About: Siege of Magdeburg

A number of events in history are known as the Siege of Magdeburg, including: * , a siege of the Protestant German city by forces of Maurice, Elector of Saxony and (POW), trying to reinstate the rule of the archbishopric * Siege of Magdeburg (1631) or Sack of Magdeburg, a siege followed by plundering and extensive destruction of the German city by the forces of the Holy Roman Empire and Catholic League during the Thirty Years' War. * Siege of Magdeburg (1806), a siege of the German city by forces of the First French Empire during the War of the Fourth Coalition, resulting in the surrender of a Prussian garrison * , a siege of the German city by a Prussian partisan force under Ferdinand von Schill during the War of the Fifth Coalition, resulting in the defeat of a French garrison * ,