Siege of Namur
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The siege of Namur refers to a number of sieges throughout history of the Belgian city of Namur
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The city of Namur and the citadel of Namur held a strategic position in the heart of Europe. The command centre of an important earldom in the Middle Ages, it was then besieged by all the Great Powers of Europe between the 15th and 19th century.
Most noteworthy are the sieges of 1692 and 1695.
Namur (city)
Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....
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The city of Namur and the citadel of Namur held a strategic position in the heart of Europe. The command centre of an important earldom in the Middle Ages, it was then besieged by all the Great Powers of Europe between the 15th and 19th century.
- 1488 by the States of Burgundy
- 1577 Don John of Austria takes the citadel by surprise
- 1692 by the FrenchSiege of Namur (1692)The Siege of Namur, 25 May–30 June 1692, was a major engagement of the Nine Years' War, and was part of the French grand plan to defeat the forces of the Grand Alliance and bring a swift conclusion to the war...
(Louis XIV and Vauban) - 1695 by the AlliesSiege of Namur (1695)The Siege of Namur, 2 July–1 September 1695, was the second siege of the city of Namur in the Nine Years' War. The Allied forces of the Grand Alliance retook the city from the French, who had captured it in the first siege in 1692...
(Dutch, English and Brandenburgers) - 1746 by the French
- 1792 by the French
- 1794 by the French
- 1830 by the Belgian revolutionaries
- 1914 by the Germans
Most noteworthy are the sieges of 1692 and 1695.