Tag: Siege

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8th September 1941: Start of the Siege of Leningrad

• 8th September 2026
• Tagged as: Germany, Great Patriotic War, Lebensraum, Leningrad, Nazi, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Second World War, Siege, USSR

The Siege of Leningrad, one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, began.

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8th May 1429: Siege of Orléans lifted by French forces, marking a turning point in the Hundred Years’ War

• 8th May 2026
• Tagged as: Burgundy, Charles VII, France, Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc, Orleans, Siege

A major engagement on 7 May resulted in the capture of the English stronghold known as Les Tourelles and, the following day, English forces abandoned the siege of Orleans and withdrew.

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14th April 70 CE: Titus begins the Siege of Jerusalem

• 14th April 2025
• Tagged as: First Jewish–Roman War, Israel, Jerusalem, Josphus, Judaism, Judea, Roman Empire, Second Temple, Siege, Titus, Western Wall

The future Roman Emperor Titus began the Siege of Jerusalem, during which the Second Temple was burned and destroyed.

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28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas

• 28th February 2025
• Tagged as: ATF, Branch Davidian, Christianity, Church, Cult, David Koresh, FBI, Firearms, Mount Carmel, Siege, Texas, United States, Waco

The Waco siege began in Texas after agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided the Branch Davidian church.

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9th August 1942: Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, known as the “Leningrad” Symphony, received its premiere in the city under siege

• 9th August 2024
• Tagged as: Culture, Leningrad, Music, Russia, Second World War, Shostakovich, Siege, USSR

The concert took place at the Philharmonic Hall, and was preceded by a Soviet artillery bombardment designed to silence the German lines during the performance.

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2nd March 537: First Siege of Rome begins as the Ostrogoth army encircle the Byzantine forces of the general Belisarius

• 2nd March 2024
• Tagged as: Belasarius, Byzantine Empire, First Siege of Rome, Italy, Justinian I, Roman Empire, Rome, Siege

Despite being driven north towards Ravenna by Emperor Justinian’s forces, the Ostrogoths were determined to reclaim Rome and reassert their dominance over Italy.

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26th January 1885: Siege of Khartoum ends when Sudanese Mahdist forces capture the city from Governor-General Charles George Gordon

• 26th January 2024
• Tagged as: Britain, Egypt, General Gordon, Khartoum, Mahdi, North Africa, Siege, Sudan

General Gordon’s pleas for reinforcements for the besieged city fell on deaf ears in the British government, and the city’s plight became a symbol of imperial overreach and strategic miscalculation.

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19th September 1870: The Siege of Paris began during the Franco-Prussian War when the city was encircled by forces of the North German Confederation

• 19th September 2023
• Tagged as: France, Franco-Prussian War, German Unification, Germany, Louis Napoleon, Napoleon III, Paris, Prussia, Siege, Siege of Paris

The German forces reached the outskirts of the French capital on 15 September and General Helmuth von Moltke, the commander of the Prussian army, gave the order to begin surrounding the city.