Below is the list of cities which were besieged by the Ottoman Empire.
Year | City | Country | Modern City | Modern country |
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1326 | Prusa | Byzantine Empire | Bursa | Turkey |
1331 | Nicaea | Byzantine Empire | Iznik | Turkey |
1337 | Nicomedia | Byzantine Empire | Izmit | Turkey |
1361 | Adrianople | Byzantine Empire | Edirne | Turkey |
1393 | Tarnovo | Bulgarian Empire | Veliko Tarnovo | Bulgaria |
1422 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | Istanbul | Turkey |
1422 | Thessalonica | Byzantine Empire | Thessaloniki | Greece |
1448 | Svetigrad | League of Lezhë | near Debar | Macedonia |
1453 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | Istanbul | Turkey |
1456 | Nándorfehérvár | Kingdom of Hungary | Belgrade | Serbia |
1478 | Krujë | League of Lezhë | Krujë | Albania |
1480 | Rhodes | Knights Hospitaller | Rhodes | Greece |
1481 | Otranto | Kingdom of Naples | Otranto | Italy |
1517 | Cairo | Mamluk Sultanate | Cairo | Egypt |
1522 | Rhodes | Knights Hospitaller | Rhodes | Greece |
1529 | Algiers | Kabyles, Spanish Empire | Algiers | Algeria |
1529 | Vienna | Habsburg Austria | Vienna | Austria |
1532 | Güns | Kingdom of Hungary | Kőszeg | Hungary |
1534 | Tunis | Hafsid dynasty | Tunis | Tunisia |
1534 | Baghdad | Safavid Persia | Baghdad | Iraq |
1537 | Corfu | Republic of Venice | Corfu | Greece |
1537 | Klis | Kingdom of Croatia | Klis | Croatia |
1538 | Diu | Portuguese Empire | Diu | India |
1539 | Castelnuovo | Spanish Empire | Herceg Novi | Montenegro |
1541 | Buda | Kingdom of Hungary | Buda | Hungary |
1541 | Algiers | Ottoman Algeria | Algiers | Algeria |
1543 | Nice | House of Savoy | Nice | France |
1543 | Esztergom | Kingdom of Hungary | Esztergom | Hungary |
1547 | Van | Safavid Empire | Van | Turkey |
1548 | Aden | Portuguese Empire | Aden | Yemen |
1551 | Gozo | Knights of Malta | Gozo | Malta |
1551 | Tripoli | Knights of Malta | Tripoli | Libya |
1552 | Hormuz | Portuguese Empire | Hormuz | Iran |
1552 | Muscat | Portuguese Empire | Muscat | Oman |
1552 | Eger | Kingdom of Hungary | Eger | Hungary |
1555 | Bougie | Spanish Empire | Béjaïa | Algeria |
1556 | Oran | Spanish Empire | Oran | Algeria |
1563 | Oran | Spanish Empire | Oran | Algeria |
1565 | Malta | Knights of Malta | Valletta | Malta |
1566 | Szigetvar | Kingdom of Hungary | Szigetvár | Hungary |
1574 | Tunis | Spanish Empire | Tunis | Tunisia |
1578 | Gvozdansko | Kingdom of Croatia | Gvozdansko | Croatia |
1593 | Sisak | Kingdom of Croatia | Sisak | Croatia |
1596 | Eger | Habsburg Austria | Eger | Hungary |
1638 | Baghdad | Safavid Persia | Baghdad | Iraq |
1663 | Uyvar | Nové Zámky | Habsburg Austria | Slovakia |
1664 | Novi Zrin | Kingdom of Croatia | Donja Dubrava | Croatia |
1669 | Candia | Republic of Venice | Iraklion | Greece |
1672 | Podilskyi (Kamaniçe) | Poland-Lithuania | Kamianets-Podilskyi | Ukraine |
1683 | Vienna | Habsburg Austria | Vienna | Austria |
1739 | Belgrade | Habsburg Austria | Belgrade | Serbia |
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