Knin and its surroundings captured by the Ottoman Empire
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Croatia
Commanders and leaders
Gazi Husrev-beg
Mihajlo Vojković
Strength
25,000 soldiers
small garrison
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e
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 Fortress of Knin in 2012
The siege of Knin (Croatian: Opsada Knina) was a siege of the city of Knin, the capital of the Kingdom of Croatia, by the Ottoman Empire in 1522. After two failed attempts in 1513 and 1514, Ottoman forces led by Ghazi Husrev Bey, sanjak-bey (governor) of the Sanjak of Bosnia, launched a major offensive on southern Croatia in the spring of 1522. In May, his forces, reinforced with troops from the Sanjak of Herzegovina and Constantinople, besieged the Knin Fortress.
Due to frequent raids of Knin and its surroundings, the fortress was already damaged and a large part of the local population fled to safer parts of Croatia. Croatian nobleman Mihajlo Vojković, the commander of Knin's garrison, only had a small force at his disposal. He surrendered the fortress on 28 May, in exchange for a free departure of his soldiers. The Ottomans entered the city on the following day. Croatian Ban Ivan Karlović, who was preparing a relief effort to help the besieged fortress, had Vojković imprisoned for surrendering the city. After its capture, the Ottomans incorporated Knin into the Croat vilayet within the Sanjak of Bosnia. Around 1580, Knin became the seat of the Sanjak of Krka and Lika, and remained under Ottoman rule until 1688.
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