siege, medieval

Siege of Mirandola

Name: Siege of Mirandola
Location: Mirandola, Italy

Siege of Mirandola was a siege conducted in November 1355 at Mirandola, in what is now Italy. The recorded result: victory of Visconti. Recorded strength: Unknown against 1,500 knights; 1,500 masnadiers.

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FoughtNovember 1355

WhereMirandola, Italy44.889N, 11.066E

Outcomevictory of Visconti

BelligerentsCoat of arms of Pico della Mirandola (1311-1432) (early).svg Lordship of MirandolaagainstCoat of arms of the House of Visconti (1277).svg Lordship of Milan

Record

Date	November 1355 (month precision)
Place	Mirandola, Italy 44.889N, 11.066E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	Unknown	1,500 knights; 1,500 masnadiers
Commanders	Francesco II Pico	Bernabò Visconti

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Mirandola 1510, same recorded site
Siege of Mirandola 1502, same recorded site
Siege of Mirandola 1551, same recorded site
Siege of Mirandola 1742, same recorded site
Siege of Mirandola 1735, same recorded site

Contested ground: this site was fought over 9 times between 1321 and 1742.

Elsewhere in 1355

Siege of Mirandola is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q85859464, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Mirandola (1355), revision 1370743555, 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.