- List of sieges
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siege is a prolongedmilitary assault andblockade on acity orfortress with the intent of conquering by force orattrition . What follows is a chronological list of sieges.Military sieges
Ancient
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Siege of Megiddo (c. 1457 BC)
*Siege of Dapur (c. 1296 BC)
* Siege of Troy (c. 1200 BC)
*Siege of Hermopolis (c. 715 BC)
*Siege of Lachish (c. 715 BC)
* Siege of Jerusalem (701 BC) - the Assyrian siege ofSennacherib
* Siege of Syracuse (415 BC) - the Athenian siege
*Siege of Tyre (332 BC) byAlexander the Great
* Siege of Rhodes (305 BC) by Demetrius Poliorcetes
*Siege of Agrigentum (261 BC) (First Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage)
* Siege ofSaguntum (218 BC) - "casus belli" for theSecond Punic War
* Siege of Syracuse (213–212 BC) - the Roman siege
* Siege of Carthage (149–146 BC) byScipio Aemilianus Africanus
*Siege of Numantia (134–133 BC) by Scipio Aemilianus Africanus
*Siege of Alesia (52 BC)
* Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD) - the Roman siege ofTitus
*Siege of Masada (72 AD)
*Siege of Byzantium (193 AD–196 AD) bySeptimius Severus forces.Medieval
* The First Siege of Constantinople by Avars and Sassanid Persians in 626
* The Siege of Tbilisi (628)
*Siege of Ansi fortress (645)
* The First Arab Siege of Constantinople in 674-678
* The Second Arab Siege of Constantinople in 717-718
*Siege of Pavia (773–774)
*Siege of Constantinople (860)
*Siege of Syracuse (878)
*Siege of Paris (885–886)
*Siege of Kiev (968)
*Siege of Dorostolon (971)
*Siege of Graus (Spring 1063)
*Siege of Nicaea (1097) - part of theFirst Crusade
*Siege of Antioch (1097–1098) - part of the "First Crusade"
*Siege of Capua (1098)
*Siege of Jerusalem (1099) - part of the "First Crusade"
*Siege of Edessa (1144)
*Siege of Lisbon (1147)
*Siege of Damascus (1148)
*Siege of Sanjō Palace (1160) - the main action of theHeiji Rebellion took place inKyoto
*Siege of Nara (1180) - duringGenpei War
*Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
*Siege of Acre (1189)
*Siege of Zara (1202) - part of theFourth Crusade
*Siege of Constantinople (1204) - part of the "Fourth Crusade"
*Siege of Beijing (1215) -Genghis Khan conquersBeijing
*Siege of Bilär (1236) -Batu Khan conquers the city ofBilär .
*Siege of Kiev (1240) - Mongol conquest of Kiev.
*Siege of Xiangyang (1267-1273) - Mongol conquest of the city ofXiangyang in the invasion of theSouthern Song .
*Siege of Gibraltar (1309) - first siege ofGibraltar , by Juan Alfonso de Guzman "el Bueno" in theReconquista
*Siege of Gibraltar (1316) - second siege ofGibraltar , by the Nasrid caid Yahya in the "Reconquista"
* Siege of Nicaea (1328-1331) - part of theByzantine-Ottoman wars
*Siege of Kamakura (1333) - end ofAshikaga shogunate .
*Siege of Gibraltar (1333) - third siege ofGibraltar , by aMarinids army, lead by Abd al-Malik in the "Reconquista"
*Siege of Gibraltar (1333) - fourth siege ofGibraltar , by KingAlfonso XI of Castile in the "Reconquista"
*Siege of Nicomedia - part of the "Byzantine-Ottoman wars"
*Siege of Caffa (1346)
*Siege of Calais (1346–1347) -Hundred Years' War
*Siege of Gibraltar (1349–1350) - fifth siege ofGibraltar , by "Alfonso XI" in the "Reconquista"
*Siege of Gibraltar (1374) - sixth siege ofGibraltar , by theNasrid in the "Reconquista"
*Siege of Maastricht (1407)
* Siege of Marienburg (1410) - in the aftermath of theBattle of Grunwald
*Siege of Rouen (1418) - reopening of the Hundred Years War
* Siege of Constantinople (1422) - first siege of Constantinople, by theMurad II
*Siege of Orleans (1429)
*Siege of Gibraltar (1436) - seventh siege ofGibraltar , by the count ofNiebla in the "Reconquista"
*Siege of Constantinople (1453) - second siege of Constantinople by theMehmed II Early modern
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Siege of Belgrade (1456) - part ofOttoman wars in Europe
*Siege of Gibraltar (1462) - eighth siege ofGibraltar , by a Castilian army in the "Reconquista"
* Siege of Harlech Castle (1461- 1468) - part ofWars of the Roses . Longest siege in British history.
*Siege of Gibraltar (1467) - ninth siege ofGibraltar , by theDuke of Medina Sidonia
* Siege of Rhodes (1480) - first siege of Rhodes
*Siege of Gibraltar (1506) - tenth siege ofGibraltar , by the "Duke of Medina Sidonia"
* Siege ofSmolensk (1514)
*Siege of Tenochtitlan (1521)
* Siege of Rhodes (1522) - second siege of Rhodes
*Siege of Vienna (1529) - first siege of Vienna
* Siege of Beijing (1550)
*Siege of Eger (1552) - part ofOttoman-Habsburg wars
*Siege of Kazan (1552) - part ofRusso-Kazan wars
*Siege of Leith (1560)
* Siege of Malta (1565)
*Siege of Szigetvár (1566) - Ottoman siege during whichSuleiman the Magnificent died
* Turkish siege of Nicosia, Cyprus (1570)
* Turkish siege of Famagusta, Cyprus (1570–1571)
*Siege of Ishiyama Honganji (1570–1580) - longest siege in Japanese history
* Siege of Moscow (1571) - part ofRusso-Crimean Wars
*Sieges of Nagashima (1571, 1573, 1574)
*Siege of Haarlem (1572)
*Siege of Nagashino (1575)
*Siege of Pskov (1581–1582)
*Siege of Ypres (1584)
*Siege of Ghent (1584)
*Siege of Bruges (1584)
*Siege of Brussels (1584)
* Siege of Antwerp (1584–1585)
* Siege of Odawara (1590)
* Siege of Jinju (1592)
*Siege of Kinsale (1601–1602)
*Siege of Ostend (1601–1604)
* Siege of Smolensk - (1609–1611) - 20 months
*Siege of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra (1609-1611) - 16 months
*Siege of Osaka (1614–1615)
*Siege of Breda (1624–1625)
*Siege of La Rochelle (1627–1628)
*Siege of Nuremberg (1632),Thirty Years' War
* Siege of Hara fortress (1637–1638)
*Siege of Azov (1637–1642) - part ofRusso-Turkish Wars
*Siege of Candia (Crete ) (1648–1669) - possibly the longest siege in history
*Siege of Drogheda (1649) -Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
*Siege of Wexford (1649)
*Siege of Waterford (1649–1650)
*Siege of Clonmel (1650)
* Cromwell's Siege of Limerick City,Ireland (1651)
*Siege of Galway (1652)
*Siege of Jasna Góra (1656) - duringThe Deluge
* Siege ofRiga (1656) - in the Russo-Swedish War of 1656-1658
*Siege of Copenhagen (1658–1659)
* Siege of Lille (1667)
* Siege of Solovetsky Monastery (1668–1676) - eight years
*Siege of Groningen (1672)
*Siege of Maastricht (1673)
* Siege of Vienna (1683) - second siege of Vienna
*Siege of Derry (1689)
* Siege of Québec City (1690) - first siege ofQuébec City
*Siege of Athlone (1691)
* Williamite Siege of Limerick City,Ireland (1690–1691)
*Siege of Gibraltar (1704) - eleventh siege ofGibraltar , by SirGeorge Rooke 's Anglo-Dutch fleet
*Siege of Gibraltar (1704–1705) - twelfth siege ofGibraltar , by a Spanish-French army)
*Siege of Turin (1706)
* Siege of Lille (1708)
*Siege of Barcelona (1714) - during theWar of the Spanish Succession
*Siege of Gibraltar (1727) - thirteenth siege ofGibraltar , by a Spanish army
* Siege of Danzig (1734)
* Siege of Cartagena of Indies (1741) - byEdward Vernon in theWar of Jenkins' Ear
* Siege ofOlomouc (1758) - byFrederick the Great in theSeven Years' War
* Siege of Québec City (1759) - second siege ofQuébec City
*Siege of Kolberg (1761)
* Siege of Havana (1762) British fleet headed byGeorge Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle lays siege to Spanish controlledHavana for a month.
*Siege of Boston (1775–1776)
* Siege of Gibraltar (1779–1783) - fourteenth siege ofGibraltar , by a Spanish-French army in theAmerican Revolutionary War
* Siege of Yorktown (1781)
*Siege of Mantua (1796–1797)
*Siege of Seringapatam (1799)Modern
*First and Second sieges of
Saragossa (1808–1809) -Peninsular War
* Siege of Gerona (1809) - Peninsular War
* Siege ofCiudad Rodrigo (1810) - Peninsular War
* Siege of Badajoz (1812) - Peninsular War
* First, Second and Third Sieges of Missolonghi (1822, 1823, 1825—1826)
* Siege of the Alamo (1836)
*Siege of Veracruz (1847) - First U.S. amphibious landing
*Siege of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (1854)
* Siege of Taganrog (1855) -Crimean War
*Siege of Kars (1855) - Crimean War
*Siege of Sevastopol (1854-1855) - Crimean War
*Siege of Cawnpore (1857) - TheIndian Mutiny
*Siege of Lucknow (1857) - The Indian Mutiny
*Siege of Medina Fort (1857) -Toucouleur s besiege French for 97 days
* Siege ofFort Sumter (1861)Beginning of the Civil War, by Confederates, but was also later besieged later in the War by Union soldiers.
* Siege of Vicksburg (1863) —Union army besieged a Confederate city in theAmerican Civil War .
*Siege of Port Hudson (1863) - Union Army surrounded Confederate river stronghold for 48 days.
*Siege of Petersburg (1864—1865)
*Siege of Hakodate (1869)
*Siege of Paris and theParis Commune (1870–1871)
* Siege of Cartagena (1873–1874)
*Siege of Pleven (1877–1878) -Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
*Siege of Khartoum (1884–1885)
*Siege of Mafeking (1899–1900) -Second Boer War
*Siege of Kimberley (1899–1900) -Second Boer War
*Siege of Ladysmith (1899–1900) -Second Boer War
*Siege of Port Arthur (1904–1905)
*Siege of Antwerp (1914) -World War I
*Siege of Maubeuge (1914) - World War I
*Siege of Alcazar (1936) -Second Spanish Republic militias besieged theAlcazar of Toledo in theSpanish Civil War
* Siege of Gijon (1936) - Spanish Civil War
*Siege of Madrid (1936—1939) - Spanish Civil War
* Siege of Malta (1940–1943) -World War II
*Siege of Tobruk (1941) - World War II
*Siege of Odessa (1941) - World War II
* Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) - World War II
*Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944) - also known as the 900-Day Siege, probably the most gruesome in history, World War II.
* Siege of Stalingrad (1942–1943) - World War II
*Siege of Budapest (1944 - 1945)
*Siege of Breslau (1945) - World War II
* Siege of Jerusalem (1947–1948) -1948 Arab-Israeli War - Palestinian Arabs laid siege to the Jewish quarters of Jerusalem, but were driven back. Siege was resumed in May by regular Jordanian and Egyptian forces. Ended in armistice.
*Berlin blockade (1948-1949) - No military action, but the tactic to starve a city by cutting her supply lines is a feature of a siege. The famousBerlin Air Lift supplied the city with food, coal, medical supplies and other goods for nearly a year.
*Siege of Dien Bien Phu (1954) - VietnameseViet Minh forces besieged French forces, effecting a final defeat on France's colonial occupation.
* Siege of Erenköy (1964) - Turkish Cypriots holding out against attacking Greek and Greek Cypriot forces.
*Siege of Beirut (1982)
*Siege of Vukovar (1991) -Croatian War of Independence
*Siege of Dubrovnik (1991–1992) -Croatian War of Independence
*Siege of Sarajevo (1992–1996) -Bosnian War
*Siege of Monrovia (2003) -Second Liberian Civil War
*CIMIC-House (2006) -Iraq War
*Siege of Nahr el-Bared (2007) -Lebanon
*Lal Masjid siege (2007) -Pakistan Fictional
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Battle of the Hornburg (The Lord of the Rings :The Two Towers )
*Battle of the Pelennor Fields (The Lord of the Rings :The Return of the King )
*Battle of Tyrsis (The Sword of Shannara )Police sieges
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Sidney Street Siege (1911)
* Attica Siege (1971)
*Munich Olympic Massacre (1972)
* Wounded Knee Siege (1973)
*Norrmalmstorg robbery (1973) famous for theStockholm syndrome
*Spaghetti House Siege (1975)
*Balcombe Street Siege (1975)
*MOVE Siege (1978)
*Iranian Embassy Siege (1980)
*Ruby Ridge Siege (1992)
*Waco Siege (1993)
*Montana Freemen Siege (1996)
*Japanese embassy hostage crisis (1996–1997)
* Republic of Texas Embassy Siege (1997)
*Moscow theater hostage crisis (2002)
*Beslan hostage crisis (2004)
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