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Reconquest of Cephalonia

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Reconquest of Cephalonia
Part of the Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)
Date8 November 1500 - 24 December 1500
LocationCephalonia, Ionian Sea, off Greece
Result Spanish-Venetian victory[1]
Belligerents
Armoiries Espagne Catholique Spain
Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice Republic of Venice		 Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Armoiries Espagne Catholique Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba

The Reconquest of Cephalonia or less common, the Siege of Saint George occurred on 8 November 1500 until 24 December 1500, when following a series of Venetian disasters in hands of the Turks, the Spanish-Venetian army under Captain Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, succeeded in capturing the Turkish stronghold of Cephalonia,[2] the fortress of St George, driving out its invaders.[3] At the peace of 1502-3 the Republic was finally confirmed in its possession, which was never afterwards disturbed.[4]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Cook p.62
  2. ↑ Dupuy p.512
  3. ↑ Freely p.159
  4. ↑ Kamen p.8

References[]

  • Cook, A. M. A History of the Ottoman Empire to 1730 Cambridge University Press (1976) ISBN 0-521-09991-9
  • Richard Ernest Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt Dupuy. The Harper encyclopedia of military history: from 3500 BC to the present (1993) ISBN 0-06-270056-1
  • Freely, John. The Ionian Islands: Corfu, Cephalonia, Ithaka and Beyond (2008) ISBN 1-84511-696-8
  • Kamen, Henry. Spain, 1469-1714: a society of conflict (2005) ISBN 0-582-78464-6
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