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Early Modern era · 1470

Siege of Negroponte

The siege of Negroponte was fought between the forces of the Ottoman Empire, led by Sultan Mehmed II in person, and the garrison of the Venetian colony of Negroponte (Chalcis), the capital of the Venetian possession of Euboea in Central Greece. The Ottoman sultan Mehmed II laid siege to the fortress at Negroponte.

Siege of Negroponte
Siege of Negroponte · El Spartan (User:El Greco on wikipedia), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1470
Where
Chalkída
Era
Early Modern

Topics

Greece776 BCE – today

Before and after

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