Siege of Chilia (1484)

Siege of Chilia
	Part of Moldavian–Ottoman Wars
Date	6–14/15 July 1484
Location	Chilia Fortress [ro; uk], Moldavia; (today Kiliia, Ukraine)
Result	Ottoman victory[page range too broad]
Belligerents
Moldavia	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Stephen the Great	Bayezid II
Strength
8,000–10,000	20,000

The siege of Chilia ended in the takeover of the Chilia Fortress [ro; uk], 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.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Beldiceanu, Nicoară (1964). La conquête des cités marchandes de Kilia et de Cetatea Alba par Bāyezīd II. S.n, München. pp. 36–90.
^ Kubijovyc, Volodymyr, ed. (1984). Encyclopedia of Ukraine. University of Toronto Press.
^ ^a ^b ^c Danişmend, İsmail Hami (1971). Izahli Osmanli tarihi kronolojisi, Volume 6. Türkiye Yayinevi. p. 221.
^ Ekrem, Mehmet Ali (1993). Romen Kaynak ve Eserlerinde Türk Tarihi-1 Kronikler. Türk Tarih Kurumu. pp. 8–9. ISBN 9789751605382.