siege, early modern
Siege of Coron (1685)
Siege of Coron (1685) was a siege conducted on 25 June 1685 at Koroni, in what is now Greece; it lasted 47 days. It was part of the Morean War, which ran from 1684 to 1699. The recorded result: Venetian victory.
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Where it sits in the Morean War
Record
| Date | 25 June 1685 to 11 August 1685 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Koroni, Greece 36.795N, 21.963E | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Casualties and losses | >1,336 inhabitants enslaved | Unknown |
| Commanders | ||
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Coron (1533–1534) 1534, 1.7 km SW
- Siege of Coron (1686) 1686, 1.7 km SW
- Battle of Sapienza 1354, 24 km W
- Battle of Pylos 425 BC, 27 km NW
- Battle of Zonchio 1499, 27 km NW
Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1534 and 1686.
In the same war
- Before: Siege of Santa Maura 21 July 1684
- After: Battle of Kalamata 14 September 1685
- All 22 engagements of Morean War
Elsewhere in 1685
- Battle of Sedgemoor United Kingdom
- Siege of Érsekújvár Slovakia
- Battle of Gran Hungary
- Battle of Kassa Slovakia
- Battle of Eperjes Slovakia
Siege of Coron (1685) is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 529 in present-day Greece.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q126902909, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Conquest of Coron (1685), revision 1370612181, 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.