: the Afghan ruler's occupation and systematic plunder of the Mughal capital, 28 January to 22 February 1757, followed by the Mathura massacre and the path to Panipat.
Sack of Delhi by Ghulam Qadir
The sack of Delhi by Ghulam Qadir (غلام قادر کا دہلی پر قبضہ) was the 1788 plunder of Delhi by the Rohilla chief Ghulam Qadir, who blinded Shah Alam II.
Sack of Delhi by Timur
The sack of Delhi by Timur was the capture, plunder, and massacre of Delhi by the Central Asian conqueror Timur (تیمور لنگ), known as Tamerlane, in 1398–99.
Sack of Ebla
The sack of Ebla was the violent destruction of the Syrian capital of Ebla around 2250 BC, attributed to Naram-Sin of Akkad, though Mari is an alternative candidate.
Sack of Gyeongju by Gyeon Hwon
The sack of Gyeongju by Gyeon Hwon was the 927 capture and plunder of the Silla capital by Later Baekje, during Korea's Later Three Kingdoms period.
Sack of Hadath
The Sack of Hadath (نهب حدث) was the 957 sack of the frontier fortress of Hadath, ending the first stage of Sayf al-Dawla's war of attrition against the Byzantine Empire.
Sack of Haojing
The Sack of Haojing (犬戎之祸) was the 771 BC storming of the Zhou capital by the Quanrong and allies, killing King You and ending Western Zhou.
Sack of Hue and escape of Emperor Ham Nghi (1885)
The sack of Hue, known in Vietnamese as the loss of the capital, was a failed 1885 attack on French positions at Hue that ended with Emperor Ham Nghi's escape.
Sack of Jerusalem by Jehoash of Israel
The sack of Jerusalem by Jehoash of Israel was a campaign around 800 BC in which Jehoash defeated Amaziah of Judah near Beth-shemesh and plundered the Temple and royal treasuries.
Sack of Jerusalem by the Khwarazmians
The sack of Jerusalem by the Khwarazmians was the 1244 capture and destruction of Jerusalem by Khwarazmian mercenaries allied with the Ayyubid sultan of Egypt against the Crusaders.
Sack of Kairouan
The sack of Kairouan (نهب القيروان) was the 1057 capture and devastation of Kairouan, the Zirid capital in Ifriqiya, present-day Tunisia, by the Banu Hilal Bedouin tribes sent by the Fatimids.
Sack of Kannauj
The sack of Kannauj was the capture and plunder of the city of Kannauj by the Ghaznavid sultan Mahmud of Ghazni in 1018–19, ending its place as northern India's leading cultural center.
Sack of Kannauj by Indra III
The sack of Kannauj was the capture and plunder of the Gurjara-Pratihara capital by Rashtrakuta emperor Indra III around 916 AD, during the reign of Mahipala I.
Sack of Kannauj by Krishna III
The sack of Kannauj was the destruction of the Gurjara-Pratihara capital by a Rashtrakuta army from the Deccan in 916, attributed to Indra III rather than Krishna III.
Sack of Kartasura
The sack of Kartasura was the capture of the Mataram court of Pakubuwana II by Chinese and Javanese rebels on 30 June 1742, ending with the court's removal to Surakarta.
Sack of Kiev (1169)
The sack of Kiev was the capture and plunder of Kiev, capital of Kievan Rus', in March 1169 by a coalition of princes assembled by Andrei Bogolyubsky.
Sack of Lindisfarne
The Sack of Lindisfarne was a 793 Viking attack on the Lindisfarne monastery off the Northumbrian coast. It is conventionally regarded as the beginning of the Viking Age.
Sack of Magdeburg
The Sack of Magdeburg, or Magdeburg Wedding, was the storming and burning of the Protestant city by Imperial troops on 20 May 1631, killing about 20,000.
Sack of Mari by Hammurabi
The sack of Mari by Hammurabi, also called the destruction of Mari, was Babylon's capture of the Amorite city of Mari in 1761 BC and its demolition soon after.
Sack of Mathura
The Sack of Mathura was the plunder and destruction of the temple city of Mathura by Mahmud of Ghazni's army, which crossed the Yamuna in December 1018.
Sack of Merv
The Sack of Merv (تخريب مرو) was the Mongol massacre and destruction of the city of Merv in the Murghab oasis, now in Turkmenistan, by Genghis Khan's son Tolui in 1221.
Sack of Moscow (1521)
The Sack of Moscow (1521), known in Russian as Mehmed Giray's raid on Moscow, saw Crimean and Kazan Tatars ravage the capital's outskirts and impose tribute on Vasily III.
Sack of Moscow (1571)
The sack of Moscow (Сожжение Москвы Девлет-Гиреем) was the burning of the Russian capital by the Crimean khan Devlet Giray I, whose army fired the mostly wooden city on 24 May 1571.
Sack of Musasir (714 BC)
The sack of Musasir was the 714 BC plunder of the temple of Haldi at Musasir by Sargon II of Assyria, yielding over a tonne of gold.
Sack of Nishapur by the Saffarids
The Sack of Nishapur by the Saffarids was the bloodless 873 capture of the Tahirid capital by Ya'qub ibn al-Layth, ending Tahirid rule over Iran.
Sack of Panama
The Sack of Panama was Henry Morgan's 1671 capture and burning of Panama Viejo by about 1,200 buccaneers, who found the treasure evacuated and the spoils small.
Sack of Preslav
The Sack of Preslav (Превземане на Преслав) was the storming of Great Preslav, capital of the First Bulgarian Empire, by Byzantine emperor John I Tzimiskes in April 971.
Sack of Rayy (1029)
The sack of Rayy (غارت ری) was the 1029 capture of Rayy by the Ghaznavid sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, defeating the Buyid ruler Majd al-Dawla.
Sack of Rome (1527)
The Sack of Rome (Sacco di Roma) was the looting of Rome in May 1527 by troops of Emperor Charles V, forcing Pope Clement VII to flee the city.