Sack of Rethymnon (1567)
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Regency of Algiers |
 Republic of Venice Knights of Malta | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Euldj Reis | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | Many Captured | ||||||
The Sack of Rethymnon was an Algerian raid in Crete that took place in 1567.
Raid
[edit]Euldj Reis, an Ottoman naval commander and Pasha for the Ottoman Province of Tripoli, conducted numerous raids off the coast of Italy. Eventually, Reis raided Crete, where he and his crew defeated the town of Rethymno's defense of 7,000 men and burned the town down.[1] Rethymno's riches were then plundered and its people captured by Barbary pirates. The raid was one of the many raids done on the island of Crete by Ottoman pirates.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Andreas G.Kalokairinos (1960). Krētika chronika. p. 18..
- ^ Krzysztof Nowicki (31 December 2008). Monastiraki Katalimata. INSTAP Academic Press. p. 89. ISBN 9781623030605.
- ^ Christopher Somerville (2012). The Golden Step. Haus. ISBN 9781907973338.
Categories:
- Rethymno
- Kingdom of Candia
- 1567 in military history
- Sieges involving the Republic of Venice
- Looting in Greece
- Sieges involving the Knights Hospitaller
- Sieges involving the Regency of Algiers
- 16th century in the Regency of Algiers
- 16th century in Greece
- History of Crete
- 1567 in the Republic of Venice
- Algeria–Greece relations