Siege of Namur

The siege of Namur refers to a number of sieges throughout history of the Belgian city of Namur.

The city of Namur and the citadel of Namur held a strategic position in the heart of Europe. The command centre of an important earldom in the Middle Ages, it was then besieged by all the Great Powers of Europe between the 15th and 19th century.


 * 1488 by the States of Burgundy
 * 1577 Don John of Austria takes the citadel by surprise
 * 1692 by the French (Louis XIV and Vauban)
 * 1695 by the Allies (Dutch, English and Brandenburgers)
 * 1746 by the French
 * 1792 by the French
 * 1794 by the French
 * 1830 by the Belgian revolutionaries
 * 1914 by the Germans

Most noteworthy are the sieges of 1692 and 1695.