events
August 11, 1685
Morean War: The 49-day Siege of Coron ends with the surrender and massacre of its garrison by the Venetians.
Morean War
The Morean war, also known as the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War, was fought between 1684–1699 as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. Military operations ranged from Dalmatia to the Aegean Sea, but the war's major campaign was the Venetian conquest of the Morea (Peloponnese) peninsula in southern Greece.
Conquest of Coron (1685)
The conquest of Coron of 1685 was the capture of the Ottoman fortress of Coron (Koroni) in the southwestern Morea (Peloponnese) by the Republic of Venice in 1685. It signalled the start of the Venetian conquest of the Morea during the Great Turkish War.
August 11
August 11 is the 223rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 142 days remain until the end of the year.