Siege of Corfu (1716)

Siege of Corfu
Part of the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
The city fortifications of Corfu in 1716
Date 8 July – 21 August 1716 Location Corfu 39°37′21″N 19°54′45″E / 39.62250°N 19.91250°E / 39.62250; 19.91250 Result Venetian victory
Belligerents
Republic of Venice  Order of Malta  Papal States  Spain  Tuscany	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg Andrea Pisani Antonio Loredan Andrea Corner	Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha Kara Mustafa Pasha Muhtar Bey †
Casualties and losses
30,000 military and (mostly) civilian losses	15,000 dead 56 cannons 8 siege mortars
class=notpageimage| Location of Corfu city within Greece

The siege of Corfu took place on 8 July – 21 August 1716, when the Ottoman Empire besieged the city of Corfu, on the namesake island, then held by the Republic of Venice. The siege was part of the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War, and, coming in the aftermath of the lightning conquest of the Morea by the Ottoman forces in the previous year, was a major success for Venice, representing its last major military success and allowing it to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.