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  • Reconquest of Cephalonia
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  • 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, the fortress of St George, driving out its invaders. At the peace of 1502-3 the Republic was finally confirmed in its possession, which was never afterwards disturbed.
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Partof
  • the Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)
Date
  • --11-08
Commander
  • 20
Result
  • Spanish-Venetian victory
combatant
  • 20
  • Ottoman Empire
Place
  • Cephalonia, Ionian Sea, off Greece
Conflict
  • Reconquest of Cephalonia
abstract
  • 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, the fortress of St George, driving out its invaders. At the peace of 1502-3 the Republic was finally confirmed in its possession, which was never afterwards disturbed.