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Siege of Rhodes may refer to one of the following sieges of the island of
Rhodes Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the S ...
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Siege of Rhodes (305–304 BC) The siege of Rhodes in 305–304 BC was one of the most notable sieges of antiquity, when Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I, besieged Rhodes in an attempt to make it abandon its neutrality and end its close relationship with Ptolemy I. ...
, by Demetrius I of Macedon *
Siege of Rhodes (88 BC) The siege of Rhodes took place in 88 BC between the people of Rhodes (allies of Roman) and Mithridates VI of Pontus' army. The Rhodian forces were led by an admiral called DemagorasMayor, Adrienne''The Poison King'' p. 180, Princeton Universit ...
, siege by Mithridates VI of Pontus in the First Mithridatic War * Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes (1306–1310), the Knights Hospitaller invade Rhodes except for the city of Rhodes *
Siege of Rhodes (1444) The siege of Rhodes was a military engagement involving the Knights Hospitaller and Mamluk Sultanate. The Mamluk fleet landed on the island of Rhodes on 10 August 1444, besieging its citadel. Clashes took place on the western walls of the city ...
, unsuccessful attempt by the Mamluks under Aynal Gecut to expel the Knights Hospitaller from the island *
Siege of Rhodes (1480) In 1480 the small Knights Hospitaller garrison of Rhodes withstood an attack of the Ottoman Empire. Attack On 23 May 1480 an Ottoman fleet of 160 ships appeared before Rhodes, at the gulf of Trianda, along with an army of 70,000 men under the c ...
, first, unsuccessful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights Hospitaller from the island *
Siege of Rhodes (1522) The siege of Rhodes of 1522 was the second and ultimately successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights of Rhodes from their island stronghold and thereby secure Ottoman control of the Eastern Mediterranean. The first siege i ...
, second, successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights Hospitaller from the island *
Battle of Rhodes (1912) The Battle of Rhodes or Invasion of Rhodes was fought in May 1912 as part of the Italo-Turkish War. Italy, Italian troops under Lieutenant General Giovanni Battista Ameglio, Giovanni Ameglio landed on the Turkish held island and took control a ...
, capture of the island by Italy during the Italo-Turkish War *
Battle of Rhodes (1943) The Battle of Rhodes took place between Italian and German forces for the control of Rhodes a Greek island, in the Italian (1912–1943) Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea. The Italian authorities in Rome had been negotiating the Armistice of ...
, German capture of the island during World War II It may also refer to: * ''
The Siege of Rhodes ''The Siege of Rhodes'' is an opera written to a text by the impresario William Davenant. The score is by five composers, the vocal music by Henry Lawes, Matthew Locke, and Captain Henry Cooke, and the instrumental music by Charles Coleman and G ...
'', an opera written by the impresario William Davenant, inspired by the 1522 siege {{disambiguation