siege, medieval

Siege of Paris

Siege of Paris was a siege conducted in AD 856 at Paris, in what is now France.

Record

Date	AD 856 (year precision)
Place	Paris, France 48.857N, 2.352E
Kind	Siege, medieval

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

Nearest engagements

Battle of Paris 1814, same recorded site
Siege of Paris 1870, same recorded site
Siege of Paris 1429, same recorded site
Siege of Paris 1590, same recorded site
Siege of Paris 1435, same recorded site

Siege of Paris is one of 105 engagements of the 9th century in the atlas and one of 1,142 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3485983, released under CC0. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.