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Shot heard round the world
The shot heard round the world: phrase from Emerson's 1837 Concord Hymn for the opening gunfire of the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775; first shooter unknown.
Siachen conflict
Siachen conflict: India-Pakistan military standoff since 1984 over the Siachen Glacier, where the Line of Control ends at NJ9842; Operation Meghdoot gave India the Saltoro heights, with a ceasefire since 2003.
Siamese capture of Chiang Saen (1804)
The Siamese capture of Chiang Saen (เมืองเชียงแสน) in 1804 was the conquest of the last Burmese stronghold in Lan Na by allied armies of Siam, Chiang Mai, and Vientiane, ending two centuries of Burmese dominance.
Siamese invasion of Malacca
The Siamese invasion of Malacca refers to expeditions sent by Ayutthaya (Siam) against Melaka in 1445 and 1456, both repelled during the reign of Sultan Muzaffar Shah.
Siamese reconquest of the Tenasserim coast
The Siamese reconquest of the Tenasserim coast was a 1593–1594 campaign in which King Naresuan of Ayutthaya recaptured the ports of Tenasserim, Mergui, and Tavoy from Burma's Toungoo Dynasty.
Siamese–Cambodian War (1591–1594)
The Siamese–Cambodian War (1591–1594), also called the Ayutthayan–Cambodian War, saw King Naresuan of Ayutthaya invade Cambodia and capture Longvek in 1594, deporting the Khmer court and opening Cambodia's decline under Siamese suzerainty.
Sicilian Expedition
The Sicilian Expedition (415-413 BC) was Athens' massive Peloponnesian War campaign against Syracuse, triggered by Segesta's appeal, led by Alcibiades, Nicias, and Lamachus, and ending in the total destruction of the Athenian fleet and army.
Sidor Kovpak
Sidor Kovpak (Сидір Артемійович Ковпак) was a Soviet partisan commander in World War II who led the Sumy partisan formation on five long raids behind German lines.
Siege of Aba
The siege of Aba was the Nigerian federal offensive that captured Aba, a Biafran stronghold, in August and September 1968 during Operation OAU in the Nigerian Civil War.
Siege of Acapulco (1813)
The siege of Acapulco (1813) was an insurgent operation led by José María Morelos that captured the Pacific port and its Fort of San Diego during the Mexican War of Independence.
Siege of Acre (1291)
Siege of Acre (1291), the Fall of Acre: Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Khalil besieged the crusader capital Acre from 6 April to 18 May 1291, stormed it, demolished it, and ended crusader rule on the Levantine mainland.
Siege of Acre (1799)
Siege of Acre (1799): Napoleon Bonaparte's failed two-month siege (March–May 1799) of the Ottoman port of Acre, defended by Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar and Sidney Smith's British squadron, which ended his Syrian campaign and eastern ambitions.
Siege of Adrianople (1912–1913)
The siege of Adrianople was the capture of the Ottoman fortress at Adrianople (Edirne) by Bulgarian and Serbian forces in the First Balkan War, falling in March 1913.
Siege of Ak-Mechet (1853)
The Siege of Ak-Mechet (1853) was the capture of the Kokand Khanate's fortress Ak-Mechet on the lower Syr Darya by Russian forces under Vasily Perovsky after a 26-day siege.
Siege of Akasaka Castle
The Siege of Akasaka Castle (赤坂城の戦い) was the 1331 assault by the Kamakura shogunate's army on Kusunoki Masashige's hilltop fort in Kawachi Province, now Osaka Prefecture.
Siege of Akhulgo
The Siege of Akhulgo was an 1839 battle of the Caucasian War in which Russian forces under General Grabbe stormed Imam Shamil's fortress in Dagestan.
Siege of Aleppo (1400)
The siege of Aleppo (1400) was the capture of the Syrian city by the Central Asian conqueror Timur on 30 October 1400, opening his campaign against the Mamluk Sultanate.
Siege of Angostura
The Siege of Angostura was a six-month siege by republican forces under Manuel Piar that captured Angostura, today Ciudad Bolívar, from royalists in July 1817.
Siege of Ani (1064)
The Siege of Ani was the capture of the former capital of the Bagratid kingdom of Armenia by the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan in 1064, after a 25-day siege and a massacre.
Siege of Antioch
The Siege of Antioch, also known as the Capture of Antioch, was the Crusaders' seven-and-a-half-month siege of Antioch during the First Crusade, from October 1097 to June 1098.
Siege of Baghdad (1258)
The siege of Baghdad (1258) was the capture and sack of the Abbasid capital by Hulagu Khan's Mongol Ilkhanate army, ending the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad.
Siege of Baler
The Siege of Baler (El sitio de Baler): 337-day siege, June 1898 to June 2, 1899, in which about 50 Spanish soldiers under Las Morenas and then Martín Cerezo held Baler's church on Luzon against Filipino forces, unaware Spain had ceded the Philippines.
Siege of Bamiyan
The siege of Bamiyan (محاصره بامیان) was the capture and total destruction of the town of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan by Genghis Khan's Mongol army in spring 1221.
Siege of Bamyan
Siege of Bamyan (1221): Mongol assault under Genghis Khan on Bamyan, Afghanistan, during the Khwarazmian war; his grandson Mötüken was killed and the city razed with total massacre.
Siege of Bangkok (1688)
The Siege of Bangkok was a five-month siege in 1688 by Siamese forces under Phetracha against the French fortress at Bangkok, forcing the French to withdraw on 2 November 1688.
Siege of Basra
Siege of Basra: Iran's failed Operation Karbala-5 (January 8 to mid-April 1987), its biggest battle of the Iran-Iraq War, repulsed by Fish Lake, minefields, and fortified water defenses.
Siege of Bastogne
Siege of Bastogne (18–26 December 1944), also called the defense of Bastogne: encircled 101st Airborne and 10th Armored troops under McAuliffe, who replied "NUTS!" to a surrender demand, held the Ardennes crossroads until Patton's 4th Armored Division broke through on 26 December.
Siege of Belgrade (1456)
Siege of Belgrade (Nándorfehérvár), July 4–22, 1456: Mehmed II's Ottoman army, about 40,000 men and 200 ships, was repulsed by John Hunyadi, Mihály Szilágyi, and John of Capistrano's crusaders, delaying Ottoman advance until 1521.
Siege of Bilär
The Siege of Bilär (Биляр) was the autumn 1236 destruction of Volga Bulgaria's capital by Batu's Mongol armies; the city was never rebuilt, ending the state's independence.
Siege of Bonjol
The Siege of Bonjol was the culminating operation of the Padri War, in which Dutch forces besieged Tuanku Imam Bonjol's forts in Sumatra from March to August 1837.