Siege of the British Residency in Kabul
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The siege of the British Residency in Kabul was a military engagement of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The British resident, Sir Louis Cavagnari, and his escort were massacred after an 8-hour siege by mutinous Afghan troops inside their Residency in Kabul. This event triggered the second phase of the war, during which an Anglo-Indian army invaded Afghanistan and captured Kabul.
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Location: 34.5328, 69.1658, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1879-09-03T00:00:00Z
1879-09-03T00:00:00Z
1879 Siege of the British Residency in Kabul
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 1823 | Emirate of Afghanistan | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1978 | Democratic Republic of Afghanistan | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1996 | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 2004 | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | First Battle of Kabul | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Fourth Battle of Kabul | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Third Battle of Kabul | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1504 | Siege of Kabul | Timurid dynasty, Arghun Dynasty, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1842 | Battle of Kabul | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1879 | Siege of the British Residency in Kabul | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1879 | Battle of Charasiab | battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1879 | Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1880 | Second Battle of Charasiab | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1979 | Chindawol uprising | insurgency | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1979 | Bala Hissar uprising | insurgency | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1980 | 3 Hoot uprising | insurgency | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1992 | Battle of Kabul | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2001 | Fall of Kabul | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2002 | 2002 Afghan coup plot | Afghan Interim Administration, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin, attempted coup d'état | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2010 | January 2010 attack in central Kabul | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2011 | September 2011 Kabul attack | Taliban, offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2021 | Fall of Kabul | Taliban, battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2022 | death of Ayman al-Zawahiri | death, killing, drone warfare | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1878 | Second Anglo-Afghan War | war, British Empire, Emirate of Afghanistan | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1979 | Soviet-Afghan War | war, Soviet Union, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen, Tehran Eight | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1989 | Afghan Civil War | civil war | Wikidata |
| organisation | military branch | 1747 | Afghan National Army | army | Wikidata |
| organisation | military branch | 1924 | Afghan Air Force | air force | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Bala Hissar | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | OMAR Mine Museum | military museum | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | William Heysham Overend - Attack on the British residency, Kabul, 1879 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | William Heysham Overend - Attack on the British residency, Kabul, 1879 | Commons | ||

