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 is a chronological list of sieges.

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Military sieges

Ancient

The Burning of Troy (1759/62), oil painting by Johann Georg Trautmann

Before 1000 BC

10th century BC

9th century BC

  • Siege of Samaria (9th century BC) (Bible Reference: II Kings 6:24 – 7:7)

8th century BC

7th century BC

Fall of Nineveh (1829), by John Martin

6th century BC

5th century BC

4th century BC

A naval action during the siege of Tyre, Andre Castaigne (1898–1899)

3rd century BC

Archimedes Directing the Defenses of Syracuse (1895), by Thomas Ralph Spence
The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire by J. M. W. Turner, oil on canvas (1817)

2nd century BC

1st century BC

1st century

The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70 by David Roberts, 1850

2nd century

3rd century

The walls of Amida

4th century

5th century

Medieval

6th century

Totila razes the walls of Florence: 14th century illustration from Giovanni Villani's Nuova Cronica
  • Siege of Beroea (540) – Lazic War
  • Siege of Antioch (540) – Lazic War
  • Siege of Dara (540) – Lazic War
  • Siege of Petra (541) – Lazic War
  • Siege of Sisauranon (541) – Lazic War
  • Siege of Verona (541) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Florence (542) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Naples (542–543) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Sergiopolis (542) – Lazic War
  • Siege of Edessa (544) – Lazic War
  • Siege of Otranto (544) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Auximum (544) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Pesaro (544) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Fermo (544) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Ascoli (544) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Spoleto (545) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Assisi (545) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Perugia (545) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Piacenza (545) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Rome (546–547) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Septem (547)
  • Siege of Rossano (548) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Petra (549) – Lazic War
  • Siege of Rome (549–550) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Centumcellae (549) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Reggio (549) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Messina (549) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Topeiros (549)
  • Siege of the Abasgian fortress (549)
  • Siege of Petra (550) – Lazic War
  • Siege of Archaeopolis (550) – Lazic War
  • Siege of Ancona (551) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of the Sicilian forts (551) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Caranalis (551) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Crotone (551) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Rome (552) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Centumcellae (552–553) – Gothic War (535–554)
The capture of Pavia by the Lombard King, Alboin

7th century

  • Siege of Padua (601)
  • Siege of Monselice (602)
  • Siege of Cremona (603) – Byzantine–Lombard wars
  • Siege of Mantua (603) – Byzantine–Lombard wars
  • Siege of Edessa (603) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
  • Siege of Dara (603) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
  • Siege of Thessalonica (604)
  • Siege of Orléans (604)
  • Siege of Mardin (606–608) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
  • Siege of Kerteba (608) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
  • Siege of San (608) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
  • Siege of Basta (608) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
  • Siege of Balqa (608) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
  • Siege of Sanhur (608) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
  • Siege of Demqaruni (609) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
  • Siege of Theodisiopolis (609) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
  • Siege of Caesarea (611) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
  • Siege of Caesarea Maritima (614) by the Persians
  • Siege of Jerusalem (614) by the Persians under Shahrbaraz
  • Siege of Chalcedon (615) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
The Siege of Constantinople by the combined Sassanid, Avar, and Slavic forces in 626. A 1537 depiction on the murals of the Moldovița Monastery, Romania

8th century

Greek fire, used by the Byzantine navy to destroy the Arab fleets at the 717–718 Siege of Constantinople. Illustration from a 12th century illuminated manuscript (Madrid Skylitzes)

9th century

Count Odo defends Paris against the Normans by Jean-Victor Schnetz. Oil on canvas (1834-1836)

10th century

Depiction of the siege of Chandax from the history of John Skylitzes

11th century

Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, 15th July 1099 by Émile Signol. Oil on canvas, 1850.

12th century

Siege of Lisbon by Alfredo Roque Gameiro (1917)
Siege of Naples in 1191 by the forces of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, Peter of Eboli, Liber ad honorem Augusti, Palermo, 1196

13th century

The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople Eugène Delacroix. Oil on canvas, 1840
Crusaders attack the tower of Damietta. A 1625 painting by Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen.
The Mongol army besieging Baghdad in 1258.
The Siege of Acre. The Hospitalier Master Mathieu de Clermont defending the walls in 1291 by Dominique Papety. 1840.

14th century

Siege of Calais (1346-1347)

15th century

Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orléans by Jules Eugène Lenepveu, painted 1886–1890
Fall of Constantinople (1453)

Early modern

15th century

Siege of Krujë in 1466. Woodcut by Jost Amman, from Philipp Lonicer, Chronicorum Turcicorum, Frankfurt 1578
Siege of Granada (1492)

16th century

The Last Days of Tenochtitlan—Conquest of Mexico by William de Leftwich Dodge, 1899.
Sack of Rome of 1527 by Johannes Lingelbach, 17th century.
Battle of Tunis 1535 Attack on Goletta. Frans Hogenberg after Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, 16th century.
Ottoman depiction of the siege of Nice by Matrakçı Nasuh.
Attack on Tripoli by the Ottomans (1551)
The Siege of Calais, 9 January 1558, by François-Édouard Picot, 1838.
The siege of Malta—Arrival of the Turkish fleet by Matteo Pérez de Alesio, 16th century
Spanish troops storming the city of Maastricht, 1579
During the Cologne War (1583–89), Ferdinand of Bavaria successfully besieged the medieval fortress of Godesberg; during a month-long siege, his sappers dug tunnels under the feldspar of the mountain and laid gunpowder and a 1500-pound bomb. The result was a spectacular explosion that sent chunks of the ramparts, the walls, the gates, and drawbridges into the air. His 500 men still could not take the fortress until they scaled the interior latrine system and climbed the mountain to enter through a hole in the chapel roof.
Henry IV of France before Amiens, Anonymous
Joseon and Ming dynasty soldiers assault the Japanese-built fortress at Ulsan
Siege of Zaltbommel by the Spanish in 1599 by Hugo Grotius

17th century

Siege of Ostend by Peter Snayers, oil on canvas.
Monks successfully defended the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra against the Poles from September 1609 to January 1611.
The Summer Battle of Osaka Castle. 17th century Japanese painting.
The Surrender of Breda by Diego Velázquez, 1634–35.
Cardinal Richelieu at the Siege of La Rochelle (1627–1628) by Henri-Paul Motte, 1881.
The Capture of Rheinfelden by Vincenzo Carducci, 1634.
Siege of Kraków, October 8, 1655. View from 1697 by the German historian Samuel Pufendorf.
The assault of Copenhagen on the night between 10 and 11 February 1659 by Daniel Vertangen, 1659.
Musketeers of the Guard entering the citadel of Valenciennes.
Reoccupation of Buda Castle in 1686. Gyula Benczúr (1896), oil on canvas
Siege of Belgrade, 1688 by Adlerschwung
Siege of Namur 1692, by Jean-Baptiste Martin, 1693.
Siege of Namur (1695) by Jan van Huchtenburg.

18th century

Tapestry depicting the 1702 victory of Archduke Joseph of Austria at Landau, woven for Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, between 1710 and 1718.
  • Siege of Tönning (1700) – Great Northern War
  • Siege of Kaiserswerth (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Saint Donas (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Castiglione (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Landau (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Borgoforte (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Guastalla (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Venlo (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Stevensweert (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Roermond (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Nöteborg (1702) – Great Northern War
  • Siege of Liége (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Rheinberg (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Hulst (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Trarbach (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of St. Augustine (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Andernach (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Governolo (1702) – War of the Spanish Succession
Siege of Torun in 1703.
  • Siege of Neubourg (1703) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Kehl (1703) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Bonn (1703) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Thorn (1703) – Great Northern War
  • Siege of Nago (1703) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Arco (1703) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Breisach (1703) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Huy (1703) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Limburg (1703) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Landau (1703) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Augsburg (1703) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Guadeloupe (1703) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Castello de Vide (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Wagingera (1704)
  • Siege of Barcelona (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Susa (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Portalegre (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Vercelli (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
View of Gibraltar in 1704
  • Siege of Rain (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Narva (1704) – Great Northern War
  • Siege of Villingen (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Susa (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Fort Isabella (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Gibraltar (1704) – eleventh siege of Gibraltar, by Sir George Rooke's Anglo-Dutch fleet
  • Siege of Ulm (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar (1704–05) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Ivree (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Landau (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Verrua (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Trarbach (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Colonia del Sacramento (1704–1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of St. John's (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Valencia de Alcantara (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Albuquerque (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Huy (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Liège (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Second Siege of Huy (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Chivasso (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Mirandola (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Nice (1705–06) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Zoutleeuw (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Barcelona (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Hagenau (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Badajoz (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Zandvliet (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Diest (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
Prussian infantry breaks the French lines during the relief of Turin in 1706
  • Siege of San Mateo (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Alcantara (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Barcelona (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Hagenau (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Turin (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Oostende (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Menin (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Alicante (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Dendermonde (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Ath (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Pavia (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Cuenca (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Pizzigetone (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Elche (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Cartagena (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Casale (1706) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Milan (1707) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Villena (1707) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Xàtiva (1707) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Port Royal (1707) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Toulon (1707) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Gaeta (1707) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Pensacola (1707) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1707) – War of the Spanish Succession
Siege of Lille in 1708
  • Siege of Susa (1707) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Lérida (1707) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Morella (1707) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Tortosa (1708) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Exilles (1708) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Lille (1708) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Fenestrelles (1708) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of San Felipe (1708) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Leffinghe (1708) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Denia (1708) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Saint Ghislain (1708) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Brussels (1708) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Alicante (1708–09) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Ghent (1708) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Veprik (1709) – Great Northern War
  • Siege of Tournai (1709) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Mons (1709) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Viborg (1710) – Great Northern War
  • Siege of Douai (1710) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Béthune (1710) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Aire (1710) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Saint Venant (1710) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Port Royal (1710) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Gerona (1710–1711) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Kassa (1711) – Rákóczi's War of Independence
  • Siege of Aren fort (1711) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Bouchain (1711) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Venasque (1711) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Stralsund (1711–15) – Great Northern War
  • Siege of Castel-Leon (1711) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Cardona (1711) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Le Quesnoy (1712) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Landrecies (1712) – War of the Spanish Succession
Depiction of the siege of Barcelona: The assault on the main body of the Place by Jacques Rigaud
  • Siege of Marchiennes (1712) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Douai (1712) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Second Siege of Le Quesnoy (1712) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Bouchain (1712) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Gerona (1712–1713) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Tönning (1713–1714) – Great Northern War
  • Siege of Landau (1713) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Barcelona (1713–14) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Freiburg (1713) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Gurdaspur (1715)
Austrian land and naval bombardment puts Belgrade in flames during the siege of 1717.
British attack on Cartagena de Indias by Luis Fernández Gordillo. Oil on canvas, Naval Museum of Madrid
Conquest and pillage of Bergen-op-Zoom by the French in 1747.
Siege of Louisbourg (1758): British burning of the warship Prudent and the capturing of the Bienfaisant.
The Capture of Havana, 1762: Storming of Morro Castle, 30 July by Dominic Serres, oil on canvas (1770–1775)
The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782
Spanish grenadiers pour into Fort George (Pensacola, Florida) (1781)
Siege of Belgrade in 1789 by the Habsburg army
Siege of Lille by Louis Joseph Watteau
The capitulation of Mantua on 2 February 1797, Hippolyte Lecomte, 1812
The Last Effort and Fall of Tipu Sultan by Henry Singleton

Modern

19th century

Siege of Gdańsk by French forces in 1807
Assault on the walls of Zaragoza by January Suchodolski
The Siege of Burgos by François Joseph Heim, 1813
American troops landing in Veracruz Mexican–American War
Siege of Kars, 1839
A barricade on Rue Voltaire, after its capture by the regular army during the Bloody Week of Commune of Paris (1871)
American soldiers scale the walls of Beijing to relieve the Siege of the Legations, August 1900

20th century

A casemate at Maubeuge, destroyed by German bombardment, 7 September 1914
Anti-aircraft fire near St. Isaac's cathedral during the defense of Leningrad in 1941.

21st century

Coalition airstrike in Kobanî on Islamic State position, October 2014

Police sieges

References

  1. ↑ Siege Watch
1.^ The Battle of Khe Sanh was not technically a siege since the defending forces were being resupplied and reinforced.
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