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Siege of Belgrade

Name: Siege of Belgrade
Location: Belgrade, Serbia

Siege of Belgrade was a siege conducted in March 1440 at Belgrade, in what is now Serbia. It was part of the Serbian–Ottoman Wars, which ran from 1352 to 1913. The recorded result: Hungarian and Serbian victory. Recorded strength: 35,000; 100 ships against 3,000–5,000.

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FoughtMarch 1440

WhereBelgrade, Serbia44.490N, 10.280E

OutcomeHungarian and Serbian victory

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstKingdom of Hungary; Serbian Despotate

Casualties and losses17,000 (early Christian sources); Extremely heavy casualtiesandUnknown

Part ofSerbian–Ottoman Wars1352 to 1913

Where it sits in the Serbian–Ottoman Wars

4 placed engagements of the Serbian–Ottoman Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	March 1440 (month precision) to September 1440
Place	Belgrade, Serbia 44.490N, 10.280E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	35,000; 100 ships	3,000–5,000
Casualties and losses	17,000 (early Christian sources); Extremely heavy casualties	Unknown
Commanders	Murad II Evrenosoğlu Ali Bey	Ivan Talovac

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Fornovo 1495, 26 km NW
Battle of Collecchio 1945, 29 km N
Battle of San Pietro 1734, 35 km N
Siege of Parme 1521, 35 km N
Battle of Fidentia 82 BC, 45 km N

In the same war

Before: Battle of Maritsa 26 September 1371
After: Siege of Novo Brdo April 1455
All 4 engagements of Serbian–Ottoman Wars

Elsewhere in 1440

Siege of Belgrade is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 100 in present-day Serbia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q12756567, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Belgrade (1440), revision 1384522852, 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.