List of sieges



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

Ancient

 * Siege of Sharuhen (c. 1530 BC)
 * Siege of Megiddo (c. 1457 BC)
 * Siege of Dapur (c. 1296 BC)
 * Siege of Troy (c. 1200 BC)
 * Siege of Rabbah (10th century BC) (Bible Reference: II Samuel 11-12)
 * Siege of Abel-beth-maachah (10th century BC) (Bible Reference: II Samuel 20:15-22)
 * Siege of Gezer (10th century BC)
 * Sack of Jerusalem (925 BC) by Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq I
 * Siege of Samaria (9th century BC) (Bible Reference: II Kings 6:24-7:7)
 * Siege of Gezer (c.733 BC)
 * Siege of Hermopolis (701 BC)
 * Siege of Lachish (701 BC)
 * Siege of Jerusalem (701 BC) – the Assyrian siege of Sennacherib
 * Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II
 * Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II
 * Siege of Sardis (547 BC)
 * Siege of Naxos (499 BC) Part of the Ionian Revolt and the Greco-Persian Wars
 * Siege of Eretria (490 BC) - Part of the Persian invasion and the Greco-Persian Wars
 * Siege of Syracuse (415 BC) – the Athenian siege
 * Siege of Syracuse (397 BC)
 * Siege of Miletus (334 BC)
 * Siege of Halicarnassus (334 BC)
 * Siege of Tyre (332 BC) by Alexander the Great
 * Siege of Gaza (332 BC)
 * Siege of Cyropolis (329 BC)
 * Siege of the Sogdian Rock (327 BC)
 * Siege of Neapolis (c. 327 BC)
 * Siege of Rhodes (305 BC) by Demetrius Poliorcetes
 * Siege of Lilybaeum (278 BC) - Part of the Pyrrhic War
 * Siege of Agrigentum (261 BC) - Part of the First Punic War
 * Siege of Aspis (255 BC) - Part of the First Punic War
 * Siege of Drepana (249-241 BC) - Part of the First Punic War
 * Siege of Saguntum (218 BC) – casus belli for the Second Punic War
 * Siege of Syracuse (214–212 BC) – the Roman siege
 * Siege of Carthage (149–146 BC) by Scipio Aemilianus Africanus
 * Siege of Numantia (134–133 BC) by Scipio Aemilianus Africanus
 * Siege of Cyzicus (73 BC)
 * Siege of Jerusalem (63 BC) by Pompey the Great
 * Siege of Alesia (52 BC)
 * Siege of Alexandria (47 BC)
 * Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC) by Herod the Great
 * Siege of Yodfat (67 AD)
 * Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD) – the Roman siege of Titus
 * Siege of Masada (72-73 or 73-74 AD)
 * Siege of Byzantium (193 AD–196 AD) by Septimius Severus forces.
 * Siege of Singara (344)
 * Siege of Autun (356)
 * Siege of Senonae (356)
 * Siege of Amida (359 AD)
 * Siege of Rome (410)
 * Siege of Aquileia (452) by Attila
 * Siege of Rome (455)

Medieval

 * Siege of Ravenna (490-493) - Ostrogothic conquest of Italy
 * Siege of Naples (536) - part of the Gothic War
 * Siege of Rome (537–538) - part of the Gothic War
 * Siege of Verona (541) - part of the Gothic War
 * Siege of Naples (542–543) - part of the Gothic War
 * Siege of Rome (546-547) - part of the Gothic War
 * Siege of Rome (549–550) - part of the Gothic War
 * Siege of Phasis (555–556) - part of the Lazic War
 * Siege of Pavia (569-572) - Lombard conquest of Italy
 * Siege of Sirmium (580–582) - Avar conquest of the city
 * Siege of Thessalonica (586 or 597) – Attack on the city by Slavs and Avars
 * Siege of Caesarea (614) by the Persians
 * Siege of Jerusalem (614) by the Persians under Shahrbaraz
 * Siege of Thessalonica (615) – Attack on the city by Slavs
 * Siege of Thessalonica (617) – Attack on the city by Slavs and Avars
 * The Siege of Constantinople (626) by Avars and Sassanid Persians in 626
 * The Siege of Derbent (627)
 * The Siege of Tbilisi (628)
 * Siege of Exeter (c.630) - almost certainly fictional
 * Siege of Ta'if (630)
 * Siege of Damascus (634)
 * Siege of Emesa (635)
 * Siege of Jerusalem (637) by Khalid ibn al-Walid (Rashidun general)
 * Siege of Ctesiphon (637)
 * Siege of Aleppo (637)
 * Siege of Marash (638)
 * Siege of Alexandria (641)
 * Siege of Herat (643 CE)
 * Siege of Ansi fortress (645)
 * First Arab Siege of Constantinople in 674–678
 * Siege of Thessalonica (676–678) – Attack on the city by Slavs
 * Siege of Mecca (683) by the Umayyads during the Second Fitna
 * Siege of Mecca (692) by the Umayyads during the Second Fitna
 * Siege of Tyana (707–708) by the Umayyads
 * Siege of Constantinople (717–718) by the Umayyads
 * Siege of Nicaea (727) by the Umayyads
 * Siege of Kamarja (729) by the Turgesh
 * Siege of Wasit (749–750) by the Abbasids
 * Siege of Kamacha (766) by the Abbasids
 * Siege of Pavia (773–774) - Lombard kingdom conquered by Charlemagne
 * Siege of Trsat (799)
 * Siege of Patras (805 or 807) by the Slavs of the Peloponnese
 * Siege of Serdica (809)
 * Siege of Baghdad (812–813)
 * Siege of Adrianople (813)
 * Siege of Syracuse (827–828) by the Aghlabids
 * Siege and sack of Amorium (838) by the Abbasids
 * Siege of Paris (845)
 * Siege of Syracuse (868) by the Aghlabids
 * Siege of Malta (869-870) by the Aghlabids
 * Siege of Syracuse (877–878) by the Aghlabids
 * Siege of Paris (885–886)
 * Siege of Thessalonica (904) by Saracen corsairs
 * Siege of Chartres (911)
 * Siege of Kiev (968)
 * Siege of Dorostolon (971) by the Byzantines
 * Siege of Graus (Spring 1063)
 * Siege of Bari (1068–1071) - Norman conquest of Southern Italy
 * Siege of Palermo (1071–1072) - Norman conquest of Southern Italy
 * Siege of Nicaea (1097) – part of the First Crusade
 * Siege of Antioch (1097–1098) – part of the First Crusade
 * Siege of Capua (1098)
 * Siege of Ma'arra (1098) – part of the First Crusade
 * Siege of Jerusalem (1099) – part of the First Crusade
 * Siege of Tripoli (1102–1109)
 * Siege of Weinsberg (1140)
 * Siege of Edessa (1144)
 * Siege of Lisbon (1147)
 * Siege of Damascus (1148)
 * Siege of Crema (1159–1160) - part of the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I and the Northern Italy cities
 * Siege of Sanjō Palace (1160) – the main action of the Heiji Rebellion took place in Kyoto
 * Siege of Milan (1161–1162) - part of the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I and the Northern Italy cities
 * Siege of Wexford (1169) - the first major clash of the Norman invasion of Ireland
 * Siege of Alessandria (1174–1175) - part of the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I and the Lombard League
 * Siege of Nara (1180) – during Genpei War
 * Siege of Kerak (1183)
 * Sack of Thessalonica (1185) by the Normans
 * Siege of Lovech (1187)
 * Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
 * Siege of Tyre (1187)
 * Siege of Acre (1189–1191)
 * Siege of Varna (1201)
 * Siege of Zadar (1202) – part of the Fourth Crusade
 * Siege of Constantinople (1203) – part of the Fourth Crusade
 * Siege of Constantinople (1204) – part of the Fourth Crusade
 * Siege of Trebizond (1205–1206)
 * Siege of Antalya (1207)
 * Siege of Sinope (1214)
 * Siege of Rochester castle (1215) - King Johns Danish mercenaries attempt to take the castle of Rochester during the First Baron's war.
 * Siege of Zhongdu (1215) – Genghis Khan conquers Zhongdu, now Beijing
 * Siege of Damietta (1218)
 * Siege of Trebizond (1222–1223)
 * Siege of Constantinople (1235) – a joint Bulgarian-Nicaean siege on the capital of the Latin Empire.
 * Siege of Bilär (1236) – Batu Khan conquers the city of Bilär.
 * Siege of Kiev (1240) – Mongol conquest of Kiev.
 * Siege of Montségur (1243–1244)
 * Siege of Jerusalem (1244) by the Khwarezmians
 * Siege of Parma (1247–1248) - part of the wars between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and the Lombard League
 * Siege of Damietta (1249)
 * Siege of Baghdad (1258)
 * Siege of Kenilworth (1266)
 * Siege of Xiangyang (1267–1273) – Mongol conquest of the city of Xiangyang in the invasion of the Southern Song.
 * Siege of Antioch (1268)
 * Siege of Trebizond (1282)
 * Siege of Ruad (1302–1303)
 * Siege of Gibraltar (1309) – first siege of Gibraltar, by Juan Alfonso de Guzman el Bueno in the Reconquista
 * Siege of Florence (1312)
 * Siege of Gibraltar (1316) – second siege of Gibraltar, by the Nasrid caid Yahya in the Reconquista
 * Siege of Padua (1319-1320), by Cangrande I della Scala, lord of Verona
 * Siege of Bursa (1326) by Ottoman Turks
 * Siege of Nicaea (1328–1331) – part of the Byzantine-Ottoman wars
 * Siege of Kamakura (1333) – end of Ashikaga shogunate.
 * Third Siege of Gibraltar (1333) – third siege of Gibraltar, by a Marinids army, led by Abd al-Malik in the Reconquista
 * Forth Siege of Gibraltar (1333) – fourth siege of Gibraltar, by King Alfonso 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 of Gibraltar, by Alfonso XI in the Reconquista
 * Siege of Limoges (1370)
 * Siege of Gibraltar (1374) – sixth siege of Gibraltar, by the Nasrid in the Reconquista
 * Siege of Philadelphia (1378–1390)
 * Siege of Sofia (1382 or 1385)
 * Siege of Ypres (1383)
 * Siege of Lisbon (1384)
 * Siege of Tarnovo (1393)
 * Siege of Marienburg (1410) – in the aftermath of the Battle of Grunwald
 * Siege of Rouen (1418) – reopening of the Hundred Years' War
 * Siege of Sarai (1420)
 * Siege of Constantinople (1422) – first siege of Constantinople, by the Murad II
 * Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)
 * Siege of Orléans (1429)
 * Siege of La Charité (1429)
 * Siege of Gaeta (1435)
 * Siege of Calais (1436)
 * Siege of Gibraltar (1436) – seventh siege of Gibraltar, by the count of Niebla in the Reconquista
 * Siege of Svetigrad (1448)
 * Siege of Constantinople (1453) – second siege of Constantinople by the Mehmed II

Early modern

 * Siege of Belgrade (1456) – part of Ottoman wars in Europe
 * Siege of Gibraltar (1462) – eighth siege of Gibraltar, by a Castilian army in the Reconquista
 * Siege of Harlech Castle (1461–1468) – part of Wars of the Roses. Longest siege in British history.
 * Siege of Jajce (1463)
 * Siege of Gibraltar (1467) – ninth siege of Gibraltar, by the Duke of Medina Sidonia
 * Siege of Negroponte (1470)
 * Siege of Neuss (1474–1475)
 * Siege of Krujë (1478)
 * Siege of Rhodes (1480) – first siege of Rhodes
 * Siege of Otranto (1480–1481)
 * Siege of Hainburg (1482)
 * Siege of Utrecht (1483)
 * Siege of Vienna (1485)
 * Siege of Retz (1486)
 * Siege of Wiener Neustadt (1487)
 * Siege of Granada (1492)
 * Siege of Gibraltar (1506) – tenth siege of Gibraltar, by the Duke of Medina Sidonia
 * Siege of Padua (1509) - part of Italian wars
 * Siege of Smolensk (1514)
 * Siege of Cairo (1517)
 * Siege of Tenochtitlan (1521) – fall of the Aztec Empire.
 * Siege of Rhodes (1522) – second siege of Rhodes
 * Siege of Pavia (1524-1525) - part of Italian wars
 * Siege of Kamakura (1526)
 * Siege of Algiers (1529)
 * Siege of Vienna (1529) – first siege of Vienna
 * Siege of Florence (1529–1530) - part of Italian wars
 * Siege of Güns (1532)
 * Siege of Baghdad (1534) by Ottomans
 * Siege of Tunis (1534)
 * Siege of Cuzco (1536–1537)
 * Siege of Klis (1536–1537)
 * Siege of Corfu (1537)
 * Siege of Diu (1538)
 * Siege of Castelnuovo (1539)
 * Siege of Buda (1541)
 * Siege of Nice (1543)
 * Siege of Esztergom (1543)
 * Siege of Kōriyama Castle (1544)
 * Siege of Van (1547)
 * Siege of Aden (1548)
 * Siege of Beijing (1550)
 * Siege of Tripoli (1551)
 * Siege of Muscat (1522)
 * Siege of Kazan (1552) – part of Russo-Kazan wars
 * Siege of Hormuz (1552–1554)
 * Siege of Eger (1552) – part of Ottoman-Habsburg wars
 * Siege of Siena (1554–1555) - part of Italian wars
 * Siege of Oran (1556)
 * Siege of Leith (1560)
 * Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir (1563)
 * Siege of Malta (1565)
 * Siege of Szigetvár (1566) – Ottoman siege during which Suleiman the Magnificent died
 * Siege of Inabayama Castle (1567)
 * Siege of Chartres (1568)
 * Siege of Ogucji Castle (1569)
 * 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 of Russo-Crimean Wars
 * Sieges of Nagashima (1571, 1573, 1574)
 * Siege of Haarlem (1572)
 * Siege of Iwamura Castle (1572)
 * Siege of Tunis (1574)
 * Siege of Nagashino (1575)
 * Siege of Gvozdansko (1578)
 * Siege of Minamata Castle (1581)
 * Siege of Pskov (1581–1582)
 * Siege of Godesberg (1583)
 * Siege of Ypres (1584)
 * Siege of Ghent (1584)
 * Siege of Bruges (1584)
 * Siege of Brussels (1584)
 * Siege of Antwerp (1584–1585)
 * Second Siege of Neuss (July 1586)
 * Siege of Paris (1590)
 * Siege of Odawara Castle (1590)
 * Siege of Jinju (1592)
 * Siege of Groenlo (1595)
 * Siege of Groenlo (1597)
 * Siege of Kinsale (1601–1602)
 * Siege of Ostend (1601–1604)
 * Siege of Groenlo (1606)
 * 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 Groenlo (1627)
 * Siege of La Rochelle (1627–1628)
 * Siege of Batavia (1628–1629)
 * Siege of Mantua (1629–1630)
 * Siege of Casale Monferrato (1629–1631)
 * Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch (1629)
 * Siege of Nuremberg (1632), Thirty Years' War
 * Siege of Hara Castle (1637–1638)
 * Siege of Azov (1637–1642) – part of Russo-Turkish Wars
 * Siege of Baghdad (1638) by Ottomans
 * Siege of Turin (1640)
 * Siege of Candia (Crete) (1648–1669) –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) – during The Deluge
 * Siege of Riga (1656) – in the Russo-Swedish War of 1656–1658
 * Siege of Copenhagen (1658–1659) Second Northern War, Swedes defeated by Danish and Dutch defenders
 * Siege of Novi Zrin Castle (1664) in northern Croatia – Austro–Turkish War (1663–64)
 * Siege of Lille (1667)
 * Siege of Solovetsky Monastery (1668–1676) – eight years
 * Siege of Groningen (1672)
 * Siege of Kamenets (1672)
 * Siege of Maastricht (1673)
 * Siege of Vienna (1683) – second siege of Vienna
 * Siege of Negroponte (1688)
 * Siege of Derry (1689)
 * Siege of Québec City (1690) – first siege of Québec City
 * Williamite Siege of Limerick City, Ireland (1690–1691)
 * Siege of Athlone (1691)
 * Siege of Cuneo (1691)
 * Siege of Gibraltar (1704) – eleventh siege of Gibraltar, by Sir George Rooke's Anglo-Dutch fleet
 * Siege of Gibraltar (1704–1705) – twelfth siege of Gibraltar, by a Spanish-French army
 * Siege of Verrua Savoia (1704–1705), during the War of the Spanish Succession
 * Siege of Turin (1706), during the War of the Spanish Succession
 * Siege of Toulon (1707)
 * Siege of Gaeta (1707), during the War of the Spanish Succession
 * Siege of Lille (1708)
 * Siege of Barcelona (1714), during the War of the Spanish Succession
 * Siege of Fredriksten (1718)
 * Siege of Gibraltar (1727) – thirteenth siege of Gibraltar, by a Spanish army
 * Siege of Danzig (1734)
 * Siege of Gaeta (1734)
 * Siege of Belgrade (1739)
 * Siege of Cartagena de Indias (1741) – by Edward Vernon in the War of Jenkins' Ear
 * Siege of Prague (1742), during the War of the Austrian Succession
 * Siege of Cuneo (1744), during the War of the Austrian Succession
 * Siege of Brussels (1746), during the War of the Austrian Succession
 * Siege of Prague (1757), during the Seven Years' War
 * Siege of Olomouc (1758) – by Frederick the Great in the Seven Years' War
 * Siege of Québec City (1759) – second siege of Québec City
 * Siege of Kolberg (1761)
 * Siege of Havana (1762) British fleet headed by George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle lays siege to Spanish controlled Havana for a month.
 * Siege of Boston (1775–1776)
 * Siege of Gibraltar (1779–1783) – fourteenth siege of Gibraltar, by a Spanish-French army in the American Revolutionary War
 * Siege of Yorktown (1781)
 * Siege of Mantua (1796–1797) – First Coalition, French besieging
 * Siege of Mantua (1799) – Second Coalition, French defending
 * Siege of Seringapatam (1799)

Modern

 * Siege of Hameln (1806)
 * Siege of Danzig - War of the Fourth Coalition, French siege of Prussians and Russians
 * Siege of Montevideo during the British invasions of the River Plate (1807)
 * Siege of Copenhagen (1807) Bombarded by British fleet and by ground forces commanded by Arthur Wellesley
 * First and Second sieges of Zaragoza (1808–1809) – Peninsular War
 * Siege of Gerona (1809) – Peninsular War
 * First Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1810) – Peninsular War by the French Marshal Michel Ney
 * Siege of Montevideo (1811)
 * Siege of Montevideo (1812-1814)
 * Second Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812) – Peninsular War by Arthur Wellesley
 * Siege of Badajoz (1812) – Peninsular War
 * Siege of San Sebastian (1813)- Peninsular War
 * Siege of Ragusa (1814)
 * Siege of Tripolitsa by the Greeks against the Ottomans, during the Greek War of Independence
 * Siege of the Acropolis (1821–1822) by the Greeks against the Ottomans, during the Greek War of Independence
 * First, Second and Third Sieges of Missolonghi (1822, 1823, 1825—1826)
 * Siege of the Acropolis (1826–1827) by the Ottomans against the Greeks, during the Greek War of Independence
 * Siege of the Alamo (1836)
 * Great Siege of Montevideo (1843–1851)
 * Siege of Veracruz (1847) – First U.S. amphibious landing
 * Siege of Peschiera del Garda (1848) - Italian Risorgimento
 * Siege of Osoppo (1848) - Italian Risorgimento
 * Siege of Venice (1849) - Italian Risorgimento
 * Siege of Rome (1849) - Italian Risorgimento
 * Siege of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (1854)
 * Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) – Crimean War
 * Siege of Taganrog (1855) – Crimean War
 * Siege of Kars (1855) – Crimean War
 * Siege of Cawnpore (1857) – The Indian Mutiny
 * Siege of Lucknow (1857) – The Indian Mutiny
 * Siege of Medina Fort (1857) – Toucouleurs besiege French for 97 days
 * Siege of Ancona (1860) - Italian Risorgimento
 * Siege of Messina (1860–1861) - Italian Risorgimento
 * Siege of Civitella del Tronto (1860–1861) - Italian Risorgimento
 * Siege of Gaeta (1860-1861) - Italian Risorgimento
 * Siege of Fort 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 the American Civil War.
 * Siege of Port Hudson (1863) – Union Army surrounded Confederate river stronghold for 48 days.
 * Siege of Petersburg (1864—1865)
 * Siege of Fort Ampola (1866) - Italian Risorgimento
 * Siege of Hakodate (1869)
 * Capture of Rome (1870) - Italian Risorgimento
 * Siege of Paris and the Paris Commune (1870–1871)
 * Siege of Cartagena (1873–1874)
 * Siege of Plevna (1877–1878) – Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
 * Siege of Khartoum (1884–1885)
 * Siege of Tuyen Quang (1884–1885) Sino-French War (1884–1885)
 * Siege of Macallè (1895–1896) - First Italo-Ethiopian War
 * Siege of Baler (1898–1899) – Philippine Revolution
 * 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 the Legations (1900) - Boxer Rebellion
 * Siege of Port Arthur (1904–1905)
 * Siege of Adrianople (1913) – First Balkan War
 * Siege of Antwerp (1914) – World War I
 * Siege of Maubeuge (1914) – World War I
 * Siege of Medina (1916–1919) - World War I
 * Battle of Jerusalem (1917) - World War I
 * Siege of Alcazar (1936) – Second Spanish Republic militias besieged the Alcazar of Toledo in the Spanish Civil War
 * Siege of Gijon (1936) – Spanish Civil War
 * Siege of Oviedo (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.
 * Siege of Changchun (1948) – Chinese Civil War
 * 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 famous Berlin Air Lift supplied the city with food, coal, medical supplies and other goods for nearly a year.
 * Siege of Dien Bien Phu (1954) – Vietnamese Viet 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.
 * Encirclement of Jerusalem (1967) - Six-Day War
 * Siege of Beirut (1982)
 * 1991 siege of Kijevo – Croatian War of Independence
 * 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 Bihać (1992–1995) – Bosnian War
 * Siege of Goražde (1992–1995) – Bosnian War
 * Siege of Monrovia (2003) – Second Liberian Civil War
 * CIMIC-House (2006) – Iraq War
 * Siege of Nahr el-Bared (2007) – Lebanon
 * Siege of Misrata (2011) - 2011 Libyan civil war

Police sieges

 * Siege of Sidney Street (1911)
 * Attica Siege (1971)
 * Munich Olympic Massacre (1972)
 * Wounded Knee Siege (1973)
 * Norrmalmstorg robbery (1973) famous for the Stockholm syndrome
 * Spaghetti House siege (1975)
 * Balcombe Street Siege (1975)
 * MOVE Siege (1978)
 * Iranian Embassy Siege (1980)
 * Palace of Justice siege (1985)
 * 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)
 * Siege of Complexo do Alemão's slums, major urban conflict in Rio de Janeiro (2010)
 * Hectorville siege (2011)