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• 676 CESiege of ThessalonicaThe siege of Thessalonica in 676–678 was an attempt by the local Slavic tribes to capture the Byzantine city…
• 1383 CESiege of ThessalonicaThe first siege of Thessalonica took place between 1383 and 1387 between the Ottoman army dispatched by Murad…
• 1422 CESiege of ThessalonicaThe siege of Thessalonica between 1422 and 1430 saw the Ottoman Empire, under Sultan Murad II, capture the…
• 1058 CESiege of ThimertThe siege of Thimert (1058–60) was the last military action in the war between King Henry I of France and…
• 1558 CESiege of ThionvilleThe siege of Thionville was the siege of the town of Thionville during the Italian War of 1551–59. It was…
• 1643 CESiege of ThionvilleThe Siege of Thionville, which took place from June 16 to August 8, 1643, during the Franco-Spanish War…
• 1792 CESiege of ThionvilleThe siege of Thionville saw an unsuccessful attempt to conquer the French stronghold of Thionville by the…
• 1870 CESiege of ThionvilleThe siege of Thionville took place within the Franco-Prussian War. It occurred in Thionville of the Moselle…
• 1703 CESiege of ThornThe siege of Thorn was set during the Great Northern War, between Sweden and Saxony from May to October 14…
• 762 CESiege of ThouarsThe siege of Thouars was a Frankish siege of the Aquitanian stronghold of Thouars in 762 during the…
• 1613 CESiege of TikhvinThe siege of Tikhvin was a part of the Ingrian War and the Time of Troubles.
• 1992 CESiege of TkvarcheliSiege of Tkvarcheli was a military engagement during the 1992–93 War in Abkhazia. The siege was undertaken by…
• 1299 CESiege of TlemcenThe siege of Tlemcen from 1299 to 1307 designates all of the operations undertaken by the army of the Marinid…
• 1335 CESiege of TlemcenThe siege of Tlemcen from 1335 to 1337 was a military operation undertaken by the Marinid Sultan Abu al-Hasan…
• 1941 CESiege of TobrukThe siege of Tobruk took place between 10 April and 27 November 1941, during the Western Desert campaign…
• 1081 CESiege of ToledoThe siege of Toledo (Arabic: سقوط طليطلة, romanized: Suqūṭ Ṭulayṭilah, lit. 'Fall of Ṭulayṭilah') was the…
• 1090 CESiege of ToledoThe Siege of Toledo in 1090 was an unsuccessful attempt by the Almoravid Amir Yusuf ibn Tashfin to conquer…
• 439 CESiege of TolosaThe Battle of Toulouse was fought between the Visigoths and the Western Roman Empire in 439. Having…
• 1914 CESiege of TomaThe siege of Toma was a bloodless action during the First World War on the island of New Pomerania (now New…
• 1813 CESiege of TorgauThe siege of Torgau (18 October 1813 – 10 January 1814) was a siege in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The…
• 1155 CESiege of TortonaThe siege of Tortona in 1155 was the first major military engagement resulting from Holy Roman Emperor…
• 1148 CESiege of TortosaThe siege of Tortosa (1 July – 30 December 1148) was a military action of the Second Crusade (1147–49) in…
• 1708 CESiege of TortosaThe siege of Tortosa was a siege of the city of Tortosa (then in the Principality of Catalonia) from 12 June…
• 1810 CESiege of TortosaThe siege of Tortosa (16 December 1810 – 2 January 1811) pitted an Imperial French army under General Louis…
• 1658 CESiege of ToruńThe siege of Toruń was one of the battles during the Swedish invasion of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth…
• 1608 CESiege of Tory IslandThe siege of Tory Island took place in 1608 during O'Doherty's Rebellion when some of the remaining rebels…
• 1581 CESiege of TottoriThe siege of Tottori Castle occurred in 1581 and was part of Oda Nobunaga's campaign to consolidate his power…
• 1870 CESiege of ToulThe siege of Toul was the siege of the fortified French town of Toul from 16 August to 23 September 1870 by…
• 1707 CESiege of ToulonThe siege of Toulon took place between 29 July and 21 August 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession…
• 1793 CESiege of ToulonThe siege of Toulon (29 August – 19 December 1793) was fought at the French Mediterranean naval base of…
• 1211 CESiege of ToulouseThe Siege of Toulouse was a military engagement which took place from June 17 to June 29, 1211 during the…
• 1217 CESiege of ToulouseToulouse was besieged from 22 September 1217 to 25 July 1218 during the Albigensian Crusade. It was the third…
• 1858 CESiege of TouraneThe siege of Tourane (September 1858–March 1860) was a Vietnamese victory during the Cochinchina campaign, a…
• 1303 CESiege of TournaiThe siege of Tournai was an event of the Franco-Flemish War in 1303. Following French defeat at the Battle of…
• 1340 CESiege of TournaiThe siege of Tournai (23 July - 25 September 1340) occurred during the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years'…
• 1667 CESiege of TournaiThe siege of Tournai was an event in the War of Devolution. A French army commanded by Louis XIV successfully…
• 1709 CESiege of TournaiThe siege of Tournai was a siege of the city of Tournai, then part of the Kingdom of France, between 28 June…
• 1745 CESiege of TournaiThe siege of Tournai was a two-month siege of the city and citadel of Tournai, then part of the Austrian…
• 1585 CESiege of ToyamaThe siege of Toyama was a battle during the Azuchi-Momoyama period (16th century) of Japan.
• 1699 CESiege of TranquebarThe siege of Tranquebar (Danish: Belejringen af Tranquebar) was a siege of the Danish colony of Tranquebar by…
• 1734 CESiege of TrarbachThe siege of Trarbach (10 April – 2 May 1734) was conducted during the War of the Polish Succession by French…
• 1501 CESiege of Tre KronorThe siege of Tre Kronor (Swedish: Belägring av Tre Kroner, Danish: Belejringen af Tre Kroner), or the siege…
• 1205 CESiege of TrebizondThe siege of Trebizond from 1205 to 1206 was an attempt by the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm to take the city along…
• 1222 CESiege of TrebizondThe siege of Trebizond in 1222–1223 was an unsuccessful siege of Trebizond, the capital of the namesake…
• 1282 CESiege of TrebizondThe siege of Trebizond (Georgian: ტრაპიზონის ალყა,) in April 1282 was an unsuccessful siege of Trebizond, the…
• 1460 CESiege of Trebizond in 1461The siege of Trebizond was the successful siege of the city of Trebizond, capital of the Empire of Trebizond…
• 1663 CESiege of TrichinopolyThe Siege of Trichinopoly (1663) was a military conflict between the Madurai Nayakas kingdom under…
• 1741 CESiege of TrichinopolyThe siege of Trichinopoly took place in early 1741 during an extended series of conflicts between the Nawab…
• 1743 CESiege of TrichinopolyThe siege of Trichinopoly (14 March 1743 – 29 August 1743) was part of an extended series of conflicts…
• 1751 CESiege of TrichinopolyThe siege of Trichinopoly (1751–1752) was conducted by Chanda Sahib, who had been recognized as the Nawab of…
• 1813 CESiege of TriesteThe siege of Trieste in September–October 1813 was an action of the War of the Sixth Coalition, part of the…
• 1102 CESiege of TripoliThe siege of Tripoli lasted from 1102 until 12 July 1109. It took place on the site of the present day…
• 1271 CESiege of TripoliThe 1271 siege of Tripoli was initiated by the Mamluk ruler Baibars against the Frankish ruler of the…
• 1551 CESiege of TripoliThe siege of Tripoli was a successful Ottoman siege of the North African city of Tripoli, then held by the…
• 1821 CESiege of TripolitsaThe siege of Tripolitsa or fall of Tripolitsa (Greek: Άλωση της Τριπολιτσάς, romanized: Álosi tis…
• 1608 CESiege of Troitse-Sergiyeva LavraThe siege of Troitsky monastery (Russian: Троицкая осада) was an abortive attempt of the Polish–Lithuanian…
• 799 CESiege of TrsatThe siege of Trsat (Croatian: Opsada Trsata) was a battle fought over possession of the town of Trsat (Latin…
• 1511 CESiege of TréviseThe Siege of Treviso was a war event in October 1511 of the War of the League of Cambrai, fought in 1511…
• 1914 CESiege of TsingtaoThe Siege of Tsingtao (German: Belagerung von Tsingtau; Japanese: 青島の戦い; simplified Chinese: 青岛战役…
• 1861 CESiege of TubacThe siege of Tubac was a siege during the Apache Wars between settlers and militia of Confederate Arizona and…
• 1087 CESiege of TudelaThe siege of Tudela was the main action of the French military campaign in Spain in 1087 in conjunction with…
• 237 BCESiege of TunisDuring the siege of Tunis in October 238 BC a rebel army under Mathos was besieged by a Carthaginian force…
• 1694 CESiege of TunisThe siege of Tunis was a siege fought in 1694, between the Deylik of Algiers, and Muradid Tunis, during the…
• 1705 CESiege of TunisThe Siege of Tunis (1705) was a military engagement fought between the Regency of Algiers and the Beylik of…
• 1640 CESiege of TurinThe 1640 siege of Turin (22 May–20 September 1640) was a major action in two distinct wars: the…
• 1706 CESiege of TurinThe Siege of Turin, June to September 1706, took place during the War of the Spanish Succession. A French…
• 1884 CESiege of Tuyên QuangThe siege of Tuyên Quang was an important confrontation between the French and the Chinese armies in Tonkin…
• 707 CESiege of TyanaThe siege of Tyana was carried out by the Umayyad Caliphate in 707–708 or 708–709 in retaliation for a heavy…
• 585 BCESiege of TyreThe siege of Tyre is usually assumed to have been waged for 13 years from 586 to 573 BC by Nebuchadnezzar II…
• 331 BCESiege of TyreThe siege of Tyre was carried out by Alexander the Great in 332 BC during his campaigns against the Persians.…
• 1124 CESiege of TyreThe Venetian Crusade of 1122–1124 was an expedition to the Holy Land launched by the Republic of Venice that…
• 1187 CESiege of TyreThe siege of Tyre took place from 12 November 1187 to 1 January 1188. An Ayyubid army commanded by Saladin…
• 1714 CESiege of TönningDuring the Great Northern War, the fortress of Tönning (Danish: Tønning) in the territory of…
• 2007 CESiege of U.K. bases in BasraThe siege of Basra was initiated by the Mahdi Army (Jaysh al-Mahdi) to capture the city of Basra in 2007.…
• 1600 CESiege of UedaThe siege of Ueda was staged in 1600 by Tokugawa Hidetada, son and heir of the warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu…
• 1541 CESiege of UeharaThe siege of Uehara was the first of many steps taken by Takeda Shingen in his bid to seize control of…
• 1582 CESiege of UozuThe 1582 Siege of Uozu Castle (魚津城の戦い, Uozu-jō no tatakai) was part of a border dispute between two daimyō of…
• 538 CESiege of UrbinusThe siege of Urbinus, also called the siege of Urbino or siege of Urbinum, took place in 538 during the…
• 1379 CESiege of UrgenchThe Siege of Urgench (1379) was led against the ancient city of Konye-Urgench by Timur's army, in which also…
• 1983 CESiege of UrgunThe siege of Urgun was a military engagement that took place during the Soviet–Afghan War. Between August…
• 1865 CESiege of UruguaianaThe siege of Uruguaiana was an engagement in the Paraguayan War that began in late August 1865, and ended on…
• 656 CESiege of UthmanUthman ibn Affan, the third Rashidun caliph, who ruled from 644 to 656, was assassinated at the end of a…
• 203 BCESiege of UticaThe siege of Utica took place from 204 to 201 BC when a Roman army under Publius Cornelius Scipio attempted…
• 1600 CESiege of UtoThe siege of Uto was a battle during the final years of the Azuchi–Momoyama period (17th century) of Japan.…
• 1483 CESiege of UtrechtThe siege of Utrecht took place between June 23 and August 31, 1483 as part of the Hook and Cod wars and the…
• 50 BCESiege of UxellodunumThe siege of Uxellodunum was one of the last battles of the Gallic Wars. It took place in 51 BC at…
• 1092 CESiege of ValenciaThe Siege of Valencia (1092–1094) was fought between Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, later revered as “El Cid” and Ibn…
• 1101 CESiege of ValenciaThe siege of Valencia was fought between the Almoravids and the Lordship of Valencia. Valencia was defended…
• 1238 CESiege of ValenciaThe conquest of Valencia by the Catalan and Aragonese troops of King James I of Aragon took place on 9…
• 1811 CESiege of ValenciaThe siege of Valencia from 3 November 1811 to 9 January 1812, saw Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet's French Army…
• 1566 CESiege of ValenciennesThe siege of Valenciennes took place between 14 December 1566 and 23 March 1567 at Valenciennes, then in the…
• 1677 CESiege of ValenciennesThe Siege of Valenciennes, 28 February to 17 March 1677, took place during the 1672 to 1678 Franco-Dutch War.…
• 1793 CESiege of ValenciennesThe siege of Valenciennes took place between 13 June and 28 July 1793, during the Flanders campaign of the…
• 1548 CESiege of VanThe siege of Van occurred in 1548 when Suleiman the Magnificent attacked Iran in his second campaign of the…
• 1915 CESiege of VanThe defense of Van (Armenian: Վանի հերոսամարտ, romanized: Vani herosamart) and in Russian Van operation…
• 1342 CESiege of VannesThe sieges of Vannes of 1342 were a series of four sieges of the town of Vannes that occurred throughout…
• 1991 CESiege of Varaždin BarracksThe siege of Varaždin Barracks, also referred to locally as Varaždin's days of war (Croatian: Varaždinski…
• 1569 CESiege of VarbergThe siege of Varberg was a Danish siege of the Swedish-occupied Varberg Fortress in Halland, Denmark…
• 1201 CESiege of Varna (1201)The siege of Varna (Bulgarian: Обсада на Варна) took place between 21 and 24 March 1201 at Varna, on the…
• 1828 CESiege of Varna (1828)The siege of Varna (13 July – 29 September 1828) took place during the Russo-Turkish War, 1828–1829. The…
• 1826 CESiege of VarnakovaThe siege of Varnakova in 1826 was one of the military episodes of the Greek War of Independence.
• 1580 CESiege of Velikiye LukiThe siege of Velikiye Luki was one of the battles of Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory. It took place…
• 1780 CESiege of VelloreThe siege of Vellore was an intermittent series of sieges and blockades conducted during the Second…
• 1840 CESiege of VelyaminovskyThe Siege of Velyaminovsky (Adyghe: ТIопсэ зау; Russian: Оборона Вельяминовского форта) took place on the…
• 1813 CESiege of VeniceThe Siege of Venice was an episode of the Italian campaign during the War of the Sixth Coalition. The city…
• 1373 CESiege of VenloThe siege of Venlo in 1373 is one of the many sieges which the Dutch city of Venlo has known. This siege was…
• 1511 CESiege of VenloThe siege of Venlo occurred in 1511 when a combined Habsburg and English force besieged Venlo in an attempt…
• 1586 CESiege of VenloThe siege of Venlo of 1586, also known as the Capture of Venlo, was a Spanish victory that took place on June…
• 1637 CESiege of VenloThe siege of Venlo was an important siege in the Eighty Years' War that lasted from 20 to 25 August 1637. The…
• 1702 CESiege of VenloThe siege of Venlo was a 12-day siege of the city of Venlo commenced by the Grand Alliance which saw the city…
• 1708 CESiege of VeprikThe siege of Veprik took place on 3–18 January 1709 during the Swedish invasion of Russia in the Great…
• 1847 CESiege of VeracruzOn 9 March 1847, during the Mexican–American War, the United States military made an amphibious landing and…
• 541 CESiege of VeronaThe siege of Verona in the winter of 541 AD was an engagement during the Gothic War (535–554), where the…
• 1863 CESiege of VicksburgThe siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign…
• 1913 CESiege of VidinThe siege of Vidin was an attempt by the Serbian Army to seize the Bulgarian city of Vidin during the Second…
• 1485 CESiege of ViennaThe siege of Vienna was a decisive siege in 1485 of the Austrian–Hungarian War. It was a consequence of the…
• 1324 CESiege of Villa di ChiesaThe siege of Villa di Chiesa (today Iglesias) was carried out by the army of the Crown of Aragon (under the…
• 1243 CESiege of ViterboThe siege of Viterbo was a military engagement fought in 1243 between forces of the Holy Roman Emperor…
• 1238 CESiege of VladimirThe siege of Vladimir in February 1238 was part of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'.
• 1368 CESiege of VordingborgThe siege of Vordingborg (Danish: Belejringen af Vordingborg) was a siege between the Hanseatic and Danish…
• 1710 CESiege of VyborgThe siege of Viborg took place in the spring of 1710 during the Great Northern War (1700–1721), as a second…
• 1173 CESiege of VyshgorodThe battle and siege of Vyshgorod (modern Vyshhorod) took place in late 1173, during the 1171–1173 Kievan…
• 2012 CESiege of Wadi DeifThe siege of Wadi Deif was a siege of two Syrian Army bases, Wadi Deif and Hamadiyah (both just outside…
• 1704 CESiege of WagingeraDuring the final siege of Wagingera, the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb sent for Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung who…
• 1310 CESiege of Warangal, 1310In late 1309, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji sent his general Malik Kafur on an expedition to the…
• 1318 CESiege of Warangal, 1318In 1318, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah sent an army to subjugate the Kakatiya ruler…
• 1323 CESiege of Warangal, 1323In 1323, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq sent an army led by his son Ulugh Khan (later…
• 1643 CESiege of Wardour CastleWardour Castle in Wiltshire, England, was besieged twice during the First English Civil War; once in May…
• 1138 CESiege of WarkThe siege of Wark is a 1138 siege of Wark on Tweed Castle (Wark castle) conducted from May–November by…
• 1656 CESiege of WarsawThe siege of Warsaw took place between April 24 and July 1, 1656. Swedish Empire forces had occupied the…
• 1939 CESiege of WarsawThe Siege of Warsaw was fought between the Polish Warsaw Army (Polish: Armia Warszawska, Armia Warszawa)…
• 749 CESiege of WasitThe siege of Wasit involved the army of the Abbasid revolution under al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba and the future…
• 1649 CESiege of WaterfordThe city of Waterford in southeastern Ireland was besieged twice during 1649 and 1650 during the Cromwellian…
• 1140 CESiege of WeinsbergThe siege of Weinsberg took place in 1140 in Weinsberg, in the modern state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany…
• 1602 CESiege of WeissensteinThe siege of Weissenstein took place between 31 May and 30 September 1602, during the Polish–Swedish War of…
• 1574 CESiege of WesenbergThe siege of Wesenberg, Rakvere, or Rakovor, was an abortive Swedish siege of the Russian-held town of…
• 1169 CESiege of WexfordThe siege of Wexford took place in early May 1169 and was the first major clash of the Norman invasion of…
• 1487 CESiege of Wiener NeustadtThe siege of Wiener Neustad, part of the Austrian–Hungarian War, was an assault from January 1486 to August…
• 1630 CESiege of Wolgast (1630)The Siege of Wolgast was a Swedish siege of the imperial Garrison of Wolgast during the Thirty Years' War.
• 1601 CESiege of WolmarThe siege of Wolmar occurred during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611), between October 18 and December 18…
• 1643 CESiege of WorcesterThe short siege of Worcester (29–31 May 1643) was conducted by a Parliamentary army of about 3,000 under the…
• 1646 CESiege of WorcesterThe second and longest siege of Worcester (21 May – 23 July 1646) took place towards the end of the First…
• 1096 CESiege of XerigordonThe siege of Xerigordos in 1096 (often Xerigordon in modern historical literature) pitted 6,000 Germans of…
• 1707 CESiege of XàtivaThe Siege of Xàtiva was a siege of Xàtiva in the Kingdom of Valencia. It took place between 8 May and 6 June…
• 1600 CESiege of YanagawaThe 1600 siege of Yanagawa took place just after the decisive battle of Sekigahara in which Tokugawa Ieyasu…
• 1592 CESiege of YeongwonThe siege of Yeongwon Castle took place in 1592 during the Japanese invasions of Korea. Korean troops…
• 67 CESiege of YodfatThe siege of Yodfat (Hebrew: יוֹדְפַת, also Jotapata, Iotapata, Yodefat) was a 47-day siege by Roman forces…
• 1644 CESiege of YorkThe siege of York in 1644 was a prolonged contest for York during the First English Civil War, between the…
• 1781 CESiege of YorktownThe Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, took place in 1781…
• 1862 CESiege of YorktownThe Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was fought from April 5 to May 4, 1862, as part of the Peninsula…
• 1575 CESiege of Yoshida CastleThe 1575 siege of Yoshida Castle was undertaken by Takeda Katsuyori against the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu…
• 1383 CESiege of YpresThe siege of Ypres occurred between 8 June and 8 August 1383 as part of Despenser's Crusade and the Revolt of…
• 1678 CESiege of YpresThe siege of Ypres in the Spanish Netherlands took place between March 18 and March 25, 1678, as part of the…
• 1794 CESiege of YpresThe siege of Ypres (1–18 June 1794) saw a Republican French army commanded by Jean-Charles Pichegru invest…
• 1440 CESiege of YūkiThe Yūki War (結城合戦, Yūki Kassen) was a 1440–1441 armed conflict in the Kantō region between the Uesugi clan…
• 998 CESiege of ZadarThe siege of Zadar in 998 was part of the third Croatian–Bulgarian war and one of the last military conflicts…
• 1345 CESiege of ZadarThe siege of Zadar (12 August 1345 – 21 December 1346) was a successful attempt of the Republic of Venice to…
• 1599 CESiege of ZaltbommelThe siege of Zaltbommel was a campaign that took place during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War…
• 1898 CESiege of ZamboangaThe siege of Fort Pilar was fought between April and May 1898 on then-town of Zamboanga in Mindanao as a part…
• 1656 CESiege of ZamośćSiege of Zamość was part of The Deluge, a series of campaigns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, that…
• 1202 CESiege of ZaraThe siege of Zara or siege of Zadar (Croatian: opsada Zadra; Hungarian: Zára ostroma; 10–24 November 1202)…
• 1813 CESiege of ZaraThe siege of Zara or siege of Zadar, also known as the blockade of Zara, was a military event that took place…
• 1649 CESiege of ZbarazhThe siege of Zbarazh (Ukrainian: Облога Збаража, Битва під Збаражем, Polish: Oblężenie Zbaraża, Bitwa pod…
• 1215 CESiege of ZhongduThe Sieges of Zhongdu took place in 1214 and 1215 during the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. Zhongdu, the…
• 1575 CESiege of ZierikzeeThe siege of Zierikzee was a siege in the Eighty Years' War between October 1575 and July 1576.
• 1705 CESiege of ZoutleeuwThe siege of Zoutleeuw or the siege of Léau (29 August 1705 – 5 September 1705) was a siege of the War of the…
• 1591 CESiege of ZutphenThe siege of Zutphen was an eleven-day siege of the city of Zutphen by Dutch and English troops led by…
• 2015 CESiege of al-Fu'ah and KafriyaThe siege of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya was a siege of the towns of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya in the Idlib Governorate…
• 1687 CESiege of the AcropolisThe siege of the Acropolis took place on 23–29 September 1687, as the Venetian forces under Francesco…
• 1821 CESiege of the AcropolisThe first siege of the Acropolis in 1821–1822 was the siege of the Acropolis of Athens by the Greek…
• 1826 CESiege of the AcropolisThe second siege of the Acropolis in 1826–1827 during the Greek War of Independence involved the siege of the…
• 1836 CESiege of the AlamoThe siege of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was the first thirteen days of the Battle of the Alamo.…
• 1936 CESiege of the AlcázarThe siege of the Alcázar was a highly symbolic Nationalist victory in Toledo in the opening stages of the…
• 56 BCESiege of the AtuatuciThe siege of the Atuatuci in September 57 BC was the final battle in the second year of Julius Caesar's…
• 1879 CESiege of the British Residency in KabulThe siege of the British Residency in Kabul was a military engagement of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The…
• 1500 CESiege of the Castle of Saint GeorgeThe siege of the Castle of Saint George, also known as the siege of Cephalonia, occurred from 8 November…
• 2019 CESiege of the Chinese University of Hong KongThe siege of the Chinese University of Hong Kong was a part of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. As…
• 2002 CESiege of the Church of the Nativity in BethlehemFrom 2 April to 10 May 2002, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank was besieged by the…
• 1446 CESiege of the Hexamilion WallThe Siege of Hexamilion Wall was a military engagement between the Ottoman army and the Byzantine forces in…
• 1900 CESiege of the International LegationsThe Siege of the International Legations was a pivotal event during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, in which…
• 1936 CESiege of the Loyola barracksThe siege of the Loyola barracks (Spanish: Sitio del Cuartel de Loyola) was a siege and uprising at the…
• 2014 CESiege of the Luhansk Border BaseThe siege of the Luhansk border base was a two-day-long standoff at a Ukrainian border base located on the…
• 1936 CESiege of the Montaña BarracksThe siege of the Montaña Barracks (Spanish: Sitio del Cuartel de la Montaña) was the two-day siege which…
• 1812 CESiege of the Salamanca fortsThe siege of the Salamanca forts (17–27 June 1812) saw an 800-man Imperial French garrison directed by…
• 1879 CESiege of the Sherpur CantonmentThe siege of the Sherpur Cantonment was a battle fought in December 1879, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.…
• 326 BCESiege of the Sogdian RockThe Sogdian Rock or Rock of Ariamazes, a fortress located north of Bactria in Sogdiana (near Samarkand)…
• 1460 CESiege of the Tower of LondonThe siege of the Tower of London was an episode of the Wars of the Roses, in which adherents of the rival…
• 105 BCESiege of the fortress at MulucchaThe siege of the fortress at Muluccha, part of the Jugurthine War, was an investment of a Jugurthine fortress…
• 1612 CESiege of ÄlvsborgThe siege of Älvsborg was a siege of the Swedish castle of Älvsborg by a Danish army under the command of…
• 1663 CESiege of ÉrsekújvárThe Siege of Érsekújvár, also known as the Siege of Uyvar or the Siege of Neuhäusel, occurred in 1663 when…
• 1685 CESiege of ÉrsekújvárThe siege of Érsekújvár was fought between July 7 and August 17 of 1685, between the besieging Habsburg army…
• 1418 CESiege of Đông QuanThe Lam Sơn uprising was a rebellion against Ming China led by Vietnamese leader Lê Lợi. The uprising began…
• 1585 CESiege of Ōta CastleThe 1585 siege of Ōta Castle (太田城の戦い, Ōta Jō no Tatakai) was one of a series of assaults made by Toyotomi…
• 1600 CESiege of ŌtsuThe siege of Ōtsu (大津城の戦い, Ōtsu-jō no tatakai) took place in 1600, concurrent with the battle of Sekigahara.…
• 1521 CESiege of ŠabacThe siege of Šabac or Szabács occurred on 7 July in the year 1521 when the Ottoman Empire conquered the Šabac…
• 1992 CESiege of ŽepaThe Siege of Žepa (Serbo-Croatian: Опсада Жепe, Opsada Žepe) was a three-year long siege of the small Bosnian…
• 1544 CESieges of BoulogneThe sieges of Boulogne were two sieges which took place between England and France during the Rough Wooing…
• 1642 CESieges of BradfordThe sieges of Bradford (also known as the Battle of the Steeple), were two very short-lived sieges that took…
• 1694 CESieges of CeutaThe sieges of Ceuta, also known as the thirty-year siege, were a series of blockades by Moroccan forces of…
• 1759 CESieges of KolbergDuring the Seven Years' War, the Prussian-held town of Kolberg in Brandenburg-Prussian Pomerania (now…