What the records say
- When
- May 1522 – 8 Jun 1522
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 44.03° N, 16.18° E
- Description
- 1522 siege of the Ottoman wars in Europe Hundred Years' Croatian-Ottoman War
Siege of Knin
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe Hundred Years' Croatian-Ottoman War
The siege of Knin was a siege of the city of Knin, the capital of the Kingdom of Croatia, by the Ottoman Empire in 1522. After two failed attempts in 1513 and 1514, Ottoman forces led by Ghazi Husrev Bey, sanjak-bey (governor) of the Sanjak of Bosnia, launched a major offensive on southern Croatia in the spring of 1522.
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