Ottoman invasion of Otranto
1480 · Event
Mehmed's army lands in the heel of Italy and takes Otranto, killing hundreds of townsmen who refuse to convert; Rome panics, but the sultan's death next year ends the venture.
On these timelines: Anatolia / Byzantium / Ottoman / Turkey, Italy (post-476 CE), Master
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