The Ottomans capture Bonifacio in September. With …
Years: 1553 - 1553
September
The Ottomans capture Bonifacio in September.
With only Calvi remaining to be captured, the Ottomans, loaded with spoils, decide to leave the blockade at the end of September, and return to Constantinople.
With the help of the Ottomans, the French had managed to take strong positions on the island and finally occupied it almost completely by the end of the summer, to the dismay of Cosimo de' Medici and the Papacy.
With the Ottoman fleet gone for the winter and the French fleet having returned to Marseilles, the occupation of Corsica is jeopardized.
Only five thousand old soldiers remain on the island, together with the Corsican insurgents.
With only Calvi remaining to be captured, the Ottomans, loaded with spoils, decide to leave the blockade at the end of September, and return to Constantinople.
With the help of the Ottomans, the French had managed to take strong positions on the island and finally occupied it almost completely by the end of the summer, to the dismay of Cosimo de' Medici and the Papacy.
With the Ottoman fleet gone for the winter and the French fleet having returned to Marseilles, the occupation of Corsica is jeopardized.
Only five thousand old soldiers remain on the island, together with the Corsican insurgents.
Locations
People
- Andrea Doria
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- Elizabeth I
- Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy
- Henry II of France
- Philip II of Spain
- Suleiman I “the Magnificent”
Groups
- Milan, Archdiocese of
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Lucca, Republic of
- France, (Valois) Kingdom of
- Savoy, Duchy of
- Holy Roman Empire
- San Marino, Republic of
- Ottoman Empire
- England, (Tudor) Kingdom of
- Naples, Kingdom of
- Ottoman Algeria
- Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
Topics
- Ottoman-Habsburg Wars
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Italian War of 1551–1559, or Habsburg-Valois War
- Corsica, Invasion of
- Anglo-French War of 1557-60
