List of sieges


A chronological list of sieges follows.

Military sieges

A military siege is a prolonged military assault and blockade on a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.

Ancient

Before 1000 BC

4th century BC

3rd century BC


, oil on canvas

2nd century BC

6th century

7th century

8th century

from the Golden Psalter of St. Gallen, .
. Oil on canvas

11th century

12th century


, Liber ad honorem Augusti, Palermo, 1196
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. 1840.
, painted 1886–1890

15th century

, 1899.
, 17th century.
after Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, 16th century.
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, 1838.
, 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.
before Amiens, Anonymous
, oil on canvas.
against the Poles from September 1609 to January 1611.
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at the Siege of La Rochelle by Henri-Paul Motte, 1881.
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, 1659.
entering the citadel of Valenciennes.
, oil on canvas
, 1693.
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by the French in 1747.
, oil on canvas
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, 1812

19th century

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during the defense of Leningrad in 1941.
A police siege is a standoff between law enforcement officers and armed criminals, suspects, or protesters.