Conflict: | Siege of Chilia |
Partof: | Moldavian–Ottoman Wars |
Date: | 6–14/15 July 1484 |
Place: | , Moldavia (today Kiliia, Ukraine) |
Result: | Ottoman victory[1] [2] |
Combatant2: | Ottoman Empire |
Commander1: | Stephen the Great |
Commander2: | Bayezid II |
Strength1: | 8,000–10,000[3] |
Strength2: | 20,000 |
The siege of Chilia ended in the takeover of the, in the Principality of Moldavia (today located in Kiliia in present-day Ukraine), by the Ottoman Empire after a nine-day siege. The siege took place both by land and sea. After the settlement was taken, its churches were converted into mosques.[4]