What the records say
- When
- Oct 1501
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 39.11° N, 26.56° E
- Description
- 1501 siege
Placed at the town its title names, Mytilene.
Siege of Mytilene (1501)
Failed Venetian siege on Ottoman Lesbos
The Siege of Mytilene was a military engagement between the Ottoman garrison and the Venetian-French-Genoese armada in 1501. The Venetians, allied with the French and Genoese laid siege to Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos. After a 20-day siege, the operation ended in failure for the allies, who suffered heavy losses.
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