Siege of Malta

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Great_Siege_of_Malta
gptkbp:casualties Order of Saint John: 2,000–3,000 killed, wounded, or missing
Ottoman Empire: 25,000–35,000 killed, wounded, or missing
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Spanish_Empire
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Dragut
gptkb:Mustafa_Pasha
gptkb:Jean_Parisot_de_Valette
gptkbp:endDate 11 September 1565
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Lepanto
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 16th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Siege of Malta
gptkbp:involvedFortifications gptkb:Senglea
gptkb:Fort_St._Elmo
gptkb:Fort_St._Angelo
gptkb:Fort_St._Michael
gptkb:Birgu
gptkbp:legacy Commemorated in Maltese culture
Inspired European resistance to Ottoman expansion
Subject of numerous artworks and literature
gptkbp:location gptkb:Malta
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Blockade_of_Malta
Arrival of Ottoman fleet
Arrival of Spanish relief force
Death of Dragut
Destruction of Fort St. Elmo
Failed Ottoman assault on Birgu
Failed Ottoman assault on Senglea
Malta awarded the Cross of St. John
Use of artillery
Use of fire ships
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Knights_Hospitaller
gptkb:Corsairs
gptkb:Janissaries
gptkb:Sipahi
gptkb:Maltese_militia
Spanish soldiers
Sicilian relief force
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Ottoman–Habsburg_wars
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Siege_of_Tripoli_(1551)
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:The_Great_Siege_(novel_by_Ernle_Bradford)
gptkb:The_Great_Siege_of_Malta_(book)
gptkb:The_Religion_(novel_by_Tim_Willocks)
gptkbp:result Order of Saint John victory
gptkbp:significance Halted Ottoman expansion into the western Mediterranean
gptkbp:startDate 18 May 1565
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Mediterranean
gptkb:Malta_Convoys_1941
gptkb:Gloster_Gladiator
gptkb:Naval_Forces,_Mediterranean
gptkb:Dragut
gptkb:Mediterranean_Fleet
gptkb:Axis_blockade_of_Malta
gptkb:Operation_Pedestal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6