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Siege of Barcelona

Siege of Barcelona was a siege conducted in October 1652 at Barcelona, in what is now Spain. It was part of the Reapers' War, which ran from 1640 to 1659. The recorded result: Spanish victory.

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Mapa militar de l'arribada de les tropes de Joan d'Austria a Barcelona el 1652. Mostra la situació de les tropes al voltant de la ciutat.
Mapa militar de l'arribada de les tropes de Joan d'Austria a Barcelona el 1652. Mostra la situació de les tropes al voltant de la ciutat.. Panotxa, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtOctober 1652
WhereBarcelona, Spain41.383N, 2.177E
OutcomeSpanish victory
BelligerentsKingdom of France; Principality of CataloniaagainstSpain
Part ofReapers' War1640 to 1659

Where it sits in the Reapers' War

Siege of Ille-sur-Têt, 1640Battle of Coll de Balaguer, 1640Battle of Cambrils, 1640Battle of Montjuïc, 1641Battle of Constantí, 1641Siege of Tarragona, 1641Battle of El Catllar, 1641Battle of Tarragona, 1641Siege of Almenar, 1641Siege of Perpignan, 1641Siege of Monzón, 1642Siege of Salses, 1642Battle of Montmeló, 1642Battle of La Granada, 1642Siege of Collioure, 1642Siege of Tortosa, 1642Siege of Monzón, 1642Battle of Lleida, 1642Siege of Miravet, 1643Siege of Lleida, 1644Siege of Tarragone, 1644Battle of San Lorenzo de Mongay, 1645Siege of Balaguer, 1645Siege of Lérida, 1646Siege of Lleida, 1647Siege of Tortosa, 1648Battle of Montblanc, 1649Siege of Tortosa, 1650Siege of Barcelona, 1652Siege of Castelló d'Empúries, 1653Siege of Girona, 1653Siege of Villefranche-de-Conflent, 1654Setge de Puigcerdà, 1654Battle of Solsona, 1655Battle of Berga, 1655Battle of Castellfollit, 1657Battle of Camprodon, 165816401658Siege of Barcelona, 1652
37 placed engagements of the Reapers' War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateOctober 1652 (month precision)
to 1652
PlaceBarcelona, Spain
41.383N, 2.177E
KindSiege, early modern
Commanders
Siege of BarcelonaSiege of BarcelonaSiege of BarcelonaSiege of BarcelonaBattle of BarcelonaSiege of BarcelonaBattle of MontjuïcSiege of BarcelonaAndorraTarragonaMataró100 km41.383N, 2.177E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 31 times between AD 510 and 1937.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1652

Siege of Barcelona is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q717431, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Barcelona (1651), revision 1376000952, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.