List of sieges

A chronological list of sieges follows.

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(c. 2600 BC)

Siege of Aratta

(c. 2580 BC)

Siege of Uruk

(1780 BC)

Siege of Qabra

(1764 BC)

Siege of Hiritum

Larsa (1763 BC)

Siege of

(c. 1550 BC)

Siege of Avaris

(c. 1530 BC)

Siege of Sharuhen

(c. 1457 BC)

Siege of Megiddo

(c. 1400 BC)

Siege of Jericho

(1269 BC)

Siege of Dapur

Siege of Bergamo (701)

Siege of Taranton (702) – Arab–Byzantine Wars

by the Umayyads

Siege of Tyana (707–708)

(708) – Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars

Siege of Anchialus

Siege of Turanda (712) – Arab–Byzantine Wars

by the Umayyads

Siege of Constantinople (717–718)

(721) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul

Siege of Toulouse

Siege of Angers (722)

by the Umayyads

Siege of Nicaea (727)

(729) by the Turgesh

Siege of Kamarja

(732) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul

Siege of Bordeaux

– Umayyad invasion of Gaul

Siege of Avignon (737)

– Umayyad invasion of Gaul

Siege of Narbonne (737)

(737) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul

Siege of Nîmes

Siege of Synnada (740) – Arab–Byzantine Wars

Siege of Laon (741)

Siege of Loches (742)

(745) – Third Fitna

Siege of Emesa

(749–750) – Abbasid Revolution

Siege of Wasit

Siege of Melitene (750)

– Umayyad invasion of Gaul

Siege of Narbonne (752–59)

Siege of Pavia (755)

Siege of Rome (756)

Siege of Pavia (756)

(757) - known because of acts of cannibalism.

Siege of Suiyang

Siege of Sythen (758)

– Aquitanian War

Siege of Bourbon (761)

– Aquitanian War

Siege of Clermont (761)

– Aquitanian War

Siege of Chantelle (761)

– Aquitanian War

Siege of Bourges (762)

– Aquitanian War

Siege of Thouars (762)

– Arab–Byzantine Wars

Siege of Kamacha (766)

– Aquitanian War

Siege of Toulouse (767)

Siege of Syke (771) – Arab–Byzantine Wars

(1454) – Thirteen Years' War (1454–66)

Siege of Marienburg

Siege of Berat (1455)

– Part of Ottoman wars in Europe

Siege of Belgrade (1456)

Siege of Deventer (1456)

(1457–1460) – Thirteen Years' War (1454–66)

Siege of Marienburg

(1460)

Siege of Roxburgh

(1460–1461)

Siege of Trebizond

(1461–68) – Part of Wars of the Roses. Longest siege in British history.

Siege of Harlech Castle

(1461–63)

Siege of Shahrukhiya

(1462) – Catalan Civil War

Siege of Hostalric

(1462), by a Castilian army in the Reconquista

Eighth Siege of Gibraltar

(1462)

Siege of Mytilene

– Catalan Civil War

Siege of Barcelona (1462)

– War of the Second Coalition

Siege of Genoa (1800)

(1800) – War of the Second Coalition

Siege of Fort Bard

(1801) – French campaign in Egypt and Syria

Siege of Fort Julien

(1801) – War of the Second Coalition

Siege of Porto Ferrajo

(1801) – French campaign in Egypt and Syria

Siege of Alexandria

(1803) – Second Anglo-Maratha War

Siege of Ahmednagar

(1803) – Second Anglo-Maratha War

Siege of Aligarh

– Russo-Persian War (1804–13)

Siege of Erivan (1804)

– Second Anglo-Maratha War

Siege of Delhi (1804)

(1804) – Second Anglo-Maratha War

Siege of Deeg

(1911) England

Siege of Sidney Street

(1971) United States of America

Attica Siege

(1972) Germany

Munich Olympic massacre

(1973) United States of America

Wounded Knee Incident

(1973) Sweden

Norrmalmstorg robbery

(1974) United States of America

Huntsville Prison siege

(1975) England

Spaghetti House siege

(1975) England

Balcombe Street Siege

(1977) United States of America

Hanafi Siege

Siege (1978) United States of America

MOVE

(1980) England

Iranian Embassy Siege

(1984) United Kingdom

Siege of the Libyan Embassy in London

(1985) Colombia

Palace of Justice siege

(1990) Quebec, Canada

Oka Crisis

Siege (1992) United States of America

Ruby Ridge

(1993) United States of America

Waco Siege

(1994–late 2010s) Chiapas, Mexico

Chiapas conflict

(1995) British Columbia, Canada

Gustafsen Lake Standoff

Siege (1996) United States of America

Montana Freemen

(1996–1997) Peru

Japanese embassy hostage crisis

Davis Mountain Resort siege (1997) United States of America

Republic of Texas

(2002) Russia

Moscow theater hostage crisis

(2004) Russia

Beslan hostage crisis

(2007) Philippines

Manila Peninsula siege

(2009) New Zealand

Napier shootings

major urban conflict in Rio de Janeiro (2010) Brazil

Siege of Complexo do Alemão's slums

(2011) Australia

Hectorville siege

(2011) China

Wukan protests

(2012) Bahrain

Siege of Eker

(2014) Australia

Sydney hostage crisis

(2015) France

Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege

(2016) Armenia

2016 Yerevan hostage crisis

(2017) Philippines

Kidapawan jail siege

(2017) Australia

Brighton siege

(2019)

Siege of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

(2019)

Siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

(2022) Iraq

2022 Iraq parliament siege

(2022) Somalia

Siege of the Villa Rossa Hotel

(2022) Pakistan

Bannu counterterrorism centre siege

(2023) Pakistan

2023 Karachi police station siege

(2024) Somalia

2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege

A police siege is a standoff between law enforcement officers and armed criminals, suspects, or protesters.

(1980) South Korea

Gwangju uprising

(2019) Hong Kong