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When did Nafpaktos become Ottoman?

Nafpaktos (Lepanto) · Today: Greece · Balkans

317years under Ottoman rule

Nafpaktos came under Ottoman rule in 1499; Ottoman rule ended in 1829. It changed hands in between; there are 2 separate Ottoman periods.

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1499–1687 · 188 years1700–1829 · 129 years

Chronology

  1. 1499
    Became Ottoman

    On Bayezid II's orders, troops under Mustafa Pasha, governor of Rumelia, took the town from Venice in summer 1499.

    Sultan: Bayezid II
  2. 1571
    Note

    The famous naval Battle of Lepanto is named after this town.

    Sultan: Selim II
  3. 1687
    Left Ottoman rule

    After long resistance in the wars of 1683–1699 the town fell to Venice in July 1687.

    Sultan: Mehmed IV
  4. 1700
    Became Ottoman

    Venice held the fortress until a year after the Treaty of Karlowitz and then handed it back.

    Sultan: Mustafa II
  5. 1829
    Left Ottoman rule

    The town passed to Greek rule.

    Sultan: Mahmud II

How the total is counted: years of actual Ottoman rule are added up. Temporary occupations shorter than a year (that were reversed) are not subtracted; they appear as notes in the chronology.

In the atlas

On the atlas map the city lies in the region “Athens–Central Greece”. Map colours work at region level, so the city's own dates may differ from the region's by a few years.

Open the map in 1499

Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “İNEBAHTI” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.