Siege of Thessalonica (1422)
- Siege of Thessalonica (1422)
Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Siege of Thessalonica (1422 - 1430)
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partof=the Byzantine-Ottoman wars|date=1422 to 1430
place=Thessalonica
result=Decisive Ottoman victory
combatant1=flag|Byzantine Empire
combatant2=flag|Ottoman Empire|1383The siege of Thessalonica was ultimately a successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire under Murad II to take Thessalonica and punish the Palaeologoi for their attempts at inciting rebellion within the Ottoman ranks.
Siege
The Ottomans took the city in 1430 after 8 years. Before that time, the Venetians had bought the city from the Byzantines in 1423 [Mango, Cyril. The Oxford History of Byzantium. 1st ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2002. pg 277 ] only to realize how expensive the defense of the city was. Nonetheless, it held out despite severe hunger within the city. Murad II, who had been engaged in numerous battles with the Venetians, Karamanids and numerous pretenders. When all had been subdued, a large army was sent to Macedonia and the city was subjected to three days of pillage and destruction after its capture in 1430. At that time population numbers were modest. [According to Cyril Mango, the number was as low as 2,000 people (Mango 2002, p. 277). On the other hand, the "New Cambridge Medieval History", Vol. 7 (1998), reports that 7,000 Thessalonicans were taken captive (p. 778).]
References
* Mango, Cyril. "The Oxford History of Byzantium". 1st ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2002
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