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Adrianople |
1912-13 |
155 days |
Turks besieged by Bulgarians. Fell. |
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Alcazar, Toledo |
1936 |
71 days |
Fascists besieged by Loyalists. Raised. |
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Antioch |
1097-98 |
9 months |
Muslims besieged by Crusaders. Fell. Followed by a countersiege of the Crusaders by the Muslims. Raised. |
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Antwerp |
1584-85 |
14 months |
Belgians besieged by Spaniards under Prince of Parma. Fell. |
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Arcot |
1751 |
50 days |
120 British and 200 Sepoys under Clive besieged by 150 French and 10,000 Sepoys. Raised. |
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Athens |
431-421 BC |
10 years |
Besieged by Spartans. Intermittent sieges during crop season. Raised. |
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Calais |
1347 |
8 months |
Besieged by Edward III of England. Fell |
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Candia |
1648-69 |
More than 20 years |
Venetians besieged by Turks. Fell. |
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Carthage |
148-146 BC |
2 years |
Carthaginians besieged by Romans. Fell. |
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Constantinople |
673-677 |
5 years |
Byzantines besieged by Saracens. Raised. |
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Byzantines besieged by Turks. Fell. |
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Delhi |
1857 |
131 days |
Indian mutineers besieged by British. Fell. |
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Gibraltar |
1779-83 |
3 years, 7 months, 12 days |
British garrison besieged by Spaniards and Frenchmen. Raised |
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Haarlem |
1572-73 |
206 days |
Dutch besieged by Spaniards under Don Frederic. Surrendered. |
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Jerusalem |
AD 70 |
5 months |
Jews besieged by Roman legions under Titus. Fell |
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Ladysmith |
1899-1900 |
118 days |
Boers besieged British. Relieved. |
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La Rochelle |
1627 |
1 year |
Richelieu besieged French Huguenots. Fell. |
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Leiden |
1574 |
4 months |
Spaniards besieged Dutch. Raised after Dutch cut dikes. |
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Leningrad |
1941-44 |
2 years, 5 months |
Germans besieged Soviets. Completely blockaded for 17 months, city remained under fire a year longer. Lifted. |
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Lucknow |
1857 |
149 days |
British under Lawrence, later under Havelock, besieged by Indian mutineers. Relieved. |
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Madrid |
1936-39 |
29 months |
Loyalists besieged by Fascists Surrendered.. |
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Mafeking |
1899-1900 |
217 days |
Boers besieged British garrison under Baden-Powell. Relieved. |
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Mantua |
1796-97 |
8 months |
Napoleon besieged Austrians. Fell. |
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Orleans |
1428-29 |
10 months |
French besieged by English. Relieved by Joan of Arc |
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Ostend |
1601-04 |
3 years |
Flemish besieged by Spanish. Surrendered. |
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Paris |
1870-71 |
135 days |
Besieged by Germans. Surrendered. |
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Petersburg |
1864-65 |
290 days |
Confederates besieged by Federals. Evacuated. |
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Plevna |
1877 |
144 days |
Turks besieged by Russians and Romanians. Surrendered. |
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Port Arthur |
1905 |
241 days |
Russian garrison surrendered to Japanese. |
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Przemysl |
1914-15 |
185 days |
Russians besieged Austrians under Kusmanek. Surrendered. |
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Sardis |
558 BC |
14 days |
Lydians besieged by Persians under Cyrus the Great. Fell. |
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Sevastopol' |
1854-55 |
335 days |
Russians besieged by Allies. Fell. |
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Stalingrad |
1942-43 |
162 days |
Russians besieged by Germans. Lifted |
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Syracuse |
214-212 BC |
2 years |
Besieged by Romans under Marcellus. Fell. |
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Torres Vedras |
1810-11 |
7 months |
British under Wellington held off advance of Napoleonic troops under Massena. Raised. |
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Troy |
12th or 13th cent. BC |
10 years |
Greeks besieged Trojans. Fell. |
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Tyre |
585-572 BC |
13 years |
Besieged by Nebuchadnezzar II. Raised. Besieged by Alexander the Great. Fell. |
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Vicksburg |
1863 |
47 days |
Confederates besieged by Federals under Grant. Fell. |
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Vienna |
1683 |
58 days |
Besieged by Turks. Relieved by John Sobieski. Raised. |
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