siege, medieval
Capture of Berwick
Capture of Berwick was a siege conducted in July 1482 at Berwick-upon-Tweed, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars. The recorded result: English capture Berwick but otherwise inconclusive. Recorded strength: 500 against 20,000.
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Where it sits in the Anglo-Scottish Wars
Record
| Date | July 1482 (month precision) to 24 August 1482 | |
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| Place | Berwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom 55.767N, 2.000W | |
| Kind | Siege, medieval | |
| Strength | 500 | 20,000 |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | Unknown |
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Nearest engagements
- Capture of Berwick 1318, same recorded site
- Siege of Berwick 1333, 0.6 km NW
- Capture of Berwick 1296, 1.2 km NW
- Battle of Halidon Hill 1333, 3.9 km NW
- Battle of Grindon 1558, 11 km SW
Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1296 and 1482.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Sark 23 October 1448
- After: Battle of the Firth of Forth 1489
- All 17 engagements of Anglo-Scottish Wars
Elsewhere in 1482
- Battle of Westbroek Netherlands
- Siege of Hainburg Austria
- Destruction of Kyiv (1482) Ukraine
- Second Battle of Vreeswijk Netherlands
- Siege of Loja Spain
Capture of Berwick is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5036989, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article English invasion of Scotland (1482), revision 1384364411, 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.