List of cities besieged by the Ottoman Empire
Below is the list of cities which were besieged by the Ottoman Empire.
Year | City | State | Modern City | Modern state |
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1285 | Kulaca Hisar | Byzantine Empire | İnegöl | Turkey |
1326 | Prusa | Byzantine Empire | Bursa | Turkey |
1331 | Nicaea | Byzantine Empire | Iznik | Turkey |
1337 | Nicomedia | Byzantine Empire | Izmit | Turkey |
1361 | Adrianople | Byzantine Empire | Edirne | Turkey |
1393 | Tarnovo | Bulgarian Empire | Veliko Tarnovo | Bulgaria |
1422 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | Istanbul | Turkey |
1422 | Thessalonica | Byzantine Empire | Thessaloniki | Greece |
1448 | Svetigrad | League of Lezhë | near Debar | North Macedonia |
1453 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | Istanbul | Turkey |
1456 | Nándorfehérvár | Kingdom of Hungary | Belgrade | Serbia |
1461 | Trebizond | Empire of Trebizond | Trabzon | Turkey |
1462 | Mytilene | House of Gattilusi | Mytilene | Greece |
1478 | Krujë | League of Lezhë | Krujë | Albania |
1480 | Rhodes | Knights Hospitaller | Rhodes | Greece |
1481 | Otranto | Kingdom of Naples | Otranto | Italy |
1517 | Cairo | Mamluk Sultanate | Cairo | Egypt |
1522 | Rhodes | Knights Hospitaller | Rhodes | Greece |
1529 | Algiers | Kabyles, Spanish Empire | Algiers | Algeria |
1529 | Vienna | Habsburg Austria | Vienna | Austria |
1532 | Güns | Kingdom of Hungary | Kőszeg | Hungary |
1534 | Tunis | Hafsid dynasty | Tunis | Tunisia |
1534 | Baghdad | Safavid Persia | Baghdad | Iraq |
1537 | Corfu | Republic of Venice | Corfu | Greece |
1537 | Klis | Kingdom of Croatia | Klis | Croatia |
1538 | Diu | Portuguese Empire | Diu | India |
1539 | Castelnuovo | Spanish Empire | Herceg Novi | Montenegro |
1541 | Buda | Kingdom of Hungary | Buda | Hungary |
1541 | Algiers | Ottoman Algeria | Algiers | Algeria |
1543 | Nice | House of Savoy | Nice | France |
1543 | Esztergom | Kingdom of Hungary | Esztergom | Hungary |
1547 | Van | Safavid Empire | Van | Turkey |
1548 | Aden | Portuguese Empire | Aden | Yemen |
1551 | Gozo | Knights of Malta | Gozo | Malta |
1551 | Tripoli | Knights of Malta | Tripoli | Libya |
1552 | Hormuz | Portuguese Empire | Hormuz | Iran |
1552 | Muscat | Portuguese Empire | Muscat | Oman |
1552 | Eger | Kingdom of Hungary | Eger | Hungary |
1555 | Bougie | Spanish Empire | Béjaïa | Algeria |
1556 | Oran | Spanish Empire | Oran | Algeria |
1563 | Oran | Spanish Empire | Oran | Algeria |
1565 | Malta | Knights of Malta | Valletta | Malta |
1566 | Szigetvar | Kingdom of Hungary | Szigetvár | Hungary |
1574 | Tunis | Spanish Empire | Tunis | Tunisia |
1578 | Gvozdansko | Kingdom of Croatia | Gvozdansko | Croatia |
1593 | Sisak | Kingdom of Croatia | Sisak | Croatia |
1606 | Ganja | Safavid Persia | Ganja | Azerbaijan |
1596 | Eger | Habsburg Austria | Eger | Hungary |
1638 | Baghdad | Safavid Persia | Baghdad | Iraq |
1663 | Uyvar | Nové Zámky | Habsburg Austria | Slovakia |
1664 | Novi Zrin | Kingdom of Croatia | Donja Dubrava | Croatia |
1669 | Candia | Republic of Venice | Iraklion | Greece |
1672 | Podilskyi (Kamaniçe) | Poland-Lithuania | Kamianets-Podilskyi | Ukraine |
1683 | Vienna | Habsburg Austria | Vienna | Austria |
1739 | Belgrade | Habsburg Austria | Belgrade | Serbia |
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Major sieges involving the Ottoman Empire by century
- 1285 Kulaca Hisar
- 1326 Bursa
- 1328–1331 Nicaea
- 1333–1337 Nicomedia
- 1360s Adrianople
- 1385 Sofia
- 1393 Tarnovo
- 1394–1402 Constantinople
- 1411 Constantinople
- 1422 Constantinople
- 1422–1430 Thessalonica
- 1428 Golubac
- 1440 Belgrade
- 1440–41 Novo Brdo
- 1448 Svetigrad
- 1450 Krujë
- 1453 Constantinople
- 1455 Berat
- 1456 Belgrade
- 1461 Trebizond
- 1462 Mytilene
- 1463 Jajce
- 1464 Jajce
- 1466–67 Krujë
- 1467 Krujë
- 1470 Negroponte
- 1474 Scutari
- 1477–78 Krujë
- 1478–79 Scutari
- 1480 Rhodes
- 1481 Otranto
- 1484 Chilia
- 1500 Cephalonia
- 1517 Cairo
- 1521 Belgrade
- 1522 Knin
- 1522 Rhodes
- 1529 Peñón of Algiers
- 1529 Vienna
- 1531 Diu
- 1532 Güns (Kőszeg)
- 1532 Maribor
- 1533–34 Coron
- 1534 Tunis
- 1534 Baghdad
- 1537 Klis
- 1537 Corfu
- 1538 Diu
- 1539 Castelnuovo
- 1541 Buda
- 1543 Nice
- 1543 Esztergom
- 1548 Aden
- 1548 Van
- 1551 Tripoli
- 1552 Muscat
- 1552 Hormuz
- 1552 Temesvár
- 1552 Eger
- 1556 Oran
- 1559 Bahrain
- 1563 Oran
- 1565 Malta
- 1566 Szigetvar
- 1570–71 Famagusta
- 1574 Tunis
- 1578 Gvozdansko
- 1592 Bihać
- 1593 Sisak
- 1596 Eger
- 1601 Nagykanizsa
- 1621 Khotyn
- 1638 Baghdad
- 1663 Uyvar
- 1664 Novi Zrin
- 1648–1669 Candia
- 1672 Kamenets
- 1683 Vienna
- 1684 Buda
- 1684 Santa Maura
- 1685 Érsekújvár
- 1686 Buda
- 1686 Pécs
- 1688 Negroponte
- 1688 Belgrade
- 1690 Belgrade
- 1695 Azov
- 1696 Azov
- 1801 Cairo
- 1806 Belgrade
- 1821 Patras
- 1821–22 Acropolis
- 1821 Tripolitsa
- 1822 Missolonghi
- 1823 Missolonghi
- 1825–26 Missolonghi
- 1826–27 Acropolis
- 1828 Kars
- 1828 Varna
- 1854 Calafat
- 1854 Silistra
- 1854–55 Sevastopol
- 1855 Kars
- 1877 Plevna
Ottoman defeats shown in italics.