Garrison under siege: Kingdom of Croatia Reinforcements: Kingdom of Croatia Holy Roman Empire>br />Papal States
Siege army: Ottoman Empire
Reinforcements: Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Petar Kružić † Niccolo dalla Torre Jacomo Dalmoro d'Arbe
Murat-beg Tardić Malkoč-beg
Strength
23,000[1]
8,000
Casualties and losses
15,000 killed[1]
1,000 killed[1]
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Ottoman–Habsburg wars
Hungary and the Balkans
Mohács (1526)
Hungarian campaign (1527–28)
Hundred Years' Croatian-Ottoman War (1527-1593)
Hungary (1529)
Vienna (1529)
Little Wars in Hungary
(1529–1533) (1540–1547) (1551–1562) (1565–1568)
Long War (1593–1606)
Bocskai uprising (1604–1606)
Austro-Turkish War (1663–64)
Great Turkish War (1683–1699)
Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)
Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)
Austro-Turkish War (1788–91)
Mediterranean
Cephalonia (1500)
Balearics (1501)
1st Algiers (1516)
Tlemcen (1518)
2nd Algiers (1519)
3rd Algiers (1529)
Formentera (1529)
Cherchell (1531)
Coron (1532-1534)
1st Tunis (1534)
2nd Tunis (1535)
Mahón (1535)
Preveza (1538)
Castelnuovo (1539)
Girolata (1540)
Alborán (1540)
4th Algiers (1541)
Nice (1543)
1st Mostaganem (1543)
Lipari (1544)
Naples (1544)
2st Mostaganem (1547)
Cullera (1550)
Mahdia (1550)
1st Gozo (1551)
Tripoli (1551)
Ponza (1552)
Corsica (1553-1559)
Viste (1554)
Béjaïa (1555)
Oran (1556)
Balearics (1558)
3rd Mostaganem (1558)
Djerba (1560)
Orán and Mers-el-Kébir (1563)
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (1563)
Granada (1563)
Malta (1565)
3rd Tunis (1569)
2nd Gozo (1570)
Lepanto (1571)
Navarino (1572)
4th Tunis (1574)
Sori (1584)
Canary Islands (1585)
Chios (1599)
Hammamet (1605)
Cape Corvo (1613)
Malta (1614)
Cape Celidonia (1616)
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Ottoman–Croatian wars
XV Century
Glina
Brežaca
Una
Gradiška
Kupa
Vrpile
Krbava field
XVI Century
Dubica
Novigrad
Jajce (I)
Plješevica
Knin
Skradin
Ostrovica
Jajce (II)
Mohács
Kőszeg
Klis
Katzianer's Campaign
Hrastovica (I)
Hrastovica (II)
Moslavina
Klana
Žirovica
Slatina
Kostajnica
Obreška
Krupa
Szigetvár
Budački
Zrin
Gvozdansko
Drežnik
Slunj
Ivanić
Bihać (II)
Brest (I)
Sisak I
Sisak II
Sisak III
Sisak IV
Brest (II)
XVII Century
Perušić
Novi Zrin (I)
Novi Zrin (II)
Novi Zrin (III)
Winter Campaign
Siege of Virovitica
Osijek Campaign
Battle of Sokolovac
Siege of Udbina
Bihać (II)
XVIII Century
Siege of Sinj (1715)
See also: Ottoman–Habsburg wars
The siege of Klis or Battle of Klis (Croatian: Opsada Klisa, Bitka kod Klisa, Turkish: Klise Kuşatması) was a siege of Klis Fortress in the Kingdom of Croatia within Habsburg monarchy. The siege of the fortress, which lasted for more than two decades, and the final battle near Klis in 1537, were fought as a part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars between the defending Croatian–Habsburg forces under the leadership of Croatian feudal lord Petar Kružić, and the attacking Ottoman army under the leadership of the Ottoman general Murat-beg Tardić.
After the decisive Ottoman victory at the Battle of Krbava Field in 1493, and especially after the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the Croats continued defending themselves against the Ottoman attacks. The Ottoman conquest during the early years of the 16th century prompted the formation of the Uskoks, which were led by Croatian captain Petar Kružić, also called Prince of Klis. As a part of the Habsburg defensive system, Uskoks used the base at Klis as an important defensive position. They fought almost alone against the Ottomans, and for more than two decades defended the fortress against the Ottoman attacks.[2]
After the final battle, which resulted in an Ottoman victory and in Petar Kružić's death, the Klis defenders, who were lacking in water supplies, finally surrendered to the Ottomans in exchange for their freedom on 12 March 1537. Citizens fled the town, while the Uskoci retreated to the city of Senj, where they continued fighting the Ottoman army. Klis became an administrative centre or sanjak (Sanjak of Klis) of the Bosnia Eyalet, and would remain so for a century.
^ abcQuataert, Donald, 1941 Manufacturing In The Ottoman Empire And Turkey, 1500-1950
^Listeš, Srećko. "Povijest Klisa". Official website - klis.hr (in Croatian). Municipality of Klis. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
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