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.

World War I (1914–1918)
See also: World War I timeline

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815)
See also: French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

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
 * 1672 invasion of Dutch Republic by France with English support
 * 1670–1671 invasion of Spanish Panama by the English privateer Henry Morgan
 * 1668 invasion of Spanish Panama by the English privateer Morgan
 * 1668 invasion of Spanish Cuba by the English 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
 * 1647 invasion of Ireland by England
 * 1647 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
 * 1589 invasion of Poland by the Crimean Khanate
 * 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 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
 * 1565 invasion of Malta by Ottoman 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.
 * Turkoman invasions of Georgia 1407–1502
 * 1407 invasion of Vietnam by China
 * 1403 invasion of Venetian Corfu by the Republic of Genoa


 * 1402 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
 * 1389 invasion of Serbia by the Ottoman Empire
 * 1389 invasion of Vietnam by the Kingdom of Champa
 * 1385–1387 invasion of Caucasus and Northwest Iran by the Golden Horde
 * 1382–1383 invasion of Russia by the Golden Horde
 * 1377 invasion of Vietnam by the Kingdom of Champa
 * 1372 invasion of Vietnam by the Kingdom of Champa
 * 1361 invasion of Vietnam by the Kingdom of Champa
 * 1333 invasion of Scotland by "The Disinherited" and England
 * 1332 invasion of Scotland by "The Disinherited" from England
 * 1312 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
 * 1300 invasion of Flanders by France

Timurid invasions

 * 1386–1403 Timur's invasions of Georgia
 * 1400–1402 invasion of Iraq, Syria and Anatolia
 * 1399 invasion of Ukraine
 * 1398–1399 invasion of northern India
 * 1394–1396 invasion of Golden Horde (second)
 * 1389–1391 invasion of Golden Horde (first)
 * 1380–1393 invasion of Persia
 * 1370s invasion of Transoxiana and Khwarezm

1200–1299

 * 1297 invasion of Monaco by an Italian army
 * 1296 invasion of Scotland by England
 * 1291 invasion of Acre by the Mamluks
 * 1268 invasion of Antioch by the Mamluks
 * 1246 invasion of Thessaloniki by the Byzantine Empire
 * 1224 invasion of the Kingdom of Thessaloniki by the Byzantine Despotate of Epirus
 * 1218 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
 * 1216 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
 * 1204 invasion of Thessaloniki by the Fourth Crusade
 * 1204 invasion of Constantinople by Venice and the Fourth Crusade
 * 1203 invasion of Constantinople by Venice and the Fourth Crusade
 * 1202 invasion of Hungary-Croatia by Venice and the Fourth Crusade

Mongol invasions

 * 1299 invasion of Syria (third invasion)
 * 1293 invasion of Java
 * 1288 raid against Vietnam
 * 1287 raid against Poland
 * 1287 invasion of Vietnam (third attempt)
 * 1285 raid against Bulgaria
 * 1285 raid against Vietnam
 * 1284–1285 invasion of Hungary
 * 1284 invasion of Vietnam (second attempt)
 * 1283 invasion of Kingdom of Champa
 * 1281 invasion of Syria (second invasion)
 * 1281 invasion of Japan
 * 1279 invasion of Southern China
 * 1277, 1287 invasion of Myanmar
 * 1275 raid against Lithuania
 * 1274 raid against Bulgaria
 * 1274 invasion of Japan
 * 1259 invasion of Syria (first invasion)
 * 1259 raid against Lithuania and Poland
 * 1258–1259 invasion of Halych-Volynia
 * 1258 raid against Vietnam
 * 1258 invasion of Baghdad
 * 1257 invasion of Vietnam (first attempt)
 * 1254 invasions of Korea (sixth campaign)
 * 1251–1259 invasion of Persia, Syria and Mesopotamia (Timour)
 * 1251 invasion of Korea (fifth campaign)
 * 1247 invasion of Korea (fourth campaign)
 * 1244 invasion of Anatolia
 * 1242 invasion of Serbia, Bulgaria, Wallachia
 * 1241 invasion of Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Bohemia, Austria
 * 1240 Mongol invasions of Tibet
 * 1240 invasion of Ukraine
 * 1237–1238 invasion of Russia
 * 1235 invasion of Korea (third campaign)
 * 1232 invasion of Korea (second campaign)
 * 1231 invasion of Korea (first campaign)
 * 1222, 1241, 1257, 1292, 1298, 1306, 1327 invasion of India
 * 1220–1224 invasion of Georgians and the Cumans of the Caucasus, the Kuban, Astrakhan, Russia, Ukraine
 * 1218–1220 invasion of Khwarizm (Iran)
 * 1211–1234 invasion of Northern China
 * 1205–1209 invasion of Western China

900 AD –1199 AD

 * 1195 invasion of Spain by Almohads
 * 1191 invasion of Jaffa by England (Third Crusade)
 * 1191 invasion of Acre by France, Conrad of Montferrat and England (Third Crusade)
 * 1191 invasion of Cyprus by England (Third Crusade)
 * 1189 invasion of Iconium by the Holy Roman Empire (Third Crusade)
 * 1189 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Ayyubids (Egypt)
 * 1177 invasion of Angkor by Rival Chams based in Central Vietnam
 * 1171, 1173, 1177, 1183, 1187 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Ayyubids (Egypt)
 * 1169 Invasion of Ireland by the Anglo-Normans
 * 1167 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
 * 1163, 1164, 1167, 1168 invasion of Egypt by Kingdom of Jerusalem
 * 1161–1165 invasion of the Southern Song dynasty by the Jin dynasty
 * 1132 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
 * 1128 invasion of Vietnam by Kingdom of Champa
 * 1125–1142 invasion of the Northern Song dynasty by the Jin dynasty
 * 1115–1118 invasion of Egypt by Kingdom of Jerusalem
 * 1113 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Seljuk Turks
 * 1110 invasion of Kalinga by Chola
 * 1104 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
 * 1102,1103,1105 invasion of Kingdom of Jerusalem by Egypt
 * 1099 invasion of Jerusalem by the First Crusade
 * 1097–1098 invasion of Antioch by the First Crusade
 * 1097 invasion of Kalinga by Chola
 * 1091 invasion of Malta by the Normans
 * 1091 invasion of Byzantine Empire by Petchenegs
 * 1086 Invasion of Spain by Almoravids
 * 1085 invasion of Antioch by the Seljuk Turks
 * 1080s invasions of the Georgian Kingdom by the Seljuk Turks
 * 1075 invasion of China by Vietnam
 * 1074–1075 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
 * 1071 invasion of Byzantine Empire by Seljuk Turks
 * 1069 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
 * 1068 invasion of Egypt by the Seljuk Turks
 * 1066 invasion of England by Norwegian and Norman forces
 * 1053–54 invasion of Malta by the Byzantine Empire
 * 1044 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
 * 1043 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
 * 1028–1029 invasion of Norway by Canute the Great from Anglo-Saxon England
 * 1025 invasion of Srivijaya by Chola
 * 1020 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
 * 1019 invasion of Kyushu, Japan by Jurchen pirates
 * 1018 invasion of Lanka (Sri Lanka) by Chola
 * 1015–1016 invasion of Anglo-Saxon England by Danish, Norwegian, Jomsviking and Polish forces led by Canute the Great
 * 1000 invasion of North America by Vikings
 * 993–1019 invasion of Korea by Khitan
 * 982 invasion of Kingdom of Champa by Vietnam
 * 981 invasion of Vietnam by Song forces
 * 969 invasion of Antioch by the Byzantine Empire
 * 968 invasion of Kievan Rus by Petchenegs
 * 955 invasion of Germany by Magyars
 * 938 invasion of Vietnam by Southern Han forces
 * 919–921 Second Fatimid invasion of Egypt
 * 914–915 First Fatimid invasion of Egypt

Before 900 AD

 * 870 invasion of Malta by the Aghlabids
 * 793 invasion of BritainLindisfarne by Vikings
 * 782 Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor by Arabs
 * 772 invasion of Saxony by Charlemagne
 * 763 invasion of Tang China by Tibetans
 * 732 invasion of France by Arabs
 * 718 invasion of Byzantine Empire by Arabs
 * 711–718 invasion of Visigothic Hispania by a Moorish army of the second caliphate
 * 657 invasion of the Western Turkic Khaganate by China
 * 651 invasion of Champa and Vietnam by the third caliphate
 * 648 invasion of Karasahr by the Tang dynasty
 * 645–668 invasion of Korea by the Tang dynasty
 * 644 invasion of Karasahr by the Tang dynasty
 * 642–711 invasion of Algeria by the Umayyads
 * 640 invasion of Karakhoja by the Tang dynasty
 * 639–640 invasion of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate by China
 * 639–641 invasion of Egypt by the second caliphate
 * 636 invasion of Antioch by the second caliphate
 * 633–651 invasion of Sasanian Empire by the first caliphate
 * 602 invasion of Vietnam by a Sui army
 * 600 invasion of Antioch by the Byzantine Empire
 * 586 invasion of Byzantine Empire by Persia
 * 598–614 invasion of Korea by China
 * 544 invasion of Vietnam by Chen Baxian
 * 543 invasion of Vietnam by Kingdom of Champa
 * 543 Roman invasion of Persarmenia by the Byzantine Empire
 * 540 invasion of Antioch by the Sasanid Empire
 * 520 or 525 invasion of Yemen by Ethiopia (Kingdom of Aksum)
 * 440 Huns invade the Eastern Roman Empire
 * 429 invasion of the Iberian peninsula by the Visigoths
 * 409 invasion of the Iberian peninsula by Vandals and Alans
 * 409 invasion of the NW of the Iberian peninsula by Suebians
 * 406 invasion of Gallia by Vandals, Alans and Suebians
 * 363 invasion of Persia by the Roman Empire
 * 349 invasion of Meroe by Ethiopia (Kingdom of Aksum)
 * 249 invasion of Roman Empire by Persia
 * 43 AD invasion of Vietnam by a Han army
 * 43 AD invasion of Britain by the Roman Empire
 * 56 and 55 BC invasions of Britain by the Roman Republic
 * 58 and 57 BC invasions of France (Gaul) by the Roman Republic
 * 65 BC invasion of Georgia (Colchis and Iberia) by the Roman Republic
 * 111 BC invasion of Vietnam by a Han army
 * 121 BC invasion of France (Celtic Gaul) by the Roman Republic
 * 149 BC invasion of Carthago by the Roman Republic
 * 208 BC invasion of Vietnam by China
 * 218 BC invasion of Vietnam by a Qin army
 * 219 BC invasion of Lusitania by the Roman Republic
 * 221 BC invasion of Vietnam by Qin Shi Huang
 * 258 BC invasion of Vietnam by Âu Việt tribe led by Thục Phán
 * 279 BC invasion of Balkans by Gauls
 * Approximately between 18th–13th century BC invasion of Canaan by Joshua and the Israelites
 * Approximately between 22nd–21st century BC invasion of Vietnam by Ân tribes.

Peloponnesian War
431–404 BC multiple invasions of Athens and allies by Sparta and allies; multiple invasions of Spartan allies by Athens and allies

Persian invasions of Greece

 * 480–479 BCE Second Persian invasion of Greece
 * 492–490 BCE First Persian invasion of Greece