Siege of Corfu (1716)

Siege of Corfu
	Part of the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
	; The city fortifications of Corfu in 1716
Date	8 July – 21 August 1716
Location	Corfu39°37′21″N 19°54′45″E / 39.62250°N 19.91250°E
Result	Venetian victory
Belligerents
Republic of Venice; Order of Malta; Papal States; Spain; Tuscany;	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg; Andrea Pisani; Antonio Loredan; Andrea Corner; Francesco Maria Ferretti; Stefano de Mari; Baltasar de Guevara; Francesco Guidi;	Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha; Kara Mustafa Pasha; Muhtar Bey †;
Strength
Corfu:; 5,700 soldiers; 26 ships; 18 galleys; 2 galleasses; 12 galiots; 2 fireships; Relief:; 13 ships; 13 galleys	33,000 soldiers; 62 ships; 15 galleys; 4 fireships; 2 bomb ships; 11 transports
Casualties and losses
10,000 military losses; Unknown number of civilians	15,000 dead; 56 cannons; 8 siege mortars
	Location of Corfu city within Greece

The siege of Corfu took place on 8 July – 21 August 1716, when the Ottoman Empire besieged the city of Corfu, on the namesake island, then held by the Republic of Venice. The siege was part of the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War, and, coming in the aftermath of the lightning conquest of the Morea by the Ottoman forces in the previous year, was a major success for Venice, representing its last major military success and allowing it to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.