Capture of Gallipoli (1354) 1354
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Year | 1354 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
|---|---|---|
| Era | Medieval (500–1499) | derived from year |
| Location | Turkey | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Byzantine–Ottoman wars | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 40.4133, 26.6711 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The fall of Gallipoli (Turkish: Gelibolu'nun Fethi, lit. 'Conquest of Gelibolu') was the siege and capture of the Gallipoli fortress and peninsula, by the Ottoman Turks, in March 1354. After suffering a half-century of defeats at the hands of the Ottomans, the Byzantine Empire had lost nearly all of its possessions in Anatolia, except Philadelphia. Access to the Aegean and Marmara seas meant that the Ottomans could now implement the conquest of the southern Balkans, and could advance further north into the Serbian Empire and Hungary.
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