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Early Modern era · 1480

Siege of Rhodes

The Siege of Rhodes of 1480 was the first and failed attempt by the Ottoman Empire to seize the island stronghold of the Knights of Rhodes from Rhodes, despite about 70,000 troops, they successfully defended the island.

Siege of Rhodes
Siege of Rhodes · Master of the Cardinal de Bourbon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1480
Where
Rhodes
Era
Early Modern

Topics

Greece776 BCE – today

Before and after

Ottoman conquest of Otranto1480 – 1481Treaty of Arras1482Show on timeline

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