siege, medieval

Siege of Deventer

Name: Siege of Deventer
Location: Deventer, Netherlands

Siege of Deventer was a siege conducted in 1456 at Deventer, in what is now Netherlands. The recorded result: Burgundian victory. Recorded strength: 2,000 against 14,000.

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Fought1456

WhereDeventer, Netherlands52.250N, 6.150E

OutcomeBurgundian victory

BelligerentsPrince-Bishopric of Utrecht; HooksagainstBurgundian State; Cod allies

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Record

Date	1456 (year precision)
Place	Deventer, Netherlands 52.250N, 6.150E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	2,000	14,000
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Gijsbrecht van Brederode	Philip the Good David of Burgundy John I, Duke of Cleves

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

Nearest engagements

Siege of Deventer in 1578 1578, same recorded site
Siege of Deventer 1591, same recorded site
Siege of Deventer 1813, same recorded site
Battle of Zutphen 1586, 12 km S
Siege of Zutphen 1591, 13 km S

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1456 and 1813.

Elsewhere in 1456

Siege of Belgrade Serbia
Battle of Oranik North Macedonia
Battle of Bornholm Denmark

Siege of Deventer is one of 743 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 277 in present-day Netherlands.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2643811, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Deventer (1456), revision 1370740723, 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.