siege, nineteenth century
Siege of Buda
Siege of Buda was a siege conducted on 4 May 1849 at Buda, in what is now Hungary. It was part of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, which ran from 1848 to 1849. The recorded result: Hungarian victory.
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Record
| Date | 4 May 1849 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Buda, Hungary 47.501N, 19.036E | |
| Part of | Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (1848 to 1849) | |
| Kind | Siege, nineteenth century | |
| Result | Hungarian victory | |
| Belligerents | Hungary | Austria |
| Commanders | Görgey; 22px József Nagysándor; 22px Károly Knezić; 22px Lajos Aulich; Kmety | Hentzi; 22px Alois Alnoch |
| Strength | Total: 34,277 men; – I. corps: 9,465; – II. corps: 7,799; – III. corps: 9,419; – VII. corps; –– 15. division: 4,883; –– 12. division: 2,711; 142 cannons | 4,890 men; 85 cannons |
| Casualties and losses | 368–427 dead; 700–691 wounded | 710 dead; 4,204 captured; 248 cannons |
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Budapest 1944, 0.5 km
- Siege of the communist headquarters 1956, 3.1 km
- Battle of Buda 1686, 4.0 km
- Siege of Buda 1541, 4.0 km
- Siege of Buda 1602, 4.0 km
In the same war
- Before: First Battle of Komárom 26 April 1849
- After: Siege of Temesvár 11 June 1849
- All 26 engagements of Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Elsewhere in 1849
- Battle of Novara Italy
- Battle of Fredericia Denmark
- Battle of Mortara Italy
- Battle of Piski Romania
- Siege of Rome Italy
Siege of Buda is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 81 in present-day Hungary.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q850778, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Buda (1849), revision 1378375373, 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.