List of invasions
An invasion is a military offensive in which sizable number of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objectives of establishing or re-establishing control, retaliation for real or perceived actions, liberation of previously lost territory, forcing the partition of a country, gaining concessions or access to natural resources or strategic positions, effecting a change in the ruling government, or any combination thereof. == 2000–present == == 1945–1999 == == World War II (1939–1945) == == Interwar (1918–1939) == == World War I (1914–1918) == See also: World War I timeline == 1800–1915 == == French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815) == == 1700–1792 == == 1600–1699 == 1694 invasion of Lan Xang by Vietnam 1693 invasion of Mongolia by China 1692 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam 1688–1689 invasion of Britain by the Dutch Republic 1683 invasion of Kingdom of Tungning by the Qing dynasty 1683 invasion of Austria by Ottoman Empire 1677 invasion of Vietnam by a Mạc army 1674 invasion of Brandenburg by Sweden 1673 invasion of Poland by Ottoman Turks 1673-1677 invasion of Southern Africa by the Dutch Republic 1672 invasion of Dutch Republic by France with English support 1670–1671 invasion of Spanish Panama by the Welsh privateer Henry Morgan 1668 invasion of Spanish Panama by the Welsh privateer Morgan 1668 invasion of Spanish Cuba by the Welsh privateer Morgan 1664 invasion of Austria by Ottoman Empire 1662 invasion of Assam by Bengal 1661–1662 invasion of Dutch Formosa by the Ming loyalists 1655 invasion of western Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by Sweden 1654 invasion of eastern Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by Russia 1653 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam 1650 invasion of Scotland by England 1649-1653 invasion of Ireland by England 1648-1669 invasion of Crete by Ottoman Empire 1644 invasion of the Ming dynasty by the Qing dynasty 1636 invasion of Korea by the Qing dynasty 1630 invasion of Germany by Sweden 1627 invasion of Iceland by Barbary pirates 1627 invasion of Korea by the Later Jin 1625 invasion of western England by Barbary pirates 1625 invasion of Ottoman Istanbul by Zaporozhian Cossacks 1621 invasion of Poland by Ottoman Turks 1609 invasion of Russia by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth == 1500–1599 == 1596 invasion of Austria by the Ottoman Empire 1594 invasion of Cambodia by Siam 1592 invasion of Burma by Siam 1592–1598 invasion of Korea by Japan 1590–1592 invasion of Orissa by Mughal Empire 1589 invasion of Poland by the Crimean Khanate 1585–1589 invasion of Kashmir by the Mughal Empire 1585 invasion of Lanzarote of the Canary Islands by Barbary pirates 1578 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam 1563–1569 invasion of Siam by Burma 1573 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks 1572–1576 invasion of Bengal by Mughal Empire 1572–1573 invasion of Gujarat by Mughal Empire 1572 invasion of Spanish Nombre de Dios by the English privateer Drake 1571 invasion of Russia by Crimean Khanate 1571 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks 1567–1568 invasion of Chittorgarh by Mughal Empire 1565 invasion of Malta by Ottoman Empire 1564–1567 invasion of Garha by Mughal Empire 1560–1570 invasion of Malwa by Mughal Empire 1552 invasion of Kazan Khanate by Russia 1551 invasion of Tripoli by Ottoman Empire 1551 invasion of Gozo by Ottoman Empire 1548–1549 invasion of Siam by Burma 1537 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks 1537 invasion of Vietnam by a Ming army 1527–1543 invasion of Ethiopia by Adal Sultanate 1529 invasion of Austria by the Ottoman Empire 1526 invasion of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire 1522 invasion of Rhodes by the Ottoman Empire 1515 invasion of Duchy Of Milan by France 1513 invasion of Duchy Of Milan by Papal-hired Swiss mercenaries and Republic of Venice 1512 invasion of Spain by Barbary pirates 1506 invasion of Poland by Crimean Tatars == 1300–1499 == 1499 invasion of Duchy Of Milan by France 1492 invasion of the Americas by Spain 1492 invasion of Granada by Spain 1480 invasion of Rhodes by the Ottoman Empire 1478 invasion of Kingdom of Lan Xang by Vietnam 1471 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam 1453 invasion of Byzantium by the Ottoman Empire 1446 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam 1431 invasion of Venetian Corfu by Ottoman Turks 1429 invasion of Malta by the Hafsids 1427 invasion of Vietnam by a Ming army 1421 invasion of Egypt by the Kingdom of Cyprus 1415 invasion of France by the Kingdom of England.