What the records say
- When
- 28 Jul 1551 – 9 Aug 1551
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 36.05° N, 14.24° E
- Description
- 1551 amphibious Ottoman invasion of Gozo
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Invasion of Gozo: Ottoman Turks and Barbary pirates invade the Mediterranean island of Gozo (now part of Malta), and enslave almost all of its 6,000 inhabitants”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le corsaire turc Dragut envahit l'île de Gozo et réduit ses habitants en esclavage”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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