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Siege of Zadar

Siege of Zadar was a siege conducted in AD 998 at Zadar, in what is now Croatia. It was part of the Croatian–Bulgarian Wars. The recorded result: Inconclusive; Eventual retreat of the Bulgarian forces.

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Zadar. Doppelseite, aus Conrad Grünenberg: Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerusalem. Bodenseegebiet, um 1487. Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe, Cod. St. Peter, pap. 32.
Zadar. Doppelseite, aus Conrad Grünenberg: Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerusalem. Bodenseegebiet, um 1487. Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe, Cod. St. Peter, pap. 32.. Konrad Grünenberg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtAD 998
WhereZadar, Croatia44.117N, 15.217E
OutcomeInconclusive; Eventual retreat of the Bulgarian forces
BelligerentsBulgarian EmpireagainstKingdom of Croatia; Support: Principality of Serbia; Byzantine Empire
Casualties and lossesHeavyandHeavy
Part ofCroatian–Bulgarian Wars

Where it sits in the Croatian–Bulgarian Wars

Croatian–Bulgarian battle of 854, AD 854Croatian–Bulgarian battle of 927, AD 926Siege of Zadar, AD 998AD 854AD 998Siege of Zadar, AD 998
3 placed engagements of the Croatian–Bulgarian Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateAD 998 (year precision)
PlaceZadar, Croatia
44.117N, 15.217E
KindSiege, medieval
Casualties and lossesHeavyHeavy
Commanders
  • Samuel of Bulgaria
  • Svetoslav Suronja
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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 5 times between AD 998 and 1991.

In the same war

Elsewhere in AD 998

Siege of Zadar is one of 186 engagements of the 10th century in the atlas and one of 106 in present-day Croatia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q25303232, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Zadar (998), revision 1383062545, 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.