Took place on vs Took place in

Both are correct, but they're used in different contexts. 'Took place on' is used when referring to a specific date or day, while 'took place in' refers to a general time period or location.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a specific date or day.

"Took place on"

Use 'took place on' when specifying a particular date or day on which an event occurred.

Examples:

The meeting took place on Monday.
The concert took place on New Year's Eve.
The accident took place on June 15th.

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Another meeting took place on 2 February 2004.
International Day against Child Soldiers took place on 12 February.
World Suicide Prevention Day took place on 10 September.
The conciliation preceding Council First reading took place on 10 July.
The conversion and the conclusion of that agreement took place on 24 November 2000.
The sale took place on 25 January 2008.
Transfer of the property took place on 9 December 2002.
The most recent mission took place on 2 March 2009.
The last meeting with Austria took place on 1 April 2008.
A second such attack took place on 17 March.
The first meeting of the Accession Conference at Ministerial level with Iceland took place on 27 July 201012609/10...
A first meeting implementing the MoU took place on 1 June 2011.
One interested party requested a hearing with the Commission services which took place on 20 March 2015.
Also a hearing was organised, which took place on 15 March.
Something impossible just took place on this plane.
The arraignment tooK place on Friday around lunchtime.
This took place on 3 May.
The trialogue meetings took place on 12 March, 24 April and 28 May.
A meeting took place on 22 March 2004.
A meeting between the Commission and Poland took place on 26 November 2013.

Alternatives:

happened on
occurred on
was on

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a general time period or location.

"Took place in "

Use 'took place in' when talking about events that occurred within a certain time frame or location.

Examples:

The festival took place in the summer.
The incident took place in the city.
The competition took place in the 20th century.

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An expert consultation on this issue took place in Washington in September 2007.
Her coronation took place in london this past week.
The third round took place in September 2008.
The capital increase took place in two tranches.
The shooting took place in an abandoned section of the station.
The fourth round of Cyprus proximity talks took place in New York from 12-26 September.
On 12 April 2002 a coup took place in Caracas, ousting the democratically elected President of Venezuela.
This crime took place in New York, not Barcelona.
The 1st reading on the seven proposals took place in March/April 2007.
Democratisation took place in Croatia ten years ago.
The crimes took place in a three-year period.
These documents record a transaction which took place in October 1930 between my government and Colin McKenzie.
The transaction took place in room 22 in The Crane Hotel, Guernsey.
Political Union took place in June 1999, under the German Council Presidency, also with a green Environment Minister.
The first deliveries of food and medicine took place in March 1997.
Most of their trade liberalisation took place in the 1980s, when high growth had already been firmly established.
The LVL 25 million capital increase took place in June 2012 [18].
It took place in two different places.
A similar development in employment took place in the US and Japan.
I know that Parliament is concerned about alleged irregularities in the parliamentary and presidential elections that recently took place in Romania.

Alternatives:

occurred in
happened in
was in

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