siege, medieval

Siege of Caffa

Name: Siege of Caffa
Location: Feodosiia, Ukraine

Siege of Caffa was a siege conducted in 1475 at Feodosiia, in what is now Ukraine. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Feodosiia. It was part of the Ottoman conquest of the southern coast of Crimea, which ran from 1454 to 1475. The recorded result: Ottoman victory.

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Fought1475

WhereFeodosiia, Ukraine45.046N, 35.379E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstRepublic of Genoa

Part ofOttoman conquest of the southern coast of Crimea1454 to 1475

Where it sits in the Ottoman conquest of the southern coast of Crimea

4 placed engagements of the Ottoman conquest of the southern coast of Crimea in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1475 (year precision)
Place	Feodosiia, Ukraine 45.046N, 35.379E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Commanders	Gedik Ahmed Pasha

Placed at Feodosiia; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Theodosia 389 BC, 0.3 km N
Siege of Theodosia 365 BC, 0.3 km N
Siege of Theodosia 360 BC, 0.3 km N
Siege of Caffa 1454, 0.3 km N
Siege of Caffa 1346, 1.7 km SW

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1475

Siege of Caffa is one of 743 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 321 in present-day Ukraine.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q118946261, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Caffa (1475), revision 1377987069, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.