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Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)
  • 1422 to 1430
  • Medieval era

Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)

Ottoman capture of the Byzantine city

Photo: Julian Nyča · Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped & Resized

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The siege of Thessalonica between 1422 and 1430 saw the Ottoman Empire, under Sultan Murad II, capture the city of Thessalonica. Afterwards, the city remained in Ottoman hands for the next five centuries until it became part of the Kingdom of Greece in 1912.

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Image: Julian Nyča, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0