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Siege of Belgrade

Siege of Belgrade was a siege conducted on 12 December 1806 at Belgrade Fortress, in what is now Serbia; it lasted 14 days. It was part of First Serbian Uprising, which ran from 1804 to 1813. The recorded result: Serbian victory. Recorded strength: 12,000–25,000; 40 cannons against 300 cannons.

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Liberated Belgrade, Serbian Revolution
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Fought12 December 1806lasted 14 days
WhereBelgrade Fortress, Serbia44.824N, 20.450E
OutcomeSerbian victory
BelligerentsRevolutionary SerbiaagainstOttoman Empire
Casualties and losses50 dead, 60 woundedandAround 300 dead, many captured
Part ofFirst Serbian Uprising1804 to 1813

Where it sits in First Serbian Uprising

Battle of Drlupa, 1804Battles of Batočina and Jagodina, 1804Battle of Čokešina, 1804Battle of Ivankovac, 1805Battle of Mišar, 1806Battle of Deligrad, 1806Siege of Belgrade, 1806Battle of Čegar, 1809Battle of Suvodol, 1809Battle of Varvarin, 1810Battle of Loznica, 1810Battle of Deligrad, 1813Battle of Ravne, 191318041913Siege of Belgrade, 1806
13 placed engagements of First Serbian Uprising in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date12 December 1806
to 26 December 1806
PlaceBelgrade Fortress, Serbia
44.824N, 20.450E
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength12,000–25,000; 40 cannons300 cannons
Casualties and losses50 dead, 60 woundedAround 300 dead, many captured
Commanders
  • Karađorđe
  • Sima Marković (revolutionary)
  • Vasa Čarapić
  • Stanoje Glavaš
  • Vule Ilić
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Contested ground: this site was fought over 13 times between AD 592 and 1941.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1806

Siege of Belgrade is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 100 in present-day Serbia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q12756563, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Belgrade (1806), revision 1370739473, 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.