List of sieges
A
siege is a prolonged
military assault and
blockade on a
city or
fortress with the intent of conquering by force or
attrition. What follows a chronological
list of sieges.
Ancient
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Siege of Megiddo (c.
1457 BCE)
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Siege of Dapur (c.
1296 BCE)
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Siege of Troy (c.
1200 BCE)
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Siege of Hermopolis (c.
715 BCE)
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Siege of Jerusalem (
701 BCE) - the Assyrian siege of
Sennacherib*
Siege of Syracuse (
415 BCE) - the
Athenian siege
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Siege of Tyre (
332 BCE) by
Alexander the Great*
Siege of Rhodes (
305 BCE) by
Demetrius Poliorcetes*
Siege of Agrigentum (
261 BCE) (
First Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage)
* Siege of
Saguntum (
218 BCE) - 'casus belli' for the
Second Punic War*
Siege of Syracuse (
213–
212 BCE) - the Roman siege
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Siege of Carthage (
149–
146 BCE) by
Scipio Aemilianus Africanus* Siege of
Numantia (
134–
133 BCE) by
Scipio Aemilianus Africanus*
Siege of Alesia (
52 BCE)
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Siege of Jerusalem (
70 CE) - the Roman siege of
Titus*
Siege of Masada (
72 CE)
Medieval
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Siege of Rome (
537–
538)
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Siege of Constantinople (
674–
678)
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Siege of Constantinople (
717–
718)
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Siege of Pavia (
773–
774)
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Siege of Paris (
885–
886)
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Siege of Graus (Spring
1063)
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Siege of Nicaea (
1097) - part of the
First Crusade*
Siege of Antioch (
1097–
1098) - part of the
First Crusade*
Siege of Capua (1098)
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Siege of Jerusalem (
1099) - part of the
First Crusade*
Siege of Edessa (
1144)
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Siege of Lisbon (
1147)
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Siege of Damascus (
1148)
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Siege of Sanjo Palace (
1160) - the main action of the
Heiji Rebellion took place in
Kyoto*
Siege of Nara (
1180) - during
Genpei War*
Siege of Jerusalem (
1187)
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Siege of Acre (
1189)
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Siege of Zara (
1202) - part of the
Fourth Crusade*
Siege of Constantinople (
1204) - part of the
Fourth Crusade*
Siege of Gibraltar (
1309) - first siege of
Gibraltar, by Juan Alfonso de Guzman
el Bueno in the
Reconquista*
Siege of Gibraltar (
1316) - second siege of
Gibraltar, by the Nasrid caid Yahya in the
Reconquista*
Siege of Kamakura (
1333) - end of
Ashikaga shogunate.
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Siege of Gibraltar (1333) - third siege of
Gibraltar, by a
Marinids army, lead by Abd al-Malik in the
Reconquista*
Siege of Gibraltar (1333) - fourth siege of
Gibraltar, by King
Alfonso XI of Castile in the
Reconquista*
Siege of Caffa (
1346)
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Siege of Calais (1346–
1347) -
Hundred Years' War*
Siege of Gibraltar (
1349–
1350) - fifth siege of
Gibraltar, by
Alfonso XI in the
Reconquista*
Siege of Gibraltar (
1374) - sixth siege of
Gibraltar, by the
Nasrid in the
Reconquista*
Siege of Marienburg (
1410) - in the aftermath of the
Battle of Grunwald*
Siege of Rouen (
1418) - reopening of the Hundred Years War
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Siege of Orleans (
1429)
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Siege of Gibraltar (
1436) - seventh siege of
Gibraltar, by the count of
Niebla in the
Reconquista*
Siege of Constantinople (
1453)
Early modern
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Siege of Gibraltar (
1462) - eighth siege of
Gibraltar, by a Castilian army in the
Reconquista*
Siege of Gibraltar (
1467) - ninth siege of
Gibraltar, by the
Duke of Medina Sidonia*
Siege of Gibraltar (
1506) - tenth siege of
Gibraltar, by the
Duke of Medina Sidonia* Siege of
Smolensk (
1514)
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Siege of Tenochtitlan (
1521)
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Siege of Rhodes (
1522)
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Siege of Vienna (
1529)
* Siege of
Kazan (
1552)
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Siege of Leith (
1560)
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Siege of Malta (
1565)
* Turkish siege of Nicosia, Cyprus (
1570)
* Turkish siege of Famagusta, Cyprus (
1570–
1571)
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Siege of Ishiyama Honganji (
1570–
1580) - longest siege in Japanese history
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Sieges of Nagashima (
1571,
1573,
1574)
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Siege of Haarlem (
1572)
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Siege of Nagashino (
1575)
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Siege of Pskov (
1581–
1582)
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Siege of Ypres (
1584)
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Siege of Ghent (1584)
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Siege of Bruges (1584)
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Siege of Brussels (1584)
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Siege of Antwerp (1584–
1585)
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Siege of Odawara (
1590)
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Siege of Kinsale (
1601–
1602)
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Siege of Ostend (1601–
1604)
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Siege of Smolensk - (
1609–
1611) - 20 months
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Siege of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra (1609-1611) - 16 months
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Siege of Osaka (
1614–
1615)
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Siege of Breda (
1624–
1625)
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Siege of La Rochelle (
1627–
1628)
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Siege of Nuremberg (
1632),
Thirty Years' War*
Siege of Hara fortress (
1637–
1638)
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Siege of Azov (1637–
1642)
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Siege of Candia (
Crete) (
1648–
1669) - possibly the longest siege in history
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Siege of Drogheda (
1649) -
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland*
Siege of Wexford (1649)
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Siege of Waterford (1649–
1650)
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Siege of Clonmel (1650)
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Cromwell's Siege of Limerick City,
Ireland (
1651)
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Siege of Galway (
1652)
* Siege of
Riga (
1656) - in the
Russo-Swedish War of 1656-1658*
Siege of Copenhagen (
1658–
1659)
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Siege of Solovetsky Monastery (
1668–
1676) - eight years
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Siege of Groningen (
1672)
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Siege of Maastricht (
1673)
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Siege of Derry (
1689)
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Siege of Athlone (
1691)
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Williamite Siege of Limerick City,
Ireland (
1690–
1691)
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Siege of Gibraltar (
1704) - eleventh siege of
Gibraltar, by an Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of Sir
George Rooke*
Siege of Gibraltar (1704–
1705) - twelfth siege of
Gibraltar, by a Spanish-French army
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Siege of Turin (
1706)
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Siege of Lille (
1708)
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Siege of Gibraltar (
1727) - thirteenth siege of
Gibraltar, by a Spanish army
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Siege of Gdansk (
1734)
* Siege of
Cartagena of Indies (
1741) - by
Edward Vernon in the
War of Jenkin's Ear* Siege of
Olomouc (
1758) - by
Frederick the Great in the
Seven Years' War*
Siege of Quebec City (
1759)
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Siege of Kolberg (
1761)
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Siege of Boston (
1775–
1776)
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Siege of Gibraltar (
1779–
1783) - fourteenth siege of
Gibraltar, by a Spanish-French army in the
American Revolutionary War*
Siege of Yorktown (
1781)
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Siege of Mantua (
1796–
1797)
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Siege of Seringapatam (
1799)
Modern
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First and
Second sieges of
Saragossa (
1808–
1809) -
Peninsular War* Siege of
Girona (1808-1809) -
Peninsular War* Siege of
Ciudad Rodrigo (
1810) -
Peninsular War*
Siege of Badajoz (
1812) -
Peninsular War*
Siege of the Alamo (
1836)
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Siege of Veracruz (
1847) - First U.S.
amphibious landing*
Siege of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (
1854)
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Siege of Taganrog (
1855) -
Crimean War*
Siege of Kars 1855 -
Crimean War*
Siege of Sevastopol (1854-1855) -
Crimean War*
Siege of Cawnpore (
1857) - The
Indian Mutiny*
Siege of Lucknow (1857) - The
Indian Mutiny*
Siege of Medina Fort (1857) -
Toucouleurs besiege
French for 97 days
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Siege of Vicksburg (
1863) —
Union army besieged a
Confederate city in the
American Civil War.
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Siege of Port Hudson (1863) — Union Army surrounded Confederate river stronghold for 48 days.
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Siege of Petersburg (
1864–
1865)
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Siege of Hakodate (
1869)
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Siege of Paris and the
Paris Commune (
1870–
1871)
* Siege of
Cartagena (
1873–
1874)
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Siege of Khartoum (
1884–
1885)
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Siege of Mafeking (
1899–
1900)
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Siege of Port Arthur (
1904–
1905)
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Siege of Antwerp (
1914),
World War I*
Siege of Maubeuge (1914),
World War I*
Siege of Alcazar (
1936) -
Second Spanish Republic militias besieged the
Alcazar of Toledo in the
Spanish Civil War *
Siege of Malta (1940) (
1940–
1943)
World War II*
Siege of Tobruk (1941) -
World War II*
Siege of Sevastopol (1942) -
World War II*
Siege of Leningrad (
1941–
1944) - also known as the 900-Day Siege, probably the most gruesome in history,
World War II* Siege of
Wrocław (
1945) -
World War II* The Siege of
Dien Bien Phu (
1954) — Vietnamese
Viet Minh forces besieged
French forces, effecting a final defeat on France's colonial occupation
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Siege of Erenköy (
1964) - Turkish Cypriots holding out against attacking Greek and Greek Cypriot forces.
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Siege of Beirut (
1982)
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Siege of Sarajevo (
1992–
1996)
Fictional
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Battle of the Hornburg (
The Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers)
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Battle of the Pelennor Fields (
The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King)
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Battle of Tyrsis (
The Sword of Shannara)
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Siege of Troy (c.
1200 BCE) (Possibly fictional)
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Sidney Street Siege (
1911)
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Attica Siege (
1971)
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Munich Olympic Massacre (
1972)
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Wounded Knee Siege (
1973)
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Norrmalmstorg robbery (1973) famous for the
Stockholm syndrome*
Spaghetti House Siege (
1975)
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Balcombe Street Siege (1975)
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MOVE Siege (
1978)
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Iranian Embassy Siege (
1980)
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Waco Siege (
1993)
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Montana Freemen Siege (
1996)
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Japanese embassy hostage crisis (1996–
1997)
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Republic of Texas Embassy Siege (1997)
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Moscow Theatre Siege (
2002)
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Beslan hostage crisis (
2004)
