page_title: Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)
section_title: The Siege of Corfu
hierarchical_section_title: Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718) / The Siege of Corfu
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Icona bizantina; Il miracolo di Corfù; aurore ignoto, seconda metà-fine XVIII secolo. Nella notte del 18 agosto del 1716, gli ottomani attaccarono l'isola ma, dopo sei ore, la lotta era ancora incerta e nessuno riusciva ad avere il sopravvento. La notte successiva i Veneziani ottennero un aiuto imprevisto dal cielo: un violento nubifragio devastò il campo ottomano e molte navi, rotti gli ormeggi, si fracassarono le une contro le altre. All'alba gli ottomani decisero di togliere il campo e di abbandonare quell'isola.
context_page_description: The Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War was fought between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire between 1714 and 1718. It was the last conflict between the two powers, and ended with an Ottoman victory and the loss of Venice's major possession in the Greek peninsula, the Peloponnese. Venice was saved from a greater defeat by the intervention of Austria in 1716. The Austrian victories led to the signing of the Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718, which ended the war.
  This war was also called the Second Morean War, the Small War or, in Croatia, the War of Sinj.
context_section_description: After their success in the Morea, the Ottomans moved against the Venetian-held Ionian Islands. They occupied the island of Lefkada (Santa Maura), which the Venetians had taken in 1684, and the fort of Butrinto opposite the city of Corfu. On 8 July 1716, an Ottoman army of 33,000 men landed on Corfu, the most important of the Ionian islands. Despite an indecisive naval battle on the same day, the Ottoman land army continued its disembarkment and advanced towards the city of Corfu. On 19 July, after capturing the outlying forts of Mantouki, Garitsa, Avrami and of the Saviour, the siege began. The defence was led by Count Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, who had roughly 8,000 men at his command. The extensive fortifications and the determination of the defenders withstood several assaults. After a great storm on 9 August—which the defenders attributed to the intervention of Corfu's patron saint, Saint Spyridon—caused significant casualties among the besiegers, the siege was broken off on 11 August and the last Ottoman forces withdrew on 20 August.
caption: The miracle of Corfu; byzantine icon in Santa Maria Assunta church of Villa Badessa, Italy
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