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Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe was born in Rwakabengo, Rukungiri Municipality, Rukungiri District, southwestern Uganda, on 22 April 1956.The second-born in a family of 6, both his parents died before he finished primary school.
The plan of penetrating the town of Belgrade, through taking over the Sava, Varoš, Stambol and Vidin Gate), was presented by Konda Bimbaša to Karađorđe.Konda Bimbaša, well aware of the operating procedures of the Ottoman guard, took the leadership over volunteers to take over the Sava gate, accompanied by Uzun-Mirko.
The siege of Belgrade (Hungarian: Nándorfehérvár ostroma) in 1521 is an event that followed as a result of the third major Ottoman attack on this Hungarian stronghold in the Ottoman–Hungarian wars at the time of the greatest expansion of the Ottoman Empire to the west.
Belgrade has been besieged numerous times in its history, Siege of Belgrade may refer to: . Siege of Belgrade (1440), failed Ottoman siege Siege of Belgrade (1456), failed Ottoman siege
Siege of Belgrade (1688) Part of the Great Turkish War, the Ottoman–Habsburg wars, and the Polish–Ottoman War: A folding screen depicting the siege of Belgrade commissioned by José Sarmiento de Valladares, most likely displayed in Mexico's viceregal palace.
The siege of Sardis (547/546 BC) was the last decisive conflict after the Battle of Thymbra, which was fought between the forces of Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great, when Cyrus followed Croesus to his city, laid siege to it for 14 days and captured it.
In the Mongol siege of Kaifeng from 1232 to 1233, the Mongol Empire captured Kaifeng, the capital of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty.The Mongol Empire and the Jin dynasty had been at war for nearly two decades, beginning in 1211 after the Jin dynasty refused the Mongol offer to submit as a vassal.
In the summer of 1242, a Mongol force invaded the Latin Empire of Constantinople.This force, a detachment of the army under Qadan then devastating Bulgaria, entered the empire from the north.