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    (Greek: Κολλάκιον). In 1440 the Mameluke sultan of Egypt tried without success to conquer the town sieging it for 40 days. In 1480 Rhodes was besieged by the...
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    of siege, Smederevo fell on 18 August 1439, while the Siege of Novo Brdo continued for two years, with the city falling on 27 June 1441. In 1440, Murad...
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  • Reconquista Siege of Tangiers (1437) Siege of Belgrade (1440) Siege of Tartas (1440–1442) – Part of the Hundred Years' War Siege of Novo Brdo (1440–41) Siege of...
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  • second Siege of Rhodes by the Ottomans begins. 22 December. Hospitaller Rhodes falls to Suleiman I. 1523 1 January. Hospitallers withdraw from Rhodes. 27...
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    Duchy of Lithuania from 1434 as well as King of Hungary and Croatia from 1440 until his death at the Battle of Varna. He was the eldest son of Władysław...
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    Kastellorizo (category Populated places in Rhodes (regional unit))
    (78 mi) east of Rhodes, almost halfway between Rhodes and Antalya, and 280 km (170 mi) northwest of Cyprus. Kastellorizo is part of the Rhodes regional unit...
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    Tremoille released on their own accord to seek funds in the Levant reached Rhodes where de Tremoille fell ill and died around Easter. French negotiators in the...
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    Khanate, and the Great Horde. 1440–1469: Under Moctezuma I, the Aztecs become the dominant power in Mesoamerica. 1440: Oba Ewuare comes to power in the...
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    Crete. He was replaced late in the year by Hozamzade Ali Pasha, governor of Rhodes, who used a clever ploy to get through the blockade: waiting until winter...
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    Fortification (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    2013. Osadolor, Osarhieme Benson, "The Military System of Benin Kingdom 1440–1897", (UD), Hamburg University: 2001 copy. Thornton, John Kelly Warfare...
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