Great Siege of Malta
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The Great Siege of Malta was a pivotal 1565 military conflict in which the Knights Hospitaller, vastly outnumbered, successfully defended the island of Malta against an Ottoman Empire invasion, halting its westward expansion in the Mediterranean.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ottoman conquest of Malta | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ottoman–Habsburg wars battle
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military conflict ⓘ siege ⓘ |
| attackerStrength | tens of thousands of Ottoman troops ⓘ |
| chronology | took place during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ |
| combatant |
Habsburg Spain
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Kingdom of Spain ⓘ Knights Hospitaller ⓘ Order of Saint John ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Sicily ⓘ |
| conflictOf | Ottoman–Habsburg wars ⓘ |
| country | Order of Saint John ⓘ |
| defendedBy | Jean Parisot de Valette ⓘ |
| defenderStrength | several thousand defenders ⓘ |
| describedAs | pivotal 16th-century Mediterranean siege ⓘ |
| endDate | 1565-09-11 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Lepanto ⓘ |
| hasCasualties |
heavy Ottoman casualties
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significant defender casualties ⓘ |
| hasCommander |
Jean Parisot de Valette
ⓘ
Mustafa Pasha ⓘ Piyale Pasha ⓘ Turgut Reis ⓘ |
| involves |
land siege operations
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naval operations ⓘ |
| location |
Malta
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Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Malta
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surface form:
island of Malta
|
| notableFor |
death of Ottoman admiral Turgut Reis
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intense artillery bombardment ⓘ prolonged resistance by outnumbered defenders ⓘ |
| objective |
Great Siege of Malta
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ottoman conquest of Malta
elimination of the Knights Hospitaller base ⓘ |
| opponent | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| partOf | Ottoman–Habsburg wars ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1565 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ottoman conquest of Tripoli (1551) ⓘ |
| primaryTarget | Knights Hospitaller ⓘ |
| result |
Christian victory
ⓘ
failure of Ottoman invasion of Malta ⓘ |
| siegeOf |
Birgu
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Fort St. Angelo ⓘ Fort St. Elmo ⓘ Senglea ⓘ |
| significance |
halted Ottoman westward expansion in the central Mediterranean
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major turning point in Ottoman–European conflicts in the Mediterranean ⓘ |
| startDate | 1565-05-18 ⓘ |
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Ottoman conquest of Malta