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Early Modern era · 1570 – 1571

Siege of Famagusta

The siege of Famagusta happened in Venetian-controlled Famagusta, the last Christian possession in Cyprus. Famagusta was captured by the Ottomans in August 1571 after a siege that lasted nearly a year.

Siege of Famagusta
Siege of Famagusta · Giovanni Francesco Camocio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1570 – 1571
Where
Famagusta
Era
Early Modern

Topics

Cyprus334 BCE – todayNorthern Cyprus306 BCE – today

Before and after

Ottoman–Venetian War1570 – 1573Treaty of Speyer1570Show on timeline

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