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The Action of 8 July 1716 was an indecisive naval battle that took place on 8 July 1716 during a Turkish attempt to capture the island of Corfu (Kerkyra), off the west coast of mainland Greece. Background
The Ottoman forces were able to expand their occupation in the interior, pressing the inhabitants of the villages they captured into erecting field works. On 21 July, the Ottomans reached the suburbs of Mantouki and Gastrades. [28] Sketch of the confrontation of the Ottoman (left) and Venetian (right) fleets in the Corfu Channel during the siege
The vast majority of the territory of present-day Greece was at some point incorporated within the Ottoman Empire.The period of Ottoman rule in Greece, lasting from the mid-15th century until the successful Greek War of Independence broke out in 1821 and the First Hellenic Republic was proclaimed in 1822, is known in Greece as Turkocracy (Greek: Τουρκοκρατία, Tourkokratia, "Turkish ...
Ottoman-Portuguese Wars in the Indian Ocean 1538 1566 Landings at Crete in Greece and Gujarat in India 1538 Conquest of Risan, Skiathos, Skyros, Andros and Serifos 1539 Reconquest of Castelnuovo: 1539 Landings at Cattaro and Pesaro, Corfu, Crete 1539 Capture of Gozo, Pantelleria, Capraia, conquest of Serbia 1540 Landings at Sicily, Corsica, Spain
The Septinsular Republic (Greek: Ἑπτάνησος Πολιτεία, romanized: Heptanēsos Politeia; Italian: Repubblica Settinsulare), also known as the Republic of the Seven United Islands, [a] was an oligarchic republic that existed from 1800 to 1807 under nominal Russian and Ottoman sovereignty in the Ionian Islands (Corfu, Paxoi, Lefkada, Cephalonia, Ithaca, Zakynthos or Zante, and ...
An Ottoman force, on its way to the city, first occupied and destroyed the village of Potamos. [6] Although the Corfu city castle stood firm, the rest of Corfu was destroyed and the defenseless civilian population outside the castles suffered heavy casualties. Homes, churches and public buildings were burned in the city suburbs. [7] [8] [9]