siege, early modern
Siege of Dijon
Siege of Dijon was a siege conducted on 8 September 1513 at Dijon, in what is now France. It was part of the War of the League of Cambrai, which ran from 1508 to 1516. The recorded result: Treaty of Dijon (fr), Swiss victory; France pays 400,000 gold crowns; The Swiss abandone the siege. Recorded strength: 4-5,000 men against 40,000 men; 500 cannons.
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Record
| Date | 8 September 1513 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Dijon, France 47.317N, 5.017E | |
| Part of | War of the League of Cambrai (1508 to 1516) | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Result | Treaty of Dijon (fr), Swiss victory; France pays 400,000 gold crowns; The Swiss abandone the siege | |
| Territorial change | The Swiss receive the Duchy of Milan; France returns all occupied territory of the Papal States | |
| Belligerents | 21px Kingdom of France | Old Swiss Confederacy; Holy Roman Empire; 21px Franche-Comté |
| Commanders | 21px Louis II de la Trémoille | Ulrich of Württemberg; 21px Henri Winckler; 21px Jacques de Watteville; 21px Jean Marti; 21px Guillaume IV de Vergy |
| Strength | 4-5,000 men | 40,000 men; 500 cannons |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Dijon 1870, 1.9 km
- Battle of Dijon AD 500, 2.1 km
- Battle of Nuits 1870, 21 km
- Battle of Chateauneuf 1870, 30 km
- Siege of Saint-Jean de Losne 1636, 30 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Guinegate 16 August 1513
- After: Battle of Flodden 9 September 1513
- All 18 engagements of War of the League of Cambrai
Elsewhere in 1513
- Battle of Dubica Croatia
- Siege of Aden Yemen
- Battle of Le Conquet France
Siege of Dijon is one of 831 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 1,142 in present-day France.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3485875, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Dijon, revision 1370740741, 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.