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The Ottoman conquest of Lesbos took place in September 1462. The Ottoman Empire , under Sultan Mehmed II , laid siege to the island's capital, Mytilene . After its surrender, the other forts of the island surrendered as well.
Conquest of the Genoese islands in the northern Aegean Sea, including Lesbos 1462 Conquest of Kingdom of Bosnia and the castle of Riniassa and its dependent region of Preveza [3] 1463 Ottoman-Venetian War: 1463–1479 Conquest of castles and forts in Albania and failed sieges of Krujë (see Siege of Krujë (1466) and Siege of Krujë (1467)) 1466
The Ottoman conquest of Lesbos was one of the follow-up operations by Mehmed II after the capture of Constantinople in 1453. As an event, it was fairly typical in illustrating the dilemma faced by the many minor rulers in Latin Greece, caught between Ottoman expansion, their own weakness and rivalries, the futility of their protestations of loyal vassalage, and the divergent commercial ...
The island of Lesbos had been ruled by the Ottoman Empire since 1462, when it was conquered by Sultan Mehmed II from the Genoese Gattilusio family that had ruled it for over a century. [1] Named Midilli after its capital, Mytilene , the island remained continuously under Ottoman rule until 1912, disrupted only by brief Venetian occupations in ...
Ottoman conquest of Lesbos: Ottoman Empire: Gattilusio lordship of Lesbos Knights Hospitaller: Victory. Ottomans conquer the island of Lesbos; 1463–1479 First Ottoman-Venetian war: Ottoman Empire Republic of Venice Papal States League of Lezhë Principality of Zeta Kingdom of Hungary Knights Hospitaller Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Naples Aq ...
List of cities besieged by the Ottoman Empire; Conquest of the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (1564) Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402) Siege of Constantinople (1411) Siege of Constantinople (1422) Fall of Constantinople; Siege of Corfu (1537) Siege of Corfu (1716) Siege of Corfu (1798–1799) Siege of Coron (1533–1534) Siege of Coron (1685)
Yakup had taken part in the Ottoman conquest of Lesbos in 1462 from the Republic of Genoa's House of Gattilusio, which held the hereditary title of Lord of Lesbos between 1355 and 1462, and as a reward was granted the fief of the village of Bonova on the island. He became an established potter and purchased a boat to trade his products with.
I. Bekker (1834) produced an edition for the Bonn series, which includes a 15th-century Italian translation by an unknown author, found by Leopold Ranke in one of the libraries of Venice, and sent by him to August Bekker; [14] this translation continues where the Greek text ends in mid-sentence, completing the account of the Ottoman conquest of ...