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List of sieges

A chronological list of sieges follows.

Ancient

Before 1000 BC

10th century BC

9th century BC

  • Siege of Gath (city) (ca. 830 BC) (Bible reference: II Kings 12:17/18)
  • Siege of Samaria (ancient city) (9th century BC) (Bible reference: II Kings 6:24 – 7:7)

8th century BC

7th century BC

6th century BC

5th century BC

4th century BC

3rd century BC

  • Siege of Saguntum (219 BC) – casus belli for the Second Punic War
  • Siege of Casilinum (216–215 BC) – Second Punic War
  • Siege of Petelia (215 BC) – Second Punic War
  • Siege of Arpi (213 BC) – Second Punic War
  • Siege of Syracuse (213–212 BC) – the Roman siege
  • Siege of Capua (211 BC) – Second Punic War
  • Siege of Agrigentum (210 BC) – Second Punic War
  • Battle of Cartagena (209 BC) – Second Punic War
  • Siege of Manduria (209 BC) – Second Punic War
  • Siege of Caulonia (209 BC) – Second Punic War
  • Siege of Bactra (208–206 BC)
  • Siege of Utica (204 BC) – Second Punic War

2nd century BC

1st century BC

1st century A.D. to 5th century

1st century

2nd century

3rd century

4th century

5th century

Medieval

6th century

7th century

8th century

9th century

10th century

11th century

12th century

  • Second siege of Arsuf (1101) – Crusades
  • Siege of Caesarea (1101) – Crusades
  • Siege of Latakia (1101–1103)
  • Siege of Acre (1102) – Crusades
  • Siege of Arundel (1102)
  • Siege of Bridgnorth (1102)
  • Siege of Jaffa (1102) – Crusades
  • Siege of Tripoli (1102–1109) – Crusades
  • Siege of Acre (1103) – Crusades
  • Siege of Al-Rahba (1103)
  • Siege of Acre (1104) – Crusades
  • Siege of Takrit (sometime between 1105 and 1107) – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
  • Siege of Alamut (sometime between 1106 and 1109) – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
  • Siege of Shahdez (1107) – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
  • Siege of Nuremberg (1105)
  • Siege of Cologne (1106)
  • Siege of Apamea (1106) – Crusades, conflicts with the Assassins
  • Siege of Apamea (September 1106) – Crusades, conflicts with the Assassins
  • Siege of Malatya (1106)
  • Siege of Castellum Arnaldi (1106) – Crusades
  • Siege of Al-Rahba (1107)
  • Siege of Hebron (1107) – Crusades
  • Siege of Douai (1107)
  • Siege of Dyrrhachium (1107–1108) – Byzantine–Norman wars
  • Siege of Uclés (1108) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Bratislava (1108)
  • Siege of Sidon (1108) – Crusades
  • Siege of Jableh (1109) – Crusades
  • Siege of Nakło (1109)
  • Siege of Głogów (1109)
  • Siege of Baalbek (1110)
  • Siege of Beirut (1110) – Crusades
  • Siege of Novara (1110)
  • Siege of Sidon (1110) – Norwegian Crusade
  • Siege of Atarib (1110) – Crusades
  • Siege of Le Puiset (1111)
  • Siege of Vetula (1111) – Crusades
  • Siege of Tyre (1111–1112) – Crusades
  • Siege of Nicaea (1113) – Byzantine–Seljuq wars
  • Siege of Hornburg Castle (1113)
  • Siege of Mousson (1113)
  • Siege of Bar (1113)
  • Siege of Cologne (1114)
  • Siege of Kafartab (1115) – Crusades
  • Siege of Jaffa (1115) – Crusades
  • Siege of Marqab (1116) – Crusades
  • Siege of Alamut (1117–1118) – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
  • Siege of Lambsar (1117–1118) – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
  • Siege of Laodicea (1119) – Byzantine–Seljuq wars
  • Siege of Sozopolis (1120) – Byzantine–Seljuq wars
  • Siege of Jerash (1121) – Crusades
  • Siege of Mainz (1121)
  • Siege of Tbilisi (1121–1122) – Georgian–Seljuk wars
  • Siege of Aschaffenburg Castle (1122)
  • Siege of Faulquemont Castle (1122)
  • Siege of Zardana (1122) – Crusades
  • Siege of Balis (1122) – Crusades
  • Siege of Kharput (1123) – Crusades
  • Siege of Jaffa (1123) – Crusades
  • Siege of Schulenburg Castle (1123)
  • Siege of Manbij (1124)
  • Siege of Azaz (1124) – Crusades
  • Siege of Tyre (1124) – Crusades
  • Siege of Aleppo (1124–1125) – Crusades
  • Siege of Raffaniya (1126) – Crusades
  • Siege of Al-Rahba (1127)
  • Siege of Bayonne (1130–1131)
  • Siege of De'an (1132) – Jin–Song Wars
  • Siege of Kastamone (1132)
  • Siege of Kastamone (1133)
  • Siege of Savur (1134) – Crusades
  • Siege of Gangra (1135)
  • Siege of Montferrand (1137) – Crusades
  • Siege of Anazarbos (1137) – Crusades
  • Siege of Vahka (1137) – Crusades
  • Siege of Antioch (1137) – Crusades
  • Siege of Kafartab (1138) – Crusades
  • Siege of Aleppo (1138) – Crusades
  • Siege of Shaizar (1138) – Crusades
  • Siege of Buza'a (1138) – Crusades
  • Siege of Coria (1138) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Baalbek (1139)
  • Siege of Oreja (1139) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Neocaesarea (1139–1140)
  • Siege of Weinsberg (1140)
  • Siege of Banias (1140) – Crusades
  • Siege of Coria (1142) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Lisbon (1142) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Li Vaux Moise (1144) – Crusades

13th century

14th century

15th century

Early modern

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

  • 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 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
  • Siege of Rain (1704) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Narva (1704) – Great Northern War
  • Siege of Dorpat (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
  • Siege of San Mateo (1705) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Tripoli (1705) – Tripolitanian-Tunisian War (1704–1709)
  • 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 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 Oran (1707–1708) – Conflicts between Spain and Algiers
  • Siege of Terki (1708) – Murat Kuchukov Movement
  • 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 Reval (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
  • Siege of Marchiennes (1712) – War of the Spanish Succession
  • Siege of Douai (1712) – War of the Spanish Succession

Modern military sieges

19th century

20th century

21st century

Police sieges

A police siege is a standoff between law enforcement officers and armed criminals, suspects, or protesters.

Other

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