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Siege of Mirandola

Siege of Mirandola was a siege conducted on 19 December 1510 at Mirandola, in what is now Italy; it lasted 32 days. It was part of the War of the League of Cambrai, which ran from 1508 to 1516. The recorded result: Papal victory.

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dipinto raffigurante la resa dei soldati di mirandola al Pontefice Giulio II Della Rovere
dipinto raffigurante la resa dei soldati di mirandola al Pontefice Giulio II Della Rovere. Raffaello Tancredi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought19 December 1510lasted 32 days
WhereMirandola, Italy44.889N, 11.066E
OutcomePapal victory
BelligerentsPapal States; Duchy of Urbino; Spanish Empire; Republic of VeniceagainstKingdom of France; Duchy of Ferrara; Duchy of Mirandola
Casualties and losses400 casualtiesand100 casualties
Part ofWar of the League of Cambrai1508 to 1516

Where it sits in the War of the League of Cambrai

Battle of Cadore, 1508Battle of Treviglio, 1509Battle of Casaloldo, 1509Battle of Agnadello, 1509Battle of Isola della Scala, 1509Siege of Padua, 1509Battle of the citadel of Vicenza, 1509Battle of Polesella, 1509Siege of Monselice, 1510Siege of Mirandola, 1510Siege of Trévise, 1511Siege of Treviso, 1511Battle of Ravenna, 1512Battle of Pavia, 1512Battle of Saint-Mathieu, 1512Siege of Crema, 1513Battle of Brest, 1513Battle of Blancs-Sablons Bay, 1513Battle of Novara, 1513Battle of Guinegate, 1513Siege of Dijon, 1513Battle of Flodden, 1513Battle of La Motta, 1513Battle of Marignano, 1515Siege of Asola, 151615081516Siege of Mirandola, 1510
25 placed engagements of the War of the League of Cambrai in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date19 December 1510
to 20 January 1511
PlaceMirandola, Italy
44.889N, 11.066E
KindSiege, early modern
Casualties and losses400 casualties100 casualties
Commanders
  • Pope Julius II
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

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

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1510

Siege of Mirandola is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3625432, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Mirandola (1511), revision 1380871955, 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.