siege, early modern
Siege of Girona
Siege of Girona was a siege conducted in December 1710 at Girona, in what is now Spain; it ran into the following year. It was part of the War of the Spanish Succession in Catalonia, which ran from 1701 to 1714. The recorded result: French victory.
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Where it sits in the War of the Spanish Succession in Catalonia
Record
| Date | December 1710 (month precision) to 23 January 1711 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Girona, Spain 41.984N, 2.821E | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Strength | 19,000 | |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Girona 1809, same recorded site
- Siege of Girona 1653, same recorded site
- Siege of Girona 1694, same recorded site
- Siege of Girona AD 827, same recorded site
- Battle of Gerona 1808, 0.3 km SE
Contested ground: this site was fought over 14 times between AD 785 and 1809.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Almenar 27 July 1710
- After: Battle of Prats del Rey 1711
- All 19 engagements of War of the Spanish Succession in Catalonia
Elsewhere in 1710
- Battle of Villaviciosa Spain
- Battle of Saragossa Spain
- Battle of Brihuega Spain
- Battle of Helsingborg Sweden
- Siege of Port Royal Canada
Siege of Girona is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q9078106, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Girona (1710–1711), revision 1370741507, 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.