Imperial forces had captured Conquering the Venetian city of Padua in June 1509 .

For two weeks , Imperial and French artillery bombarded Attack the city , successfully breaching Committing_crime the walls ; but the attacking Attack troops were driven Motion back by determined Deciding Venetian resistance when they attempted to enter .

The Decembrist revolt Attack or the Decembrist uprising Change_of_leadership ( ) took place Process_start in Imperial Russia on .

In 1816 , several officers of the Imperial Russian Guard founded Creating a society known as the Union of Salvation , or of the Faithful and True Sons of the Fatherland .

The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign , also known as Operation Forager , was an offensive launched GetReady by United States forces against Imperial Japanese forces in the Mariana Islands and Palau in the Pacific Ocean between June and November 1944 during the Pacific War .

In response , the Imperial Japanese Navy 's Combined Fleet sortied to attack Attack the U.S. Navy fleet supporting the landings .

The climax of the engagement occurred Presence on November 17 , when an aggressive feint Defending by the French Imperial Guard induced Causation Kutuzov to delay Change_event_time a potentially decisive final Process_end Russian attack Attack .

The base was attacked Attack by 353 Imperial Japanese aircraft ( including fighters , level and dive bombers , and torpedo bombers ) in two waves , launched Process_start from six aircraft carriers .

These actions were ordered Arranging by President Franklin D. Roosevelt shortly after Imperial Japan 's attack Attack on Pearl Harbor .

In this 90-minute battle Hostile_encounter , Frederick the Great , king of Prussia , defeated Conquering an Allied army composed of French forces augmented Cause_to_amalgamate by a contingent of the Reichsarmee ( Imperial Army ) of the Holy Roman Empire .

The French and Imperial army included Cause_to_be_included almost 42,000 men , opposing Agree_or_refuse_to_act a considerably smaller Prussian force of 22,000 .

The Imperial Conference Social_event of 1923 met Social_event in London in the autumn of 1923 , the first attended Participation by the new Irish Free State .

While named the Imperial Economic Conference , the principal activity concerned the rights Legality of the Dominions in regards to determining Deciding their own foreign policy .

Where previous Imperial Conferences were held Hold in public session , the 1923 conference Social_event allowing Preventing_or_letting for `` in camera '' discussion Communication with a resolution Resolve_problem `` that at meetings of this nature , where questions of high policy and of the greatest consequence to all parts of the British Commonwealth are surveyed Research and dealt Resolve_problem with , it was of the first importance that the representatives present should feel Change_sentiment able to speak Expressing_publicly among themselves with the utmost freedom and in a spirit of complete confidence . ''

In addition , prior to the Imperial Conference , Canada negotiated Communication the Halibut Treaty with the United States and did so without involving Cause_to_be_included the United Kingdom or allowing Preventing_or_letting the British government to sign on Sign_agreement Canada 's behalf .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Coral Sea , fought Hostile_encounter from 4–8 May 1942 , was a major naval battle Hostile_encounter between the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia , taking place Process_start in the Pacific Theatre of World War II .

The Actions along the Matanikau—sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau—were two separate but related Cause_to_be_included engagements Hostile_encounter , which took place Process_start in the months of September and October 1942 , among a series of engagements between the United States and Imperial Japanese naval and ground forces Causation around the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal ( island in the southwestern Pacific , northeast of Australia ) during the Guadalcanal Campaign .

The Action of 11 January 1944 was a minor naval action that resulted in Causation the sinking Motion_directional of the light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy by the British Royal Navy submarine .

Imperial control scarcely reached Arriving beyond the old Vandal kingdom , however , and the Moorish tribes of the interior proved Convincing unwilling to accept Receiving imperial rule and soon rose Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale up in rebellion .

`` the airstrike on Truk Island '' ) , 17–18 February 1944 , was a massive United States Navy air and surface attack Attack on Truk Lagoon conducted Action as part of the American offensive drive Self_motion against the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) through the Central Pacific Ocean during World War II .

Cameron , who viewed the war as a form of land plunder , had urged Request the Colonial Office to withdraw British troops from New Zealand and from the end of 1865 the Imperial forces began to leave Departing , replaced Change_of_leadership by an expanding New Zealand military force .

Fourteen people were killed Killing and forty injured Bodily_harm when a dust explosion occurred Coming_to_be at a sugar refinery owned by Imperial Sugar .

Imperial intended to rebuild Recovering it and return Arriving to production by the end of 2008 , with replacement buildings to be completed Process_end by summer the following year .

Imperial said Statement that the explosion Catastrophe was the main reason for a major loss Earnings_and_losses in the first quarter of 2008 .

By September 2010 , 44 suits had been filed Submitting_documents in Chatham County Court against Imperial Sugar and/or its cleaning contractor .

When the revolt Attack failed , mass emigration Departing of the Dungan people from Ili to Imperial Russia ensued Coming_to_be .

The battle Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter on 20 February 1499 , a cold and foggy day , between 10,000 Imperial troops , mostly from the Swabian Circles , and a smaller number of Swiss troops , often called Name_conferral Reisläufer .

The Imperial army had deployed Arranging its advance Cause_to_make_progress guard Patrolling between the towns of Lustenau and Höchst , south of the lake town of Hard .

On the morning of the battle the Imperial advance Cause_to_make_progress guard discovered Know the advanced Cause_to_make_progress guard of the invading Attack Swiss army marching Motion_directional down the right bank of the Rhine , attacked Attack it , and caused Causation it to recoil Escaping toward Hard .

The Imperial army had an artillery train and a small force of armoured knights , although it is not known Know whether these fought Hostile_encounter on horseback , or , as was often their custom , on foot Connect amongst the infantry pike columns .

The Swiss attack Attack columns precipitously attacked Attack the Imperial positions , staggered Motion under the weight of the defensive Defending fire Use_firearm from the Imperial artillery , but , propelled Cause_change_of_strength forward by their serious warfighting ethos , kept up the assault Attack .

The Swiss attack Attack columns precipitously attacked Attack the Imperial positions , staggered Motion under the weight of the defensive Defending fire Use_firearm from the Imperial artillery , but , propelled Cause_change_of_strength forward by their serious warfighting ethos , kept up the assault Attack .

Colliding Connect with the Imperial infantry columns , the Swiss rapidly threw Hold the Swabian forces Causation into disorder Action , then rout Earnings_and_losses .

Some Imperial troops fled Escaping to Bregenz , others attempted to board three nearby ships , which overturned Process_end in the chaos and sank Motion_directional , drowning Death many of the fleeing infantry and knights .

The Siege of Gaeta ( 26 February - 18 July 1806 ) saw the fortress city of Gaeta and its Neapolitan garrison under Louis of Hesse-Philippsthal besieged Besieging by an Imperial French corps led by André Masséna .

The 1806 Invasion of Naples by Napoleon 's forces was provoked Causation when King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies joined Becoming_a_member the Third Coalition against Imperial France .

The Kingdom of Naples was rapidly overrun Conquering by Imperial soldiers , but Hesse stubbornly held Defending out at Gaeta .

It involved Cause_to_be_included the Imperial German Navy 's L 2 airship manufactured by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin as LZ 18 .

The 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake Catastrophe occurred Coming_to_be at 16:16 Pacific Daylight Time ( 23:16 UTC ) on 15 October just south of the Mexico–United States border .

It affected Influence Imperial Valley in Southern California and Mexicali Valley in northern Baja California .

The irrigation systems in the Imperial Valley were badly affected Influence , but no deaths Death occurred .

However , most of the intensity measurements were consistent with an overall maximum intensity of VII ( `` Very strong '' ) , and only the damage Damaging to a single structure , the Imperial County Services building in El Centro , was judged Deciding to be of intensity IX .

The Imperial Valley is surrounded Surrounding by a number of interconnected Forming_relationships fault systems and is vulnerable to both moderate and strong earthquakes Catastrophe as well as earthquake Catastrophe swarms Motion .

Thereafter the Anzac Mounted Division supported Supporting by the Imperial Camel Brigade were on the offensive , pursuing Self_motion the German and Ottoman army many miles across the Sinai Peninsula , reversing Change in a most emphatic manner the defeat Earnings_and_losses suffered Bodily_harm at Katia three months earlier .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Koromokina Lagoon was fought Hostile_encounter between the United States Marine Corps and Imperial Japanese Army forces Military_operation on Bougainville Island .

In San Diego and Imperial County , the total damage Damaging to agricultural interests was $ 25 million ( 1977 USD ) .

In terms of loss of life , it was the worst crash Catastrophe of a rigid aircraft on British territory to date and the second-worst overall crash Catastrophe of a British rigid aircraft after the crash Catastrophe of an Imperial Airways airliner in Belgium in 1933 ( in which 15 people died ) .

In an attempt to derail Hindering the Polish national movement , he brought Bringing forward to January the conscription of young Polish activists into the Imperial Russian Army ( for 20-year service ) .

The Imperial field marshal Pappenheim was also fatally wounded Bodily_harm .

When Changsha fell Change_of_leadership to the Imperial Japanese Army on June 19 , 1944 , Hengyang became Becoming their next target Aiming .