siege, notable, early modern
Siege of Belgrade
Siege of Belgrade was a siege conducted on 18 June 1717 at Belgrade, in what is now Serbia; it lasted 2 months. It was part of the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718, which ran from 1716 to 1718. The recorded result: Habsburg victory.
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Record
| Date | 18 June 1717 to 21 August 1717 | |
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| Place | Belgrade, Serbia 44.823N, 20.450E | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Strength | Total: 100,000 men; ----87 infantry battalions; 193 troops of cavalry; 200 artilleries; 60 warships | Total: 210,000 men; ----Belgrade garrison:30,000 men; 600 guns; 70 boats |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Belgrade 1806, same recorded site
- Bombing of Belgrade in 1941 1941, 0.8 km SE
- Fall of Belgrade (1915) 1915, 0.8 km SE
- Siege of Belgrade 1456, 1.5 km SE
- Siege of Belgrade 1521, 1.5 km SE
Contested ground: this site was fought over 13 times between AD 592 and 1941.
In the same war
- Before: Siege of İzvornik 1717
Elsewhere in 1717
- Battle of Matapan Greece
- Battle of Imbros Turkey
- Battle of Göteborg Sweden
- Battle of Strömstad Sweden
- Battle of Belgrade Republic of Serbia
Siege of Belgrade is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 100 in present-day Serbia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2631076, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Belgrade (1717), revision 1382486628, 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.