Siege of Chilia

Siege of Chilia
Part of Moldavian–Ottoman Wars
Date6–14/15 July 1484
Location
Chilia Fortress, Moldavia
(today Kiliia, Ukraine)
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
 Moldavia Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Stephen the Great Bayezid II
Strength
8,000–10,000 20,000

The siege of Chilia in 1484 ended in the takeover of the Chilia Fortress, in the Principality of Moldavia (today located in Kiliia in present-day Ukraine), by the Ottoman Empire after a nine-day siege. The siege took place both by land and sea. After the settlement was taken, its churches were converted into mosques.

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