Siege of Rhodes

Timeline

1. 1522Rhodes · GreeceSuleiman personally arrived with some 100,000 troops and over 200 warships, blockading the harbor by sea and cutting supplies by land, formally beginning the siege of the knights' capital.
2. 1522Walls and batteries of Rhodes Town · GreeceGrand Master Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam led the knights and citizens in resisting repeated Ottoman assaults behind layered walls, bastions, and coastal artillery; casualties on both sides were heavy and the siege became a war of attrition.
3. 1522Rhodes Town · GreeceWith ammunition and manpower nearly exhausted and no hope of relief, the Grand Master reached a surrender agreement with Suleiman: the knights could withdraw honorably with their arms and religious objects, and civilians were granted safety.