Siege of Rhodes (1522)
1522 capture of a Knights Hospitaller garrison by the Ottoman Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the final siege by the Ottomans in 1522. For other uses, see Siege of Rhodes.
The siege of Rhodes of 1522 was the second and ultimately successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights of Rhodes from their island stronghold and thereby secure Ottoman control of the Eastern Mediterranean. The first siege in 1480 had been unsuccessful. Despite very strong defenses, the walls were demolished over the course of six months by Turkish artillery and mines.
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Siege of Rhodes | |||||||
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Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe | |||||||
Gun-wielding Ottoman Janissaries and defending Knights of Saint John at the siege of Rhodes, miniature from Süleymannâme | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ottoman Empire |
Knights Hospitaller Republic of Venice | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Suleiman the Magnificent Çoban Mustafa Pasha Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis | Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
180,000[1]–100,000 men[2] 400 ships[2] 72 guns and mortars[1] |
6,703 men (703 Knights Hospitallers of St. John, including men from Spain, France, Germany, Italy, England, and Portugal)[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
60,000 dead[1] Christian claims: 114,000 dead[1] (50,000 from disease & 64,000 from battle) | 5,020 dead[1][note 1] |
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