Capture of Kalamata (1659)
| Capture of Kalamata (1659) | |||||||||
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| Part of Cretan War (fifth Ottoman–Venetian war) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Republic of Venice | Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Francesco Morosini | unknown Kapudan Pasha | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| unknown Maniots |
6,000 infantry 2,000 sipahi | ||||||||
Capture of Kalamata (1659) were fought between the Ottomans and the Venetians during the cretan war.
Led by Francesco Morosini, he led his men and the other of his forces to capture Kalamata, which were part of the Ottoman rule at that time during the war. The town sustained and considerable damage before once and more to the collapse of the Turks, and progressively over time in 1685, the Republic of Venice took parts of Kingdom of Morea as well.