Siege of Carlisle
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The Siege of Carlisle may refer to:
- Siege of Carlisle (1315) In 1315 Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle drove off Robert I of Scotland from a siege of Carlisle.
- Siege of Carlisle (1644) Covenators besiege but fail to take Carlisle, being held by Royalist James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose.
- Siege of Carlisle (1645) Covenators under Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven besige and take Carlisle from a Royalist garrison in 1645.
- Siege of Carlisle (November 1745) The Jacobite Army under Charles Edward Stuart besiege and take Carlisle.
- Siege of Carlisle (December 1745) British forces under the Duke of Cumberland besiege and retake Carlisle.