 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
| |
80 years
|
|
 |
|
Dragut was an Ottoman Greek Admiral and privateer who also served as Bey of Algiers; Beylerbey of the Mediterranean; and first Bey, later Pasha, of Tripoli. Under his naval command the Ottoman Empire's maritime power was extended across North Africa. When Turgut was serving as pasha, he adorned and built up the city of Tripoli, making it one of the most impressive cities along the North African Coast....
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Barbarossa, Pirate Redbeard
Hayreddin Barbarossa was an Ottoman admiral of the fleet who was born in the Ottoman island of Midilli (Lesbos) and died in Constantinople (Istanbul), the Ottoman capital. Barbarossa's naval victories secured Ottoman dominance over the Mediterranean... |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Suleiman I, The Magnificent
Suleiman I, also called Süleyman I and nicknamed the Lawmaker or the Magnificent, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566 and successor to Selim I. He was born on November 6, 1494 at Trabzon, Turkey. The Ottoman Empire reached its zeni... |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Valette, Grand Master Knights Hospitaller
Jean Parisot de Valette was born into a noble family in Quercy. He was a Knight of St. John, joining the order in the Langue de Provence, and fought with distinction against the Turks at Rhodes. As Grand Master, Valette became the Order's hero and m... |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Romegas, Knights of Saint John Naval Commander
Mathurin d’Aux de Lescout, called Mathurin Romegas, was a scion of the aristocratic Gascony family of d'Aux and a member of the Knights of Saint John. He was one of the Order's greatest naval commanders and ended his life disgraced as a Rival Grand M... |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Great Siege of Malta
The Great Siege of Malta took place in 1565 when the Ottoman Empire invaded the island, then held by the Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Knights of Malta, Knights of Rhodes, an... |
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
2022 © Timeline Index |
|