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Siege of Brussels

Siege of Brussels was a siege conducted in 1746 at Brussels, in what is now Belgium. It was part of the War of the Austrian Succession, which ran from 1740 to 1748. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 22,000 against 12,000.

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Siège de Bruxelles 1746
Siège de Bruxelles 1746. Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1746
WhereBrussels, Belgium50.850N, 4.350E
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsKingdom of FranceagainstHabsburg Monarchy
Part ofWar of the Austrian Succession1740 to 1748

Where it sits in the War of the Austrian Succession

Battle of Mollwitz, 1741Siege of Brieg, 1741Siege of Prague, 1742Siege of Brno, 1742Battle of Chotusitz, 1742Battle of Sahay, 1742Action of 14 June 1742, 1742Siege of Mirandola, 1742Bombardment of Mataró and Palamós, 1742Battle of Campo Santo, 1743Battle of Dettingen, 1743Planned French Invasion of Britain, 1744Battle of Toulon, 1744Battle of Villafranca, 1744Battle of Velletri, 1744Battle of Casteldelfino, 1744Siege of Prague, 1744Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, 1744Siege of Valenza, 1745Battle of Pfaffenhofen, 1745Siege of Tournai, 1745Battle of Fontenoy, 1745Siege of Louisbourg, 1745Battle of Anguilla, 1745Fall of Ghent, 1745Battle of Melle, 1745Siege of Ath, 1745Battle of Bassignano, 1745Battle of Soor, 1745Battle of Hennersdorf, 1745Siege of Brussels, 1746Siege of Genoa, 1746Battle of Piacenza, 1746Action of 6 July 1746, 1746Siege of Namur, 1746Battle of Madras, 1746Raid on Lorient, 1746Battle of Rocoux, 1746Battle of Adyar, 1746Siege of Antibes, 1746Siege of Genoa, 1747First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1747Battle of Lauffeld, 1747Battle of Assietta, 1747Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747Battle of Saint-Louis-du-Sud, 1748Siege of Maastricht, 1748Siege of Cuddalore, 174817411748Siege of Brussels, 1746
49 placed engagements of the War of the Austrian Succession in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1746 (year precision)
to 22 February 1746
PlaceBrussels, Belgium
50.850N, 4.350E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength22,00012,000
Commanders
  • Count Wenzel Anton Kaunitz-Rietberg
  • Eugène-Hyacinthe de Lannoy, 5th Count of la Motterie
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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 1356 and 1943.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1746

Siege of Brussels is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 267 in present-day Belgium.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1924575, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Brussels, revision 1370739816, 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.