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Siege of Coron

Name: Siege of Coron
Location: Koroni, Greece

Siege of Coron was a siege conducted on an unrecorded date at Koroni, in what is now Greece. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Koroni. It was part of the Orlov Revolt, which ran from 1770 to 1771. The recorded result: Ottoman victory.

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Foughtdate unknown

WhereKoroni, Greece36.797N, 21.957E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsRussian Empire; Greek rebelsagainstOttoman Empire

Casualties and lossesHeavy; many killed or capturedandUnknown

Part ofOrlov Revolt1770 to 1771

Where it sits in the Orlov Revolt

3 placed engagements of the Orlov Revolt in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	date unknown
Place	Koroni, Greece 36.797N, 21.957E
Kind	Siege, undated
Strength	Several hundred Russian marines and sailors; ~1,000–2,000 Greek irregulars	Several thousand Ottoman soldiers and Albanian mercenaries
Casualties and losses	Heavy; many killed or captured	Unknown
Commanders	Grigory Spiridov

Placed at Koroni; 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 Coron (1685) 1685, 0.6 km SE
Siege of Coron (1533–1534) 1534, 1.6 km S
Siege of Coron (1686) 1686, 1.6 km S
Battle of Sapienza 1354, 23 km W
Battle of Pylos 425 BC, 26 km NW

In the same war

Before: Ottoman invasion of Mani 1770
All 3 engagements of Orlov Revolt

Siege of Coron is one of 529 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q136913899, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Coron (1770), revision 1370740447, 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.