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A chronological list of sieges follows.


Ancient

Before 1000 BC

10th century BC

  • Siege of Rabbah (10th century BC) (Bible Reference: II Samuel 11–12)
  • Siege of Abel-beth-maachah (10th century BC) (Bible Reference: II Samuel 20:15–22)
  • Siege of Gezer (10th century BC)
  • Sack of Jerusalem (925 BC) by Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq I

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

  • Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II
  • Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II
  • Siege of Tyre (586–573 BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II
  • Siege of Sardis (547 BC)
  • Siege of Gaza (525 BC)
  • Siege of Memphis (525 BC)

5th century BCE

4th century BC

A naval action during the siege of Tyre (332 BC), by Andre Castaigne (1898–1899)
Siege of Rhodes (305 BC) (1882 illustration).

3rd century BC

Archimedes Directing the Defenses of Syracuse (213-212 BC), by Thomas Ralph Spence

(1895)

  • 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
  • Siege of Abydos (200 BC) – Cretan War (205–200 BC)
The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire (149–146 BC) by J. M. W. Turner, oil on canvas (1817)

2nd century BC

1st century BC

1st century A.D. to 5th century

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

4th century

The walls of Amida, besieged 359 AD

5th century

  • Siege of Asti (402)
  • Siege of Florence (405)
  • Siege of Rome (408–410)
  • Siege of Arles (411)
  • Siege of Valence (411)
  • Siege of Bazas (413)
  • Sack of Trier (413)
  • Siege of Massilia (413)
  • Siege of Theodosiopolis (421) – Roman–Sasanian War (421–422)
  • Siege of Arles (425)
  • Siege of Hippo Regius (430–431)
  • Siege of Narbonne (436–437)
  • Siege of Noviodunum (437)
  • Siege of Viminacium (441) by Attila
  • Siege of Naissus (442) by Attila
  • Siege of Sirmium (442) by Attila
  • Siege of Ratiaria (447) by Attila
  • Siege of Metz (451) by Attila
  • Siege of Aurelianum (451) by Attila
  • Siege of Aquileia (452) by Attila
  • Siege of Castrum Cainonense (463)
  • Siege of Singidunum (472)
  • Siege of Taragona (472)
  • Siege of Rome (472) by Ricimer
  • Siege of Papyrius (484–488)
  • Siege of Ravenna (490–493) – Ostrogothic conquest of Italy
  • Siege of Nisibis (498)

Medieval

6th century

Totila razes the walls of Florence: 14th century illustration from Giovanni Villani's Nuova Cronica
The capture of Pavia by the Lombard King, Alboin: Siege of Pavia, 572 AD
  • Siege of Avignon (500)
  • Siege of Vienne (500)
  • Siege of Theodosiopolis (502) – Anastasian War
  • Siege of Martyropolis (502) – Anastasian War
  • Siege of Amida (502–503) – Anastasian War
  • Siege of Constantina (502) – Anastasian War
  • Siege of Harran (502) – Anastasian War
  • Siege of Edessa (502) – Anastasian War
  • Second siege of Theodosiopolis (502) – Anastasian War
  • Siege of Amida (503) – Anastasian War
  • Siege of Ashparin (503) – Anastasian War
  • Siege of Kallinikos (503) – Anastasian War
  • Siege of Amida (504) – Anastasian War
  • Siege of Arles (508)
  • Siege of Clermont (524)
  • Siege of Vollore (524)
  • Siege of Chastel-Marlhac (524)
  • Siege of Vitry (524)
  • Siege of Martyropolis (531) – Iberian War
  • Siege of Autun (534)
  • Siege of Panormus (535) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Naples (536) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Salona (537) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Rome (537–538) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Ariminum (538) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Mediolanum (538–539) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Ancona (538) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Urbino (538) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Cesena (538) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Orvieto (538) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Faesulae (539) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Auximum (539) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Ravenna (539–540) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Kassandria (539)
  • Siege of Sura (540) – Lazic War
  • 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 (550–551) – 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)
  • Siege of Cumae (552) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Lucca (553) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Parma (553) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Conza (553–554) – Gothic War (535–554)
  • Siege of Onoguris (555) – Lazic War
  • Siege of Chalon-sur-Saône (555)
  • Siege of Phasis (555–556) – Lazic War
  • Siege of Tzacher (557) – Lazic War
  • Siege of Arles (567)
  • Siege of Sirmium (568) – Avar–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Pavia (569–572) – Byzantine–Lombard wars
  • Siege of Thebothon (573) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  • Siege of Nisibis (573) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  • Siege of Dara (573) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  • Siege of Apathea (573) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  • Siege of Valence (574)
  • Siege of Grenoble (574)
  • Siege of Tournai (575)
  • Siege of Amida (578) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  • Siege of Aphumon (578) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  • Siege of Chlomaron (578) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  • Siege of Sirmium (580–582) – Avar–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Uzès (581)
  • Siege of Bourges (583)
  • Siege of Avignon (583)
  • Siege of Singidunum (583)
  • Siege of Anchialos (583)
  • Siege of Seville (583)
  • Siege of Aphumon (583)
  • Siege of Akbas (583)
  • Siege of Brescello (584) – Byzantine–Lombard wars
  • Siege of Monocarton (585) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  • Siege of Convenae (585)
  • Siege of Cabaret (585)
  • Siege of Ugernum (585)
  • Siege of Appiaria (586) – Avar–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Thessalonica (586 or 597) – Attack on the city by Slavs and Avars
  • Siege of Comacina (587) – Byzantine–Lombard wars
  • Siege of Beroe (587) – Avar–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Diocletianopolis (587) – Avar–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Philippopolis (587) – Avar–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Adrianople (587) – Avar–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Persian fort in Arzanene (587) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  • Siege of Beïudaes (587) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  • Siege of Singidunum (588) – Avar–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Anchialos (588) – Avar–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Drizipera (588) – Avar–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Tzurullon (588) – Avar–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Philippopolis (589) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  • Siege of Akbas (590) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
  • Siege of Treviso (591)
  • Siege of Perugia (593) – Byzantine–Lombard wars
  • Siege of Singidunum (595) – Avar–Byzantine wars

7th century

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)
  • Siege of Bergamo (701)
  • Siege of Taranton (702) – Arab–Byzantine Wars
  • Siege of Tyana (707–708) by the Umayyads
  • Siege of Anchialus (708) – Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
  • Siege of Turanda (712) – Arab–Byzantine Wars
  • Siege of Constantinople (717–718) by the Umayyads
  • Siege of Toulouse (721) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul
  • Siege of Angers (722)
  • Siege of Nicaea (727) by the Umayyads
  • Siege of Kamarja (729) by the Turgesh
  • Siege of Bordeaux (732) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul
  • Siege of Avignon (737) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul
  • Siege of Narbonne (737) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul
  • Siege of Nîmes (737) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul
  • Siege of Synnada (740) – Arab–Byzantine Wars
  • Siege of Laon (741)
  • Siege of Loches (742)
  • Siege of Emesa (745) – Third Fitna
  • Siege of Wasit (749–750) – Abbasid Revolution
  • Siege of Melitene (750)
  • Siege of Narbonne (752–59) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul
  • Siege of Pavia (755)
  • Siege of Rome (756)
  • Siege of Pavia (756)
  • Siege of Suiyang (757) - known because of acts of cannibalism.
  • Siege of Sythen (758)
  • Siege of Bourbon (761) – Aquitanian War
  • Siege of Clermont (761) – Aquitanian War
  • Siege of Chantelle (761) – Aquitanian War
  • Siege of Bourges (762) – Aquitanian War
  • Siege of Thouars (762) – Aquitanian War
  • Siege of Kamacha (766) – Arab–Byzantine Wars
  • Siege of Toulouse (767) – Aquitanian War
  • Siege of Syke (771) – Arab–Byzantine Wars
Carolingian-era siege warfare. Illustration of Psalm 60 from the Golden Psalter of St. Gallen, c. 890.
  • Siege of Pavia (773–774) – Lombard kingdom conquered by Charlemagne
  • Siege of Syburg (775) – Saxon Wars
  • Siege of Syburg (776) – Saxon Wars
  • Siege of Barbād (776)
  • Siege of Zaragoza (778) by Charlemagne
  • Siege of Germanikeia (778) – Arab–Byzantine Wars
  • Siege of Semaluos (780) – Arab–Byzantine Wars
  • Siege of Nakoleia (782) – Arab–Byzantine Wars
  • Siege of Huesca (797)
  • Siege of Trsat (799)

9th century

Count Odo defends Paris against the Normans (885-886) by Jean-Victor Schnetz. Oil on canvas (1834–1836)
  • Siege of Melite (870) – Muslim conquest of Sicily
  • Siege of Bari (870–871) – Frankish conquest of the Emirate of Bari
  • Siege of Salerno (871–872)
  • Siege of Syracuse (877–878) – Muslim conquest of Sicily
  • Siege of al-Mukhtarah (881) – Zanj Rebellion
  • Siege of Asselt (882) – Viking expansion
  • Siege of Euripos (883) – Arab–Byzantine Wars
  • Siege of Rochester (885)
  • Siege of Paris (885–886) – Viking expansion
  • Siege of Buttington (893) – Viking expansion
  • Siege of Bergamo (894)
  • Siege of Rome (896)
  • Siege of Spoleto (896)
  • Siege of Amida (899)

10th century

Fall of Antioch to the Byzantines under Michael Bourtzes on 28 October 969. Chronicle of John Skylitzes, 12th century illustration.
Depiction of the siege of Chandax (960-961) from the history of John Skylitzes
  • Siege of Taormina (902) by the Aghlabids
  • Siege of Thessalonica (904) by Saracen corsairs
  • Siege of Chartres (911) – Viking expansion
  • Siege of Queli (914)
  • Siege of Regensburg (921)
  • Siege of Rheims (922)
  • Siege of Chièvrement (922)
  • Siege of Saverne (923)
  • Siege of Metz (923)
  • Siege of Adrianople (923) – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
  • Siege of Zülpich (925)
  • Siege of Durofostum (928)
  • Siege of Brandenburg (929)
  • Siege of Gana (929)
  • Siege of Lebusa (929)
  • Siege of Lenzen (929)
  • Siege of Douai (930)
  • Siege of Péronne (932)
  • Siege of Saint-Quentin (935)
  • Siege of Pierrepont (938)
  • Siege of Laer (939)
  • Siege of Eresburg (939)
  • Siege of Chièvrement (939)
  • Siege of Breisach (939)
  • Siege of Montreuil (939)
  • Siege of Laon (946)
  • Siege of Rheims (946)
  • Siege of Aquileia (947)
  • Siege of Mouzon (948)
  • Siege of Montaigu (948)
  • Siege of Laon (949)
  • Siege of Senlis (949)
  • Siege of Nimburg (950)
  • Siege of Pavia (951)
  • Siege of Mareuil (952)
  • Siege of Breisach (953)
  • Siege of Mainz (953)
  • Siege of Regensburg (953)
  • Siege of Roßtal (954)
  • Siege of Regensburg (954)
  • Siege of Suithleiscranne (955)
  • Siege of Augsburg (955)
  • Siege of Pavia (956)
  • Siege of Amida (960) – Arab–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Namur (960)
  • Siege of Chièvrement (960)
  • Siege of Troyes (960)
  • Siege of Chandax (960–961) – Arab–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Montefeltro (961)
  • Siege of Taormina (962) – Muslim conquest of Sicily
  • Siege of Monte Sancti Leonis (962–963)
  • Siege of Verim (963)
  • Siege of Rometta (963–965) – Muslim conquest of Sicily
  • Siege of Rome (964)
  • Siege of Tarsus (965) – Byzantine conquest of Cilicia
  • Siege of Mopsuestia (965) – Byzantine conquest of Cilicia
  • Siege of Bari (968)
  • Siege of Kiev (968)
  • Siege of Manzikert (968) – Arab–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Antioch (968–969) – Arab–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Capua (969)
  • Siege of Avellino (969)
  • Siege of Antioch (971) – Arab–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Dorostolon (971) by the Byzantines
  • Siege of Nisibis (972) – Arab–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Baalbek (975) – Syrian campaigns of John Tzimiskes
  • Siege of Beirut (975) – Syrian campaigns of John Tzimiskes
  • Siege of Byblos (975) – Syrian campaigns of John Tzimiskes
  • Siege of Tripoli (975) – Syrian campaigns of John Tzimiskes
  • Siege of Regensburg (976)
  • Siege of Passau (977)
  • Siege of Paris (978)
  • Siege of Taranto (982)
  • Siege of Verdun (984)
  • Siege of Apameia (985) – Arab–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Marçon (987)
  • Siege of Abydos (989)
  • Siege of Nantes (992)
  • Siege of Brandenburg (992)
  • Siege of Langeais (994)
  • Siege of Aleppo (994–995) – Arab–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Tripoli (995) – Arab–Byzantine wars
  • Siege of Langeais (995–996)
  • Siege of Poitiers (995)
  • Siege of Tours (996)
  • Siege of Châteauneuf (996)
  • Revolt of Tyre (996–998)
  • Siege of Bellac (997)
  • Siege of Rochemeaux (997)
  • Siege of Castel Sant'Angelo (998)
  • Siege of Zadar (998) by the emperor Samuil of Bulgaria

11th century

Siege of Valenciennes in 1006, illustration (1885).
The Byzantine army of George Maniakes defends the towers of Edessa against an Arab counterattack (1031). Illustration from the chronicle of John Skylitzes
Prince Bohemond of Taranto scales the walls of Antioch in 1098. 19th century engraving by Gustave Doré.
Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, 15 July 1099 by Émile Signol. Oil on canvas, 1850.
  • Siege of Lastovo (1000) – Croatian–Venetian wars
  • Siege of Rome (1001) – Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
  • Siege of Voden (1001)
  • Siege of Taq (1002)
  • Siege of Vidin (1002) – Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
  • Siege of Pernik (1003) – Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
  • Siege of Auxerre (1003)
  • Siege of Ammerthal (1003)
  • Siege of Creussen (1003)
  • Siege of Pavia (1004)
  • Siege of Multan (1005–1006)
  • Siege of Bhera (1006)
  • Siege of Valenciennes (1006–1007)
  • Siege of Nairn (1009)
  • Siege of Bari (1010–1011)
  • Siege of Montbazon (1011)
  • Siege of Lebusa (1012)
  • Siege of Makrievo (1014) – Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
  • Siege of Montbazon (1015)
  • Siege of Pernik (1016) – Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
  • Siege of Uflach (1016)
  • Siege of Tours (1016)
  • Siege of Glogau (1017)
  • Siege of Niemcza (1017)
  • Siege of Montboyau (1021)
  • Siege of Capua (1024–1026)
  • Siege of Pavia (1026)
  • Siege of Montboyau (1026)
  • Siege of Saumur (1026)
  • Siege of Somnath (1026)
  • Siege of Amboise (1027)
  • Siege of Le Lude (1027)
  • Siege of Saumur (1027)
  • Siege of Bautzen (1029)
  • Siege of Azaz (1030)
  • Siege of Edessa (1031)
  • Siege of Bautzen (1031)
  • Siege of Sens (1032)
  • Siege of Sarsawa (1033)
  • Siege of Milan (1037) by the emperor Conrad II
  • Siege of Hansi (1037–1038)
  • Siege of Langeais (1038)
  • Siege of Messina (1038)
  • Siege of Germond (1039)
  • Siege of Montgomery (1039)
  • Siege of Zaranj (1040)
  • Siege of Syracuse (1040)
  • Siege of Tours (1042–1043)
  • Siege of Bari (1043) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Isfahan (1050–1051)
  • Siege of Taq (1051)
  • Siege of Alençon (1051)
  • Siege of Domfront (1051)
  • Siege of Arques (1052)
  • Siege of Pozsony (1052) by Henrik III., Holy Roman Emperor
  • Siege of Medina (1053–54) by the Byzantines
  • Siege of Benevento (1054) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Manzikert (1054) – Byzantine–Seljuq wars
  • Siege of Reggio (1057) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Capua (1057–1058) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Thimert (1058–1060)
  • Siege of Aquino (1058) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Galeria (1059)
  • Siege of Cariati (1059) – Byzantine–Norman wars
  • Siege of Reggio (1059–1060) – Byzantine–Norman wars
  • Siege of Melfi (1061) – Byzantine–Norman wars
  • Siege of Messina (1061) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Enna (1061) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Capua (1062) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Kuriyagawa (1062) – Former Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Troina (1062–1063) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Cerami (1063) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Graus (1063)
  • Siege of Ani (1064) – Seljuq conquest of Byzantine Armenia
  • Siege of Barbastro (1064) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Palermo (1064) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Valencia (1065), a siege during the reign of Ferdinand I of León and Castile
  • Siege of Exeter (1068)
  • Siege of Bari (1068–1071) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Iconium (1069) – Byzantine–Seljuq wars
  • Siege of Brindisi (1070) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Palermo (1071–1072) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Zamora (1072)
  • Siege of Lüneburg (1072) – Saxon Rebellion
  • Siege of Trani (1073) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Amalfi (1073) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Heimenburg (1073) – Saxon Rebellion
  • Siege of Asenburg (1073) – Saxon Rebellion
  • Siege of Harzburg (1073) – Saxon Rebellion
  • Siege of Wiganstein (1073) – Saxon Rebellion
  • Siege of Moseburg (1073) – Saxon Rebellion
  • Siege of Sassenstein (1073) – Saxon Rebellion
  • Siege of Spatenburg (1074) – Saxon Rebellion
  • Siege of Vokenroht (1074) – Saxon Rebellion
  • Siege of Naples (1074) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Norwich Castle (1075) – Revolt of the Earls
  • Siege of Syracuse (1076) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Salerno (1076–1077) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Sigmaringen (1077) – Great Saxon Revolt
  • Siege of Würzburg (1077) – Great Saxon Revolt
  • Siege of La Flèche (1077)
  • Siege of Trapani (1077) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Naples (1077–78) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Tübingen (1078) – Great Saxon Revolt
  • Siege of Taormina (1078) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Gerberoi (1080)
  • Siege of La Flèche (1081)
  • Siege of Durazzo (1081) – Byzantine–Norman wars
  • Siege of Rome (1081–1084)
  • Siege of Almenar (1082)
  • Siege of Larissa (1082–1083) – Byzantine–Norman wars
  • Siege of Carpi (1083)
  • Siege of Castel Sant'Angelo (1084)
  • Siege of Augsburg (1084) – Great Saxon Revolt
  • Siege of Burgdorf (1084) – Great Saxon Revolt
  • Siege of Toledo (1085) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Antioch (1085)
  • Siege of Syracuse (1085–86) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Regensburg (1086) – Great Saxon Revolt
  • Siege of Würzburg (1086) – Great Saxon Revolt
  • Siege of Numa (1086) – Gosannen War
  • Siege of Agrigento (1087) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Castrogiovanni (1087) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Tudela (1087) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Kanazawa (1087) – Gosannen War
  • Siege of Pevensey Castle (1088) – Rebellion of 1088
  • Siege of Rochester Castle (1088) – Rebellion of 1088
  • Siege of Gleichen (1088) – Great Saxon Revolt
  • Siege of Quedlinburg (1088) – Great Saxon Revolt
  • Siege of Butera (1089) – Norman conquest of Southern Italy
  • Siege of Mantua (1090–1091)
  • Siege of Toledo (1090) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Governolo (1090)
  • Siege of Courcy (1091)
  • Siege of Seville (1091)
  • Siege of Alamut (1092) – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
  • Siege of Dara (1092) – Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
  • Siege of Breval (1092)
  • Siege of Monteveglio (1092)
  • Siege of Valencia (1093–1094) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Huesca (1094) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Chernigov (1094)
  • Siege of Cuarte (1094) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Nogara (1094)
  • Siege of Tynemouth Castle (1095)
  • Siege of Morpeth Castle (1095)
  • Siege of Newcastle (1095)
  • Siege of Bamburgh Castle (1095)
  • Siege of Amalfi (1096)
  • Siege of Xerigordos (1096) – Part of the People's Crusade
  • Siege of Wieselburg (1096)
  • Siege of Huesca (1096) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Lamasar – Nizari uprising
  • Siege of Nicaea (1097) – Part of the First Crusade
  • Siege of Antioch (1097–1098) – Part of the First Crusade
  • Siege of Capua (1098)
  • Siege of Jerusalem (1098)
  • Siege of Ma'arra (1098) – Part of the First Crusade, known because of acts of cannibalism.
  • Siege of Kållandsö Fort (1099)
  • Siege of Arqa (1099) – Part of the First Crusade
  • Siege of Valencia (1099–1102) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Jerusalem (1099) – Part of the First Crusade
  • Siege of Mayet (1099)
  • Siege of Latakia (1099)
  • First siege of Arsuf (1099) – Crusades

12th century

  • Siege of Haifa (1100) – Crusades
  • Siege of Le Mans (1100)
  • 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
Siege of Lisbon (1147) by Alfredo Roque Gameiro (1917)
  • Siege of Edessa (1144) – Crusades
  • Siege of Al-Bira (1144) – Crusades
  • Siege of Edessa (1146) – Crusades
  • Siege of Almería (1147) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Lisbon (1147) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Tortosa (1148) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Damascus (1148) – Second Crusade
  • Siege of Turbessel (1150) – Crusades
  • Siege of Jerusalem (1152) – Crusades
  • Siege of Ascalon (1153) – Crusades
  • Siege of Braničevo (1154)
  • Siege of Tortona (1155)
  • Siege of Brindisi (1155–1156)
  • Siege of Shirakawa-den (1156)
  • Siege of Baghdad (1157)
  • Siege of Banias (1157) – Crusades
  • Siege of Shaizar (1157) – Crusades
  • Siege of Casalia (1157–1158) – Crusades
  • Siege of Harim (1158) – Crusades
  • Siege of Milan (1158) – Part of the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I and the Northern Italy cities
  • Siege of Crema (1159–1160) – Part of the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I and the Northern Italy cities
  • Siege of Sanjō Palace (1160) – the main action of the Heiji Rebellion took place in Kyoto
  • Siege of Ani (1161) – Georgian–Seljuk wars
  • Siege of Milan (1161–62) – Part of the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I and the Northern Italy cities
  • Siege of Harim (1164)
  • Siege of Banias (1164)
  • Siege of Alexandria (1167) – Crusader invasions of Egypt
  • Siege of Wexford (1169) – the first major clash of the Norman invasion of Ireland
  • Siege of Damietta (1169) – Crusader invasions of Egypt
  • Siege of Kerak (1170) – Crusades
  • Siege of Sinjar (1170)
  • Siege of Kerak (1173) – Crusades
  • Siege of Derbent (1173) – Caspian expeditions of the Rus'
  • Siege of Alexandria (1174)
  • Siege of Alessandria (1174–1175) – Part of the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I and the Northern Italy cities
  • Siege of Homs (1175)
  • Siege of Montferrand (1175)
  • Siege of Sinjar (1175)
  • Siege of Azaz (1176)
  • Siege of Masyaf (1176)
  • Siege of Harim (1177) – Crusades
  • Siege of Demmin (1177) – Brandenburg–Pomeranian conflict
  • Siege of Claudiopolis (1179) – Byzantine–Seljuq wars
  • Siege of Jacob's Ford (1179) – Crusades
  • Siege of Nara (1180) – Genpei War
  • Siege of Beirut (1182) – Crusades
  • Siege of Mosul (1182
  • Siege of Amida (1183)
  • Siege of Hiuchi (1183) – Genpei War
  • Siege of Fukuryūji (1183) – Genpei War
  • Siege of Tell Khalid (1183)
  • Siege of Kerak (1183) – Crusades
  • Siege of Hōjūjidono (1184) – Genpei War
  • Siege of Santarém (1184)
  • Siege of Kerak (1184) – Crusades
  • Sack of Thessalonica (1185) by the Normans
  • Siege of Mayyafariqin (1185)
  • Siege of Lovech (1187)
  • Siege of Kerak (1187) – Crusades
  • Siege of Tiberias (1187) – Crusades
  • Siege of Toron (1187) – Crusades
  • Siege of Ascalon (1187) – Crusades
  • Siege of Jerusalem (1187) – Crusades
  • Siege of Tyre (1187) – Crusades
  • Siege of Saone (1188) – Crusades
  • Siege of Shughr-Bakas (1188) – Crusades
  • Siege of Bourzey (1188) – Crusades
Siege of Naples in 1191 by the forces of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, Peter of Eboli, Liber ad honorem Augusti, Palermo, 1196
  • Siege of Trapessac (1188) – Crusades
  • Siege of Baghras (1188) – Crusades
  • Siege of Safed (1188) – Crusades
  • Siege of Belvoir (1188) – Crusades
  • Siege of Acre (1189–1191) – Third Crusade
  • Siege of Naples (1191)
  • Siege of Jaffa (1192) – Third Crusade
  • Siege of Verneuil (1194)
  • Siege of Loches (1195)
  • Siege of Aumâle (1196)
  • Siege of Jaffa (1197) – Crusades
  • Siege of Toron (1197–1198) – Crusade of 1197
  • Siege of Châlus (1199)
  • Siege of Montferrand (1199)

13th century

The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople (1204) Eugène Delacroix. Oil on canvas, 1840
Crusaders attack the tower of Damietta (1218). A 1625 painting by Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen.
The Mongols besieged the "fortified mountain" of Gerdkuh for 17 years.
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)
  • Siege of Vannes (1342) – Part of the Hundred Years' War
  • Siege of Hennebont (1342) – Part of the Hundred Years' War
  • Siege of Algeciras (1342–1344) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Caffa (1346)
  • Siege of Aiguillon (1346) – Part of the Hundred Years' War
  • Siege of Calais (1346–1347) – Part of the Hundred Years' War
  • Siege of Calais (1349) – Part of the Hundred Years' War
  • Siege of Gibraltar (1349–1350) – Fifth siege of Gibraltar, by Alfonso XI in the Reconquista
  • Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (1351) – Part of the Hundred Years' War
  • Siege of Rennes (1356–57) – War of the Breton Succession
  • Siege of Chartres (1360) – Part of the Hundred Years' War
  • Siege of Kaunas (1362) – Lithuanian Crusade
  • Siege of León (1368)
  • Siege of Algeciras (1369) – Reconquista
  • Siege of Limoges (1370) – Part of the Hundred Years' War
  • Gibraltar (1374) – Moors of Fez cede Gibraltar to the Granadan Moors until 1410
  • Siege of Philadelphia (1378–1390) – Byzantine-Ottoman Wars
  • Siege of Moscow (1382)
  • Siege of Sofia (1382 or 1385)
  • Siege of Ypres (1383) – Despenser's Crusade
  • Siege of Lisbon (1384) – 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum
  • Siege of Tbilisi (1386) – Timur's invasions of Georgia
  • Siege of Isfahan (1387)
  • Siege of Tarnovo (1393)
  • Siege of Anjudan (1393)
  • Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402) – Byzantine-Ottoman Wars

15th century

Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orléans (1429) by Jules Eugène Lenepveu, painted 1886–1890
Fall of Constantinople (1453)
  • Siege of Belgrade (1440)
  • Siege of Tartas (1440–1442) – Part of the Hundred Years' War
  • Siege of Novo Brdo (1440–41)
  • Siege of Metz (1444)
  • Siege of Rhodes (1444)
  • Siege of Balkh (1447)
  • Siege of Herat (1448)
  • Siege of Svetigrad (1448)
  • Siege of Krujë (1450)
  • Siege of Constantinople (1453) – Byzantine-Ottoman Wars

Early modern

15th century

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

16th century

The Last Days of Tenochtitlan—Conquest of Mexico (1521) by William de Leftwich Dodge, 1899.
Sack of Rome of 1527 by Johannes Lingelbach, 17th century.
  • Siege of Pavia (1524–25) – Italian War of 1521–26
  • Siege of Sambhal (1526)
  • Siege of Calicut (1526)
  • Siege of Kamakura (1526)
  • Sack of Rome (1527) – War of the League of Cognac
  • Siege of Naples (1528) – War of the League of Cognac
  • Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529)
  • Siege of Vienna (1529) – First siege of Vienna
  • Siege of Florence (1529–1530) – War of the League of Cognac
  • Siege of Buda (1530) by Wilhelm von Roggendorf and Bálint Török
  • Siege of Diu (1531)
  • Siege of Güns (1532)
Battle of Tunis 1535 Attack on Goletta. Frans Hogenberg after Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, 16th century.
  • Siege of Maribor (1532)
  • Siege of Coron (1532–1534)
  • Siege of Baghdad (1534) – by Ottomans
  • Siege of Tunis (1534)
  • Conquest of Tunis (1535)
  • Siege of Chittorgarh (1535)
  • Siege of Cusco (1536–1537)
  • Siege of Klis (1536–1537)
  • Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1537)
  • Siege of Corfu (1537) – Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540)
  • Siege of Diu (1538)
  • Siege of Castelnuovo (1539) – Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540)
  • Siege of Koriyama (1540–1541)
  • Siege of Buda (1540) by Leonhard von Fels and Niklas Salm
  • Fall of Agadir (1541)
  • Siege of Buda (1541) – capture of the city of Buda by the Turkish Ottoman Emperor Suleiman the Magnificent, as he invaded central Hungary
  • Algiers expedition (1541)
  • Siege of Uehara (1541)
  • Siege of Fukuyo (1542)
  • Siege of Kuwabara (1542)
  • Siege of Pest (1542) – an attempt to recapture Buda from the Turks
Ottoman depiction of the siege of Nice (1543) 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 (1565) 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.
  • Siege of Takamatsu (1582)
  • Siege of Takatō (1582)
  • Siege of Uozu (1582)
  • Siege of Lochem (1582) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Lier (1582) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Eindhoven (1583) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Godesberg (1583)
  • Siege of Kaganoi (1584)
  • Siege of Takehana (1584)
  • Siege of Kanie (1584)
  • Siege of Suemori (1584)
  • Siege of Ypres (1584) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Ghent (1584) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Antwerp (1584–1585) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Bruges (1584) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Brussels (1584–85) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Toyama (1585)
  • Siege of Negoro-ji (1585)
  • Siege of Ōta Castle (1585)
  • Siege of IJsseloord (1585) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Iwaya Castle (1586)
  • Siege of Cartagena de Indias (1586) during the Anglo–Spanish War
  • Siege of Grave (1586) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Venlo (1586) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Axel (1586) – Eighty Years' War
  • Second siege of Neuss (July 1586)
  • Siege of Rheinberg (1586–1590) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Ganjaku (1587)
  • Siege of Akizuki (1587)
  • Siege of Kagoshima (1587)
  • Siege of Sluis (1587) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Johor (1587)
  • Siege of Kraków (1587) – War of the Polish Succession (1587–88)
  • Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1588) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Kurokawa Castle (1589)
  • Siege of Hachigata (1590)
  • Siege of Paris (1590) – French Wars of Religion
  • Siege of Odawara Castle (1590)
  • Siege of Shimoda (1590)
  • Siege of Oshi (1590)
  • Siege of Zutphen (1591) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Deventer (1591) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Knodsenburg (1591) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Hulst (1591) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Nijmegen (1591) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Rouen (1591–1592) – French Wars of Religion
  • Siege of Caudebec (1592) – French Wars of Religion
  • Siege of Busanjin (1592) – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)
  • Siege of Dongrae (1592) – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)
  • Siege of Steenwijk (1592) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Bihać (1592) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Pyongyang (1592) – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)
  • Siege of Coevorden (1592) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Jinju (1592) – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)
  • Siege of Pyongyang (1593) – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)
  • Siege of Haengju (1593) – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)
  • Siege of Geertruidenberg (1593) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Sisak (1593)Long Turkish War
  • Siege of Jinju (1593) – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)
  • Siege of Coevorden (1593–1594) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Groningen (1594) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Enniskillen (1594) – Tyrone's Rebellion
  • Siege of Morlaix (1594) – French Wars of Religion
  • Siege of Fort Crozon (1594) – Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
  • Siege of Huy (1595) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Caracas (1595) during the Anglo–Spanish War
Henry IV of France before Amiens (1597), Anonymous
  • Siege of Le Catelet (1595) – French Wars of Religion
  • Siege of Groenlo (1595) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Doullens – French Wars of Religion
  • Siege of San Juan (1595) during the Anglo–Spanish War
  • Siege of Calais (1596) – French Wars of Religion
  • Siege of Hulst (1596) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Eger (1596) – Long Turkish War
  • Siege of Amiens (1597) – French Wars of Religion
  • Siege of Rheinberg (1597) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Meurs (1597) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Groenlo (1597) – during the Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Namwon (1597) – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)
  • Siege of Bredevoort (1597) – Eighty Years' War
Joseon and Ming dynasty soldiers assault the Japanese-built fortress at Ulsan (1598)
  • Siege of Enschede (1597) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Ootmarsum (1597) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Oldenzaal (1597) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Lingen (1597) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Buda (1598)
  • Siege of Ulsan (1598) – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)
  • Second siege of Ulsan (1598) – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)
  • Siege of Suncheon (1598) – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)
  • Siege of Sacheon (1598) – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)
  • Siege of Schenckenschans (1599) – Eighty Years' War
Siege of Zaltbommel by the Spanish in 1599 by Hugo Grotius

17th century

Siege of Ostend (1601-4) by Peter Snayers, oil on canvas.
  • Siege of Tanabe (1600)
  • Siege of Udo (1600)
  • Siege of Yanagawa (1600)
  • Siege of Pernau (1600) – Polish–Swedish War (1600–11)
  • Siege of Fellin (1600) – Polish–Swedish War (1600–11)
  • Siege of Dorpat (1600) – Polish–Swedish War (1600–11)
  • Siege of Rheinberg (1601) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Ostend (1601–04) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Nagykanizsa (1601) – Long Turkish War
  • Siege of Donegal (1601) – Nine Years' War (Ireland)
  • Siege of Kinsale (1601–02) – Nine Years' War (Ireland)
  • Siege of Wolmar (1601) – Polish–Swedish War (1600–11)
  • Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch (1601) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Fellin (1602) – Polish–Swedish War (1600–11)
  • Siege of Weissenstein (1602) – Polish–Swedish War (1600–11)
  • Siege of Dunboy (1602) – Nine Years' War (Ireland)
  • Siege of Grave (1602) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Buda (1602–1603) – Long Turkish War
  • Siege of Sluis (1604) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Weissenstein (1604) – Polish–Swedish War (1600–11)
  • Siege of Kromy (1605) – Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18)
  • Siege of Lingen (1605) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Kandahar (1605–06)
Monks successfully defended the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra against the Poles from September 1609 to January 1611.
The Summer Battle of Osaka Castle (1614–15), 17th century Japanese painting
The Surrender of Breda (1625) by Diego Velázquez.
  • Siege of Montpellier (1622) – Huguenot rebellions
  • Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom (1622) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Heidelberg (1622) – Thirty Years' War
  • Capture of Mannheim (1622) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Araya Castle (1622–1623) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Breda (1624–1625) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Gavi (1625)
  • Siege of Genoa (1625)
  • Recapture of Bahia (1625) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Verrua (1625)
  • Siege of Koknese (1625) – Polish–Swedish War (1621–25)
  • Siege of Dorpat (1625) – Polish–Swedish War (1621–25)
  • Siege of San Juan (1625) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré (1625)
  • Siege of Oldenzaal (1626) – Eighty Years' War
Cardinal Richelieu at the Siege of La Rochelle (1627–1628) by Henri-Paul Motte, 1881.
The Capture of Rheinfelden (1634) by Vincenzo Carducci.
  • Siege of Dorogobuzh (1632) – Smolensk War
  • Siege of Smolensk (1632–33) – Smolensk War
  • Siege of Hameln (1633) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Hagenau (1633) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Konstanz (1633) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Rheinfelden (1633) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Regensburg (1633) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Belaya (1634)
  • Siege of Überlingen (1634) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Regensburg (1634) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Lüshun (1634)
  • Siege of Hildesheim (1634) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Nördlingen (1634) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Minden (1634) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Heidelberg (1634) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Leuven (1635) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Schenkenschans (1635–1636) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Mainz (1635) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Dôle (1636) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of La Capelle (1636) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Le Câtelet (1636) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Magdeburg (1636) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Corbie (1636) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Leipzig (1637) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Breda (1637) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Landrecies (1637) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Venlo (1637) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Leucate (1637) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Hara Castle (1637–1638)
  • Siege of Azov (1637–1642) – Part of Russo-Turkish Wars
  • Siege of Saint-Omer (1638) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Fuenterrabía (1638) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Battle of Breisach (1638) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Lemgo (1638) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Baghdad (1638) by Ottomans
  • Siege of Hesdin (1639) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Relief of Thionville (1639) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Salses (1639–1640) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Casale (1640) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Galle (1640) – Dutch-Portuguese War
  • Siege of Turin (1640) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Arras (1640) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Neunburg (1641) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Wolfenbüttel (1641) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of São Filipe (1641–1642) – Portuguese Restoration War
  • Siege of Dorsten (1641) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Göttingen (1641) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Perpignan (1641–1642) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Glogau (1642) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Olmütz (1642) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Brieg (1642) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Leipzig (1642) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Hull (1642) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Portsmouth (1642) – First English Civil War
  • Second siege of Glogau (1642) – Thirty Years' War
  • Sieges of Bradford (1642–1643) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Reading (1642–1643) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Chichester (1642) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Rocroi (1643) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Thionville (1643) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Worcester (1643) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Lichfield (1643) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Gloucester (1643) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Sierck (1643) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Hull (1643) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Newcastle (1644) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Lathom House (1644) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Überlingen (1644) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Lyme Regis (1644) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of York (1644) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Lincoln (1644) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Lleida (1644) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Gravelines (1644) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Oxford (1644–1646) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Sas van Gent (1644) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Philippsburg (1644) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Montgomery Castle (1644) – First English Civil War
  • Sieges of Taunton (1644–1645) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Duncannon (1645) – Irish Confederate Wars
  • Siege of Chester (1645) – First English Civil War
  • Great Siege of Scarborough Castle (1645) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Carlisle (1644) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Brünn (1645) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Mardyck (1645) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Bristol (1645) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Béthune (1645) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Lillers (1645) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Saint-Venant (1645) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Hulst (1645) – Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Worcester (1646) – First English Civil War
  • Siege of Mardyck (1646) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Dunkirk (1646) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Augsburg (1646) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Lindau (1647) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Armentières (1647) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Landrecies (1647) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Ypres (1647) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Memmingen (1647) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Candia (Crete) (1648–69) – claimed as the second-longest siege in history
  • Siege of Pembroke (1648) – Second English Civil War
  • Siege of Colchester (1648) – Second English Civil War
    The final battle of the Thirty Years' War; Swedish siege of Prague (1648)
  • Siege of Prague (1648) – Thirty Years' War
  • Siege of Inverness (1649)
  • Siege of Zbarazh (1649) – Khmelnytsky uprising
  • Siege of Dublin (1649)
  • Siege of Drogheda (1649) – Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
  • Siege of Wexford (1649) – Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
  • Siege of Waterford (1649–1650) – Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
  • Siege of Inverness (1650)
  • Siege of Kilkenny (1650) – Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
  • Siege of Clonmel (1650) – Irish Confederate Wars
  • Siege of Charlemont (1650) – Irish Confederate Wars
  • Cromwell's Siege of Limerick City, Ireland (1651) – Irish Confederate Wars
  • Siege of Barcelona (1651–1652), during the Catalan Revolt
  • Siege of Galway (1651–1652) – Irish Confederate Wars
Siege of Kraków, 8 October 1655. View from 1697 by the German historian Samuel Pufendorf.
  • Siege of Arras (1654) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Smolensk (1654) – Russo-Polish War (1654–67)
  • Siege of Landrecies (1655) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Santo Domingo (1655) – Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60)
  • Siege of Kraków (1655) – Second Northern War
  • Siege of Danzig (1655–60) – Second Northern War
  • Siege of Jasna Góra (1655) – during The Deluge
  • Siege of Valenciennes (1656) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Zamość (1656) – Second Northern War
  • Siege of Warsaw (1656) – Second Northern War
  • Siege of Nöteborg (1656) – Russo-Swedish War (1656–58)
  • Siege of Nyenschantz (1656) – Russo-Swedish War (1656–58)
  • Siege of Dyneburg (1656) – Russo-Swedish War (1656–58)
  • Siege of Riga (1656) – Russo-Swedish War (1656–58)
  • Siege of Dorpat (1656) – Russo-Swedish War (1656–58)
The assault of Copenhagen on the night between 10 and 11 February 1659 by Daniel Vertangen, 1659.
  • Siege of Bidar (1657)
  • Siege of Kraków (1657) – Second Northern War
  • Siege of Dorpat (1657) – Russo-Swedish War (1656–58)
  • Siege of Dunkirk (1658) – Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
  • Siege of Toruń (1658) – Second Northern War
  • Siege of Badajoz (1658) – Portuguese Restoration War
  • Siege of Copenhagen (1658–1659) Second Northern War, Swedes defeated by Danish and Dutch defenders
  • Siege of Kolding (1658) – Second Northern War
  • Siege of Lyakhavichy (1660) – Russo-Polish War (1654–67)
  • Siege of Fort Zeelandia (1661–1662) – Sino-Dutch conflicts
  • Siege of Érsekújvár (1663) – Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664)
  • Siege of Hlukhiv (1664) – Russo-Polish War (1654–67)
  • Siege of Valência de Alcântara (1664)
  • Siege of Novi Zrin Castle (1664) in northern Croatia – Austro-Turkish War (1663–64)
  • Siege of Léva (1664) – Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664)
  • Siege of Purandhar (1665)
  • Siege of Charleroi (1667) – War of Devolution
  • Siege of Tournai (1667) – War of Devolution
  • Siege of Douai (1667) – War of Devolution
  • Siege of Lille (1667) – War of Devolution
  • Siege of Dole (1668) – War of Devolution
  • Siege of Solovetsky Monastery (1668–76) – eight years
  • Siege of Groenlo (1672) – Franco-Dutch War
  • Siege of Groningen (1672) – Franco-Dutch War
  • Siege of Kamenets (1672) – Polish–Ottoman War (1672–76)
Musketeers of the Guard entering the citadel of Valenciennes (1676-77).
  • Siege of Maastricht (1673) – Franco-Dutch War
  • Siege of Bonn (1673) – Franco-Dutch War
  • Siege of Besançon (1674) – Franco-Dutch War
  • Siege of Ponda (1675)
  • Siege of Maastricht (1676) – Franco-Dutch War
  • Siege of Philippsburg (1676) – Franco-Dutch War
  • Siege of Valenciennes (1676–77) – Franco-Dutch War
  • Siege of Freiburg (1677) – Franco-Dutch War
  • Siege of Cambrai (1677) – Franco-Dutch War
  • Siege of Malmö (1677) – Scanian War
  • Siege of Ghent (1678) – Franco-Dutch War
  • Siege of Ypres (1678) – Franco-Dutch War
  • Siege of Puigcerdà (1678) – Franco-Dutch War
  • Siege of Stralsund (1678) – Scanian War
  • Siege of Vienna (1683) – siege of Vienna during the Great Turkish War
  • Siege of Luxembourg (1684) – War of the Reunions
  • Siege of Genoa (1684) – War of the Reunions
  • Siege of Buda (1684), Austrian army tried to take Buda from Ottoman Turkey
  • Siege of Santa Maura (1684) – Morean War
  • Siege of Sinj (1684) – Morean War
  • Siege of Sinj (1685) – Morean War
  • Siege of Bijapur (1685–86)
  • Siege of Cojor (1685) – Morean War
Reoccupation of Buda Castle in 1686. Gyula Benczúr (1896), oil on canvas
  • Siege of Érsekújvár (1685) – Great Turkish War
  • Siege of Kelefa (1686) – Morean War
  • Siege of Navarino (1686) – Morean War
  • Siege of Buda (1686) – Great Turkish War
  • Siege of Modon (1686) – Morean War
  • Siege of Nauplia (1686) – Morean War
  • Siege of Pécs (1686) – Great Turkish War
  • Siege of Golconda (1687)
  • Siege of Castelnuovo (1687) – Morean War
Siege of Belgrade, 1688 by Adlerschwung
Siege of Namur 1692, by Jean-Baptiste Martin, 1693.
  • Siege of Cork (1690) – Williamite War in Ireland
  • Siege of Belgrade (1690) – Great Turkish War
  • Siege of Québec City (1690) – First siege of Québec City
  • Siege of Jinji (1690–1698)
  • Siege of Limerick (1691), Williamite War in Ireland
  • Second siege of Athlone (1691), Williamite War in Ireland
  • Siege of Mons (1691) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Cuneo (1691) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Candia (1692) – Morean War
  • Siege of Namur (1692) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Embrun (1692) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Ebernburg (1692) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Belgrade (1693) – Great Turkish War
  • Siege of Huy (1693) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Charleroi (1693) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Pinerolo (1693) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Chios (1694) – Morean War
  • Siege of Palamos (1694) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Gerona (1694) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Huy (1694) – Nine Years' War
Siege of Namur (1695) by Jan van Huchtenburg.
  • Siege of Ceuta (1694–1727) – claimed as the longest siege in history
  • Siege of Casale (1695) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Namur (1695) – Nine Years' War
  • Capitulation of Diksmuide (1695) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Mombasa (1696–1698) – Omani–Portuguese conflicts
  • Siege of Pemaquid (1696) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Fort Nashwaak (1696) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Ath (1697) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Barcelona (1697) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Ebernburg (1697) – Nine Years' War
  • Siege of Cartagena de Indias (1697)

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 Riga (1700) – Great Northern War
  • Siege of Narva (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 Toruń 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 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
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 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 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 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
Depiction of the siege of Barcelona: The assault on the main body of the Place (1714) by Jacques Rigaud
  • 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)
  • Siege of Brahan (1715) – Jacobite rising of 1715
  • Siege of Inverness (1715) – Jacobite rising of 1715
Austrian land and naval bombardment puts Belgrade in flames during the siege of 1717.
  • Siege of Temeşvar (1716) – Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)
  • Siege of Belgrade (1717) – Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)
  • Siege of Fredriksten (1718) – Great Northern War
  • Siege of Isfahan (1722)
  • Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar (1727) – by a Spanish army
  • Siege of Oran (1732) – Conflicts between Spain and Algiers
  • Siege of Kehl (1733) – War of the Polish Succession
  • Siege of Pizzighettone (1733) – War of the Polish Succession
  • Siege of Danzig (1734) – War of the Polish Succession
  • Siege of Gaeta (1734) – War of the Polish Succession
  • Siege of Trarbach (1734) – War of the Polish Succession
  • Siege of Capua (1734) – War of the Polish Succession
  • Siege of Philippsburg (1734) – War of the Polish Succession
  • Siege of Messina (1734–1735) – War of the Polish Succession
  • Siege of Ganja (1734–1735) – Ottoman–Persian War (1730–35)
  • Siege of Syracuse (1735) – War of the Polish Succession
  • Siege of Trapani (1735) – War of the Polish Succession
  • Siege of Colonia del Sacramento (1735–1737) – Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737)
  • Siege of Perekop (1736) – Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)
  • Siege of Azov (1736) – Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)
  • Siege of Banja Luka (1737) – Austro-Turkish War (1737–1739)
  • Siege of Ochakov (1737) – Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)
  • Siege of Kandahar (1737–1738)
  • Siege of Mehadia (1738) – Austro-Turkish War (1737–1739)
  • Siege of Orsova (1738) – Austro-Turkish War (1737–1739)
British attack on Cartagena de Indias (1741) by Luis Fernández Gordillo. Oil on canvas, Naval Museum of Madrid
  • Siege of Belgrade (1739) – Austro-Turkish War (1737–1739)
  • Siege of Portobello (1739) – victory of British siege by Edward Vernon in the War of Jenkins' Ear
  • Siege of St. Augustine (1740) – War of Jenkins' Ear
  • Siege of Fort Mose (1740) – War of Jenkins' Ear
  • Siege of Trichinopoly (1741)
  • Siege of Cartagena de Indias (1741) – failed British siege by Edward Vernon in the War of Jenkins' Ear
  • Siege of Brieg (1741) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Santiago (1741) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Neisse (1741)
  • Siege of Glatz (1742) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Eger (1742) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Mirandola (1742) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Modena (1742) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Prague (1742) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of La Guaira (1743) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Eger (1743) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Puerto Cabello (1743) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Blockade of Straubing (1743) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Trichinopoly (1743)
  • Siege of Ingolstadt (1743) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Mosul (1743) – Ottoman–Persian War (1743–46)
  • Siege of Kars (1744) – Ottoman–Persian War (1743–46)
  • Siege of Menin (1744) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Ypres (1744) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Furnes (1744) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Annapolis Royal (1744) – War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War)
  • Siege of Prague (1744) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Cuneo (1744) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Freiburg (1744) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Tabor (1744) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Tournai (1745) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Louisbourg (1745) – War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War)
  • Siege of Port Toulouse (1745) – War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War)
  • Siege of Annapolis Royal (1745) – War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War)
  • Fall of Ghent (1745) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Oudenarde (1745) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Ostend (1745) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Tortona (1745) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Kosel (1745) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Ruthven Barracks (1745) – Jacobite rising of 1745
  • Siege of Culloden House (1745) – Jacobite rising of 1745
  • Siege of Carlisle (November 1745) – Jacobite rising of 1745
  • Siege of Carlisle (December 1745) – Jacobite rising of 1745
  • Siege of Fort Augustus (December 1745) – Jacobite rising of 1745
  • Siege of Stirling Castle (1746) – Jacobite rising of 1745
  • Siege of Brussels (1746) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Ruthven Barracks (1746) – Jacobite rising of 1745
  • Siege of Inverness (1746) – Jacobite rising of 1745
  • Siege of Fort Augustus (March 1746) – Jacobite rising of 1745
  • Siege of Blair Castle (1745) – Jacobite rising of 1745
  • Siege of Fort William (1745) – Jacobite rising of 1745
  • Siege of Genoa (1746) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Mons (1746) – War of the Austrian Succession
Conquest and pillage of Bergen-op-Zoom by the French in 1747.
  • Siege of Namur (1746) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Madras (1746) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Genoa (1747) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Hulst (1747) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Maastricht (1748) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Cuddalore (1748) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Pondicherry (1748) – War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Arcot (1751) – Second Carnatic War
  • Siege of Trichinopoly (1751–52) – Second Carnatic War
  • Siege of Fort St Philip (1756) – Seven Years' War
  • Siege of Pirna (1756) – Seven Years' War
  • Siege of Prague (1757) – Seven Years' War
  • Siege of Fort William Henry (1757) – Seven Years' War (French and Indian War)
  • Siege of Schweidnitz (1757) – Seven Years' War
  • Siege of Breslau (1757) – Seven Years' War
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)
  • Siege of Breslau (1760) – Seven Years' War
  • Siege of Wittenberg (1760) – Seven Years' War
  • Siege of Pondicherry (1760–1761) – Seven Years' War
  • Siege of Cassel (1761) – Seven Years' War
  • Sieges of Kolberg (1759, 1760, and 1761) – Seven Years' War
  • Siege of Havana (1762) – Seven Years' War. British fleet headed by George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle lays siege to Spanish controlled Havana for a month.
  • Siege of Schweidnitz (1762) – Seven Years' War
  • Siege of Almeida (1762) – Seven Years' War
  • Siege of Cassel (1762) – Seven Years' War
  • Siege of Ambur (1767) – First Anglo-Mysore War
  • Siege of Khotyn (1769) – Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
  • Siege of Bender (1770) – Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
  • Siege of Giurgevo (1771) – Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
  • Siege of Silistria (1773) – Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
  • Siege of Melilla (1774), during Hispano-Moroccan wars
  • Siege of Boston (1775–1776) – American Revolutionary War
  • Siege of Fort St. Jean (1775) – American Revolutionary War
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 (1792) by Louis Joseph Watteau
  • Siege of Nundydroog (1791) – Third Anglo-Mysore War
  • Siege of Savendroog (1791) – Third Anglo-Mysore War
  • Siege of Seringapatam (1792) – Third Anglo-Mysore War
  • Siege of Thionville (1792) – War of the First Coalition
  • Battle of Verdun (1792) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Lille (1792) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Mainz (1792) – War of the First Coalition
  • Battle of Limburg (1792) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Maastricht (1793) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Condé (1793) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Mainz (1793) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Bellegarde (1793) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Valenciennes (1793) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Pondicherry (1793) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Lyon (1793) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Landau (1793) – War of the First Coalition
The capitulation of Mantua on 2 February 1797, Hippolyte Lecomte, 1812
  • Siege of Dunkirk (1793) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Le Quesnoy (1793) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Toulon (1793) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Maubeuge (1793) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Fort-Louis (1793) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Angers (1793) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of San Fiorenzo (1794) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Bastia (1794) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Landrecies (1794) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Collioure (1794) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Ypres (1794) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Calvi (1794) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Luxembourg (1794–95) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Roses (1794–95) – War of the First Coalition
The Last Effort and Fall of Tipu Sultan (1799) by Henry Singleton
  • Siege of Mannheim (1795) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Mantua (1796–97) – War of the First Coalition, French besieging
  • Siege of Kehl (1796–97) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Hüningen (1796–97) – War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Port of Spain (1797), during the Anglo-Spanish War
  • Siege of San Juan de Puerto Rico (1797), during the Anglo-Spanish War
  • Siege of Malta (1798–1800), during the French Revolutionary Wars
  • Siege of Corfu (1798–99) – War of the Second Coalition
  • Siege of El Arish (1799) – French campaign in Egypt and Syria
  • Siege of Jaffa (1799) – French campaign in Egypt and Syria
  • Siege of Acre (1799) – French campaign in Egypt and Syria
  • Siege of Mantua (1799) – War of the Second Coalition
  • Siege of Seringapatam (1799) – Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

Modern military sieges

19th century

Siege of Gdańsk by French forces in 1807
Assault on the walls of Zaragoza by January Suchodolski
The Siege of Burgos (1812) by François Joseph Heim.
American troops landing in Veracruz (1847) during the 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.
Damaged buildings following the siege of Sarajevo, 1996

21st century

Coalition airstrike targeting Islamic State positions during the Siege of Kobanî, October 2014
Burning buildings during the Siege of Mariupol, 2022

Police sieges

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

Other

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