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Siege of Vidin

Siege of Vidin was a siege conducted in 1798 at Vidin, in what is now Bulgaria. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Vidin. The recorded result: Ottoman failure. Recorded strength: 40,000–100,000 soldiers; 40 artillery pieces; 15 gunboats against 10,000–12,000 soldiers.

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Fought1798
WhereVidin, Bulgaria43.989N, 22.874E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeOttoman failure
BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstPashalik of Vidin
Casualties and lossesConsiderableandUnknown

Record

Date1798 (year precision)
to 1798
PlaceVidin, Bulgaria
43.989N, 22.874E
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength40,000–100,000 soldiers; 40 artillery pieces; 15 gunboats10,000–12,000 soldiers
Casualties and lossesConsiderableUnknown
Commanders
  • Küçük Hüseyin Pasha
  • Ali Pasha of Yanina
  • Hadji Mustafa Pasha
  • Osman Pazvantoğlu
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Placed at Vidin; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Elsewhere in 1798

Siege of Vidin is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 126 in present-day Bulgaria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q131578623, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Vidin (1798), revision 1370746335, 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.