Sack of Rethymnon (1567)

Sack of Rethymnon (1567)
	Part of Great Siege of Malta
	; Map of Crete and other Greek islands (1584)
Date	1567
Location	Crete
Result	Algerian Victory
Belligerents
Regency of Algiers	Republic of Venice; Knights of Malta
Commanders and leaders
Euldj Reis	Unknown
Casualties and losses
None	Many Captured

The Sack of Rethymnon was an Algerian raid in Crete that took place in 1567.

Raid

Euldj Reis, an Ottoman naval commander and Pasha for the Ottoman Province of Tripoli, conducted numerous raids off the coast of Italy. Eventually, Reis raided Crete, where he and his crew defeated the town of Rethymno's defense of 7,000 men and burned the town down.^[1] Rethymno's riches were then plundered and its people captured by Barbary pirates. The raid was one of the many raids done on the island of Crete by Ottoman pirates.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Andreas G.Kalokairinos (1960). Krētika chronika. p. 18..
^ Krzysztof Nowicki (31 December 2008). Monastiraki Katalimata. INSTAP Academic Press. p. 89. ISBN 9781623030605.
^ Christopher Somerville (2012). The Golden Step. Haus. ISBN 9781907973338.

[1] Andreas G.Kalokairinos (1960). Krētika chronika. p. 18..

[2] Krzysztof Nowicki (31 December 2008). Monastiraki Katalimata. INSTAP Academic Press. p. 89. ISBN 9781623030605.

[3] Christopher Somerville (2012). The Golden Step. Haus. ISBN 9781907973338.

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