# ottomansart envtuber vtuber venetians crete siege historymatters history onthisday ad museumsunlocked otd capra referencesheet digitalart ocs monsters venetian ottoman

The illustration was published in Cairo Punch magazine (no affiliation with the more famous British Punch mag). An Arabic poem below celebrates the Ottomans and laments the plight of Muslims under other empires.

7 41
2022-01-19

just another day at the malewife bodega-
though this is more like ottomansmemes

3 12
2022-01-10

A Sinope, les Russes utilisent notamment les canons-obusiers "à la Paixhans", du nom de son inventeur, un officier de l’armée française, Henri-Joseph Paixhans. Cette nouvelle artillerie navale est particulièrement dévastatrice. 2000 marins ottomans sont tués, contre 37 russes...

2 23
2021-11-30

The Vurdalak is a vampire of Slavic folklore, usually associated with veterans of the war against the Ottomans.
Vurdalak means "eater of corpses" and one of its peculiarities is to vampirize the most beloved people once returned from death.

RED LEAVES, due out in December.

2 11
2021-11-14

27 Sept 1669: The defeat the at the fortress of Candia, in current-day ending a 21-year-long Yes, 21 years. It is thought to be the longest siege in history. https://t.co/KqnYomphZJ

16 49
2021-09-28

27 Sept 1669: The defeat the at the fortress of Candia, in current-day ending a 21-year-long Yes, 21 years. It is thought to be the longest siege in history. https://t.co/KqnYomGToj

38 107
2021-09-27

18 mai 1565 : début du siège de Malte mené par les Ottomans.

On dénombre presque 40 000 hommes sous les ordres de Mustapha Pacha. Pugnace, le grand maître Jean de Valette en ressort victorieux. L'actuelle capitale de la République de Malte prendra d'ailleurs son nom.

12 38
2021-05-18

Le canon-obusier fut effroyablement efficace à Sinope, où les Ottomans subirent des pertes importantes. Peinture d'Ivan Aivazovsky.

6 39
2021-03-27

Le 3 février 1509, la marine portugaise remportait la bataille de Diu sur les Mamelouks et les Ottomans marquant symboliquement le début de 5 siècles d'hégémonie occidentale sur les océans du Globe.

10 35
2021-02-04

Good morning all & OTD in 1509, the Portuguese Empire's fleet destroyed the joint fleet of the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, the ruler of Calicut (supported by the Ottomans & Venice!). The Portuguese victory was followed by more Indian Ocean port victories.

11 61
2021-02-03

The Parthenon was extensively damaged in 1687, when an ammunition store was hit by a shell from Venetian besiegers. Before & after paintings: by Jacques Carrey (1674: detail) & Pierre Peytier (1830s); a mosque had been built inside by the Ottomans Day 131

6 18
2020-12-14

Le 30 novembre 1853, la flotte russe écrasait une escadre turque à Sinope au début de la guerre de Crimée. L'utilisation par les Russes des canons-obusiers "à la Paixhans" fut décisive et provoqua de très lourdes pertes parmi les Ottomans. Peinture d'Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900).

24 68
2020-11-30

ended with a Venetian defeat mainly because of the 1499 defeat at Zonchio. The Venetian strongholds of Modon & Coron were given to the Ottomans while Venice received Cephalonia and Ithaca. This would precede two more wars lost against the Ottomans (1537-1540) and (1570-1573) 2/

0 0
2020-11-16

in 1669, the Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia in Crete to the Ottomans.

It is the 2nd longest siege in history, lasting 21 years.

23 75
2020-09-27

Presentation at the Temple (1460), Cardinal Trevisan (1459-60) & St George (1460). The Portrait came about when the Pope commissioned Mantegna to paint the Cardinal who was part of the Council of Mantua (1459). The Council sought to rally Europeans against the Ottomans

0 4
2020-09-13

1697 The Habsburg imperal army defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Zenta, decisive encounter of the Great Turkish War (1683– 1699) & one of the heaviest defeats in the of the Ottoman Empire which led to the loss of the Banat region & the 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz.

5 4
2020-09-11

Baby Capra's Reference Sheet!
At long last, the last member of the Capra family is complete, and the fam is all together! Babies are charming, simple, gluttonous little gremlins who make wonderful lap warmers and moving ottomans.

0 0
2020-09-02

1499 First encounters that preceded the decisive Battle of Zonchio (on August 25th) between the and fleets occurred. Zonchio would represent an important victory for the Ottomans during the Second Ottoman-Venetian War (1499–1503)

0 0
2020-08-12

On this day in history (28th July 1402), after years of build up, the battle of Ankara takes place in which Amir Timur defeats the Ottomans led by Sultan Bayezid.

After the battle, Timur appointed Musa Celebi, the son of Bayezid as the new Ottoman sovereign.

34 132
2020-07-28