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The siege of Medina lasted from 10 June 1916 to 10 January 1919, when Hejazi Arab rebels surrounded the Islamic holy city, which was then under the control of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire joined the war on the side of the Central Powers under the leadership of the Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed V .
Inconclusive due to Arab-Berber Invasion. Umayyad conquest of Hispania (710–780) Part of Early Muslim conquests; Location: Iberian Peninsula and Mediterranean Sea Visigothic Kingdom: Umayyad Caliphate: Umayyad victory Start of Spanish Reconquista. Umayyad invasion of Gaul (719–759) Campaign of Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi. Combat ...
Date Result Raid on Gozo, capture of Taggia and Riva Brigoso in Liguria 1551 Siege of Tripoli (Conquest of Libya from Spain and Malta) 1551 Landings at the Adriatic ports, Sicily 1551 Defeat of the Spanish-Italian fleet near Ponza 1552 Conquest of Oman, Hormuz and Qatar from the Portuguese 1552
As can be seen on this map, Spain was far from the main battlefields, located on the Franco-German border, northern Italy, Russia and the Ottoman Empire. Spain remained neutral throughout World War I between 28 July 1914 and 11 November 1918, and despite domestic economic difficulties, [ 1 ] it was considered "one of the most important neutral ...
Yathrib renamed "Medina." [5] Baqi Cemetery established. 623 CE - Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Mosque of the two Qiblas) built. 624 CE - Prophet's House built. [1] 627 March–April: Battle of the Trench. [6] Constitution of Medina created (approximate date). [7] 630 - Medina and Mecca "established as the holy cities of Islam." [3] 632 CE / 11 H. 8 ...
Date: 10 November 1914 – 31 March 1919 ... the Ottomans had planned an invasion of Britain's Aden Protectorate in cooperation ... the last Ottoman troops did not ...
Spain. Jacobites. British Allied victory: Royal navy won a battle; a small-scale Jacobite invasion was defeated; Treaty of The Hague: Spanish attempt at expansion fails. Dummer's War (1721–1725) New England Colonies Mohawk: Wabanaki Confederacy: British victory. Britain recognises the rights of the region's indigenous inhabitants. The War of ...
The occupation of Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul'un işgali) or occupation of Constantinople (12 November 1918 – 4 October 1923), the capital of the Ottoman Empire, by British, French, Italian, and Greek forces, took place in accordance with the Armistice of Mudros, which ended Ottoman participation in the First World War.