What the records say
- When
- 16 Jul 1770 – 18 Jul 1770
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 38.33° N, 26.29° E
- Description
- 1770 battle
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Chesma
1770 battle of the Russo-Turkish war
The Battle of Chesma took place on 5–7 July 1770 in and near Çeşme, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
5 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Chesma and Battle of Larga: The Russian Empire defeats the Ottoman Empire in both battles”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die aus der Baltischen Flotte kommenden Einheiten der zaristischen Marine spüren in der Zeit der Orlow-Revolte die osmanische Flotte in der Bucht von Çeşme auf…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la flotte ottomane rencontre les Russes, commandés par le Comte Alexeï Fiodorovitch Orlov, près de Chios”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “морское Чесменское сражение”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Part of
Nearby in time and place
- Battle of Chios5 Jul 1770 · Battle
- Battle of Toprakada5 Jul 1770 · Battle
- Earthquake — Turkey: Foca24 Nov 1772 · Earthquake
- Siege of Lesbos11 Nov 1771 · Siege
- Siege of Lemnos (1770)4 Aug 1770 · Siege
- Battle of Kos (1773)10 Aug 1773 · Battle
- Battle of Bodrum15 Apr 1774 · Battle
- Battle of Hydra4 Jun 1770 · Battle