43 events with tag "siege"
722 BC
ID: 2762
Fall of Samaria - three-year siege ends, Northern Kingdom destroyed, ten tribes exiled by Assyria (Assyrian annals confirm)
ID: 2762
701 BC
ID: 2763
Sennacherib besieges Jerusalem - Hezekiah pays tribute but city not taken, army destroyed (Sennacherib's prism confirms tribute)
ID: 2763
701 BC
ID: 4638
Siege of Lachish - Sennacherib captures second most important city in Judah, commemorated in palace reliefs
ID: 4638
648 BC
ID: 4643
Ashurbanipal defeats and kills brother Shamash-shum-ukin - Babylon destroyed again after 4-year siege
ID: 4643
597 BC
ID: 2769
Second deportation to Babylon - Jehoiachin surrenders, 10,000 exiled including Ezekiel (Babylonian Chronicle confirms March 16, 597 BC)
ID: 2769
588 BC
ID: 2803
Lachish Letters written - military correspondence during Babylonian siege, confirms biblical account
ID: 2803
588 BC
ID: 2773
January 588 BC
Final siege of Jerusalem begins - Nebuchadnezzar's army surrounds city, 18-month siege starts
ID: 2773
430 BC
ID: 268
Catapult invented in Syracuse - revolutionizes siege warfare
ID: 268
399 BC
ID: 316
Dionysius I develops siege artillery at Syracuse - catapults become standard in warfare
ID: 316
396 BC
ID: 2650
Fall of Veii - Camillus captures Etruscan city after 10-year siege, Rome doubles territory, first major expansion
ID: 2650
332 BC
ID: 291
Siege of Tyre - Alexander builds causeway to island city, seven-month siege, crucifies 2,000 defenders
ID: 291
212 BC
ID: 2666
Fall of Syracuse - Archimedes killed despite orders to spare him, allegedly said 'don't disturb my circles' to Roman soldier
ID: 2666
86 BC
ID: 2682
Sulla besieges Athens - massacres population, blood flows to city gates, cultural treasures looted
ID: 2682
52 BC
ID: 2697
Siege of Alesia - Caesar defeats Vercingetorix, double circumvallation, masterpiece of siege warfare, Gaul conquered
ID: 2697
52 BC
ID: 3667
Siege of Alesia - Vercingetorix surrenders to Caesar after epic siege, Gaul conquered
ID: 3667
52 BC
ID: 5383
Siege of Avaricum - Caesar kills 40,000 inhabitants of Celtic oppidum, only 800 escape, Vercingetorix had advised abandoning it
ID: 5383
67
ID: 3010
Fall of Jotapata - after 47-day siege, Josephus surrenders, predicts Vespasian will be emperor, becomes Roman
ID: 3010
73
ID: 4821
Fall of Masada - last Jewish stronghold falls to Romans, mass suicide of defenders
ID: 4821
430
ID: 3832
St. Augustine dies during Vandal siege of Hippo - most influential Western theologian, wrote 5 million words
ID: 3832
464
ID: 5252
Genevieve breaks Childeric's siege of Paris - leads flotilla up Seine to Troyes for grain, feeds starving city
ID: 5252
572
ID: 4811
Fall of Pavia after 3-year siege - becomes Lombard capital, Alboin establishes kingdom
ID: 4811
575
ID: 3896
Benedict I becomes sixty-second pope - Rome besieged by Lombards, dies during famine
ID: 3896
774
ID: 2892
Fall of Pavia - Charlemagne captures Lombard capital, deposes Desiderius, crowns himself King of Lombards, visits Rome at Easter
ID: 2892
845
ID: 2936
Vikings sack Paris - Ragnar Lothbrok's fleet of 120 ships, Charles the Bald pays 7,000 pounds silver ransom
ID: 2936
885
ID: 2946
Great Siege of Paris begins - Count Odo defends against 40,000 Vikings with 700 ships, becomes hero
ID: 2946
886
ID: 5262
Paris survives Viking siege - citizens invoke St. Genevieve's protection, Odo of Paris leads successful defense
ID: 5262
994
ID: 5805
Second Danegeld payment - 16,000 pounds paid to Olaf Tryggvason and Sweyn Forkbeard after siege of London
ID: 5805
1013
ID: 5812
Thorkell defends London against Sweyn - Viking mercenary fights for England against Danish invasion
ID: 5812
1142
ID: 2609
December 1142
Matilda's escape from Oxford Castle - escapes Stephen's siege across frozen Thames wearing white as camouflage
ID: 2609
1199
ID: 2386
April 6, 1199
Death of Richard I at Chalus - shot by crossbow while besieging minor castle over rumored treasure, forgives killer on deathbed
ID: 2386
1209
ID: 5298
August 1209
Siege of Carcassonne - Simon de Montfort takes city, becomes leader of crusade, Raymond-Roger Trencavel dies in captivity
ID: 5298
1218
ID: 5302
June 25, 1218
Simon de Montfort killed at Toulouse - skull crushed by stone from mangonel operated by women and girls of the city
ID: 5302
1243
ID: 5303
May 1243
Siege of Montségur begins - last major Cathar stronghold, 500 defenders hold mountaintop fortress for 10 months
ID: 5303
1244
ID: 5304
March 2, 1244
Montségur surrenders - after 10-month siege, terms allow defenders to leave if they recant
ID: 5304
1304
ID: 94
First recorded use of cannon at siege of Metz - though ineffective, warfare forever changed
ID: 94
1347
ID: 2438
August 3, 1347
Siege of Calais ends - Burghers of Calais spare city, Edward III gains vital English foothold in France for 200 years
ID: 2438
1419
ID: 2478
January 19, 1419
Fall of Rouen - six-month siege ends with Norman capital surrendering, 12,000 civilians dead from starvation
ID: 2478
1453
ID: 103
May 29, 1453
Mehmed II's giant cannon 'Basilica' breaches Constantinople's walls - 1000-year-old Theodosian walls fall to gunpowder
ID: 103
1527
ID: 5150
May 6, 1527
Sack of Rome by Imperial troops - Pope Clement VII (Medici) besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo
ID: 5150
1530
ID: 5152
Siege of Florence ends - Charles V restores Medici, republic falls after 10-month siege
ID: 5152
1552
ID: 5559
Siege of Eger - 2,000 defenders including women defeat 40,000 Ottomans, becoming national legend
ID: 5559
1669
ID: 5118
Fall of Crete to Ottomans - after 21-year siege of Candia, Venice loses major possession, maritime empire shrinking
ID: 5118
1683
ID: 5697
Coffee reaches Vienna after Ottoman siege defeat - legend says fleeing Turks leave coffee beans, first Viennese coffeehouse opens
ID: 5697