"Hayreddin" (which literally means "goodness" or "best of the religion" of Islam) was an honorary name given to him by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. He became known as "Barbarossa" ("Redbeard" in Italian) in Europe, a name he inherited from his elder brother Oruç Reis after Oruç was killed in a battle with the Spanish in Algeria. Oruç was also known as "Baba Oruç", which sounded like "Barbarossa" (Italian for "Redbeard") to the Europeans, and since Oruç did have a red beard, the nickname stuck. In a process of linguistic reborrowing, the nickname then stuck back to Hayreddin's native Turkish name, in the form Barbaros.
January(?) 1(?), 1478 - Palaiokipos, Island of Lesbos, Greece - Hizir Hayreddin is born
January(?) 1(?), 1503 - Djerba island, Tunisia - Oruç Reis and Barbaros make Djerba their new base =(START)
January(?) 1(?), 1504 - La Goletta, Tunis - Oruç and younger brother Barbaros ask Abu Abdullah Mohammed Hamis, sultan of Tunisia, for permission to use the strategically located port of La Goletta for their operations. They are granted this right, with the condition of leaving one third of their booty to the sultan
July 1(?), 1504 - near Elba Island - Oruç Reis captures two papal galleys
January(?) 1(?), 1505 - Coast of Calabria - The two brothers raid the Coast of Calabria
January(?) 1(?), 1508 - Diano Marina, Coast of Liguria - Oruç and Barbaros raid the Coast of Liguria, particularly, Diano Marina
January(?) 1(?), 1509 - La Goletta, Tunis - A third brother, Ishak, joins Oruç and Barbaros at La Goletta
January(?) 1(?), 1510 - Cape Passero, Italy - The three brothers raid Cape Passero and repulse a spanish attack on Bougie, Oran and Algiers
August 1(?), 1511 - Reggio Calabria - Oruç, Barbaros and Ishak raid the areas around Reggio Calabria
August 1(?), 1512 - Bougie (Béjaia, Algeria) - The brothers are invited by the exiled ruler of Bougie to drive out the spanish - Oruç looses an arm
October(?) 1(?), 1512 - Coast of Andalucia - The brothers raid the Coast of Andalucia
October(?) 20(?), 1512 - Minorca Island - The three brothers land in Minorca Island and take the coastal castle
November(?) 10(?), 1512 - Near Genoa - The brothers capture 4 genoese galleys. The Genoese send a fleet to liberate their ships, but the brothers capture their flagship as well. After capturing a total of 23 ships in less than a month, the brothers sail back to La Goletta
December(?) 1(?), 1512 - La Goletta, Tunis - Return to La Goletta
March(?) 1(?), 1513 - Valencia - The brothers raid Valencia and capture four more ships
April(?) 1(?), 1513 - Near Málaga - On their way to Alicante, the brothers take a spanish galley near Málaga
June(?) 1(?), 1513 - Cherchell, W Algiers - The three brothers make Cherchell their new base
April(?) 1(?), 1514 - Bougie (Béjaia, Algeria) - With 12 galliots and 1,000 Turks, the brothers destroy two Spanish fortresses at Bougie
June(?) 1(?), 1514 - Ceuta - When a Spanish fleet under the command of Miguel de Gurrea, viceroy of Majorca, arrives for assistance, they head towards Ceuta and raid that city
August(?) 1(?), 1514 - Jijel, Algeria - Jijel is captured from the genoese
October(?) 1(?), 1514 - Mahdia, Tunisia - The City of Mahdia is captured
January(?) 1(?), 1515 - Off Majorca - Operations off Majorca. Several galleons, a galley and three barques are captured
January(?) 1(?), 1516 - Elba Island - The brothers are joined by Kurtoğlu and put siege to Elba Castle
April(?) 1(?), 1516 - Off Liguria - Operations off Liguria. Twelve ships are captured and 28 others damaged
August(?) 1(?), 1516 - Algiers | Jijel - The brothers capture Algiers and Jijel from the spanish and assume control of the region
February(?) 1(?), 1517 - Capo Limiti - The brothers raid Capo Limiti
March(?) 1(?), 1517 - Island of Capo Rizzuto, Crotone - Incursion to the island
April(?) 1(?), 1517 - Algiers - Oruç offers Alger to the Ottoman Empire, for protection against the spanish
May(?) 1(?), 1517 - Tlemcen, W Algeria - Battle of Tlemcen - The city is captured and Abu Zayan executed
January 1(?), 1518 - Tlemcen, W Algeria - The Spanish put siege to Tlemcen
May(?) 1(?), 1518 - Tlemcen, W Algeria - Oruç Reis, aged 56, and Ishak are killed in battle. Hizir Reis (Barbaros) inherits his brother's name of Barbarossa, his house and his mission
December(?) 1(?), 1518 - Tlemcen, W Algeria - Barbaros recaptures Tlemcen
January(?) 1(?), 1519 - Annaba, E Algeria - Barbaros captures Annaba
March(?) 1(?), 1519 - Algiers - Barbaros defeats a Spanish-Italian army that tried to recapture Algiers
May(?) 1(?), 1519 - Toulon - Barbaros raids Toulon, Provence and Îles d'Hyères
January(?) 1(?), 1520 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Barbaros is joined by Salih Reis and Turgut Reis at Djerba Island
June(?) 1(?) 1520 - Annaba, E Algeria - Barbaros, Salih Reis and Turgut Reis assault spanish-controlled Annaba
January(?) 1(?), 1521 - Balearic Islands - Barbaros raids the Balearic Islands
March(?) 1(?), 1521 - Off Cadiz - Barbaros captures several spanish ships returning from the New World
June 1(?), 1522 - Off Island of Rhodes - Barbaros joins Kurtoğlu putting Rhodes under siege
June 26, 1522 - Island of Rhodes - Kurtoğlu lands his troops at the island
December 30(?), 1522 - Island of Rhodes - Barbaros participates in the ottoman conquest of Rhodes
January 1, 1523 - Island of Rhodes - The surviving Knights of St.John depart from the island
June 1(?), 1525 - Coast of Sardinia - Barbaros raids the coasts of Sardinia
May 1(?), 1526 - Crotone - Barbaros lands at Crotone and sacks the city, sinking a spanish galley and a spanish fusta in the harbor
May 18(?), 1526 - Castignano, SE Ancona - Barbaros enters the Adriatic Sea and assaults Castignano. Later lands at Cape Spartivento
June 1(?), 1526 - Reggio Calabria - Barbaros lands at Reggio Calabria
June(?) 8(?), 1526 - Messina - Barbaros destroys the fort at the Port of Messina
June(?) 20(?), 1526 - Off Piombino, SE Livorno - As he appears on the coast of Tuscany, Barbaros retreats after seeing the fleet of Andrea Doria and the Knights of St.John off the Coast of Piombino
July 1(?), 1526 - Messina - Barbaros reappears in Messina
January(?) 1(?), 1527 - Coasts of Spain and Italy - Barbaros raids many ports and castles on the coasts of Italy and Spain
May 1(?), 1529 - Island of Peñón de Veléz de la Gomera, SE Ceuta - Barbaros captures the Spanish fort on the island of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera that controlled the north Algerian coast
August 1(?), 1529 - Coast of Andalucia - Barbaros attacks the spanish coast and later helps 70,000 Moriscos to escape from Andalusia in seven consecutive journeys
January 1(?), 1530 - Coast of Sicily - Barbaros raids the coasts of Sicily
March 1(?), 1530 - Balearic Islands - Barbaros raids the Balearic Islands
June 1(?), 1530 - Marseille, France - Barbaros raids the city of Marseille
July 1(?), 1530 - Coasts of Provence and Liguria - Barbaros appears again along the coasts of Provence and Liguria, capturing two genoese ships
August(?) 1(?), 1530 - Coast of Sardinia - Barbaros raids the coasts of Sardinia
October 1(?), 1530 - Piombino - Barbaros appears at Piombino and captures a barque from Viareggio and three french galleons before capturing two more ships off Calabria
December 1(?), 1530 - Castle of Cabrera, Balearic Islands - Barbaros captures the Castle of Cabrera, in the Balearic Islands, and starts to use the island as a logistic base for his operations in the area
January(?) 1(?), 1531 - Off Jijel and Peñón de Veléz de la Gomera - Repulses a spanish-geonese fleet of 40 galleys under Andrea Doria that wanted to recapture the islands
April(?) 1(?), 1531 - Island of Favignana, W Sicily - Barbaros raids the Island of Favignana, where the flagship of the knights of Malta unsucessfully attacks his fleet.
June(?) 1(?), 1531 - Off Messina - On the way back to Algiers, Barbaros sinks a ship of the Maltese Knights
August(?) 1(?), 1531 - Tripoli, Libya - Assault on Tripoli
October 1(?), 1531 - Coast of Spain - Barbaros raids the coasts of Spain again
August 1(?), 1532 - Istanbul - After being summoned by Suleiman I, Barbaros departs from Istanbul after Andrea Doria
June(?) 25(?), 1533 - Algiers(?) - Barbaros sends an embassy to France
December 27, 1533 - Topkapi Palace, Istanbul - Barbaros is called to Istanbul to rebuild the rundown Ottoman fleet
March(?) 1(?), 1534 - Istanbul - Barbaros departs from Istanbul with 80 galleys
April 1(?), 1534 - Coron, Patras and Lepanto - Barbaros recaptures Coron, Patras and Lepanto from the Spaniards
July 1(?), 1534 - Strait of Messina - Barbaros crosses the Strait of Messina and raids the calabrian coasts, capturing a substancial number of ships around Reggio Calabria as well as the Castle of San Lucido. Later he destroys the port of Cetraro and the ships harbored there
July 20(?), 1534 - Island of Capri, Gulf of Naples - Barbaros appears in Campania and sacks the islands of Capri and Procida before bombarding the ports in the Gulf of Naples. He then appears in Lazio, and shells Gaeta
August 1(?), 1534 - Ostia and River Tiber - Barbaros lands at Villa Santa Lucia, Sant'Isidoro, Sperlonga, Fondi, Terracina and Ostia on the River Tiber, causing the church bells in Rome to ring the alarm
August 8, 1534 - Fondi (between Rome and Naples) - During the night of 8th to 9th, Barbaros attempts to kidnap Giulia Gonzaga, thought to be the World's most beautiful woman, to take her to Suleiman. Giulia manages to escape with the help of a servant
August 9(?), 1534 - Island of Ponza, W Naples - On his way to Tunis, Barbaros appears at the Island of Ponza, then at Sicily and Sardinia
August 16, 1534 - Tunis - Barbaros captures the strategic port of La Goletta, in Tunis
June 18, 1535 - La Goletta, Tunis - The spanish land near Tunis
July 14, 1535 - La Goletta, Tunis - The Fortress falls to the Spanish
July 21, 1535 - Tunis - Tunis is occupied by the spanish and subjected to a merciless sack. Barbaros flees to the mountains and thence to Annoba, where he had stationed nine galleys, in which he and his suite escape
August 1(?), 1535 - Annaba, E Algeria - Barbaros gets away safely and heads to Mahón
September 7(?), 1535 - Mahón, Balearic Islands - Barbaros sacks Mahón and takes as many as 6,000 slaves
September 18(?), 1535 - Algiers - Barbaros arrives at Algiers with the 6,000 slaves
January(?) 1(?), 1536 - Istanbul - Barbaros is called back to Istanbul to take command of 200 ships for a Naval Attack against Naples
January 12, 1537 - Istanbul - Barbaros spends the Winter at Istanbul
July 1, 1537 - Otranto - Barbaros lands at Otranto and captures the city, aswell as Ugento
July 10(?), 1537 - (While in Otranto) - At Vlorë, Albania, the Ottoman fleet awaits the shipment of 300,000 soldiers to Italy
July 28(?), 1537 - Castro, S Otranto - The ottomans land in Italy and depart two weeks later with slaves
August 19, 1537 - Vlorë, Albania - Suleiman and Barbarossa depart to put siege to Corfu
August 26, 1537 - Corfu - Suleiman and Barbarossa begin the bombardment of Corfu, after taking several islands
September 15, 1537 - Istanbul - Worried by a plague among their troops, Suleiman and Barbarossa return to Istanbul
June 1(?), 1538 - Adriatic Sea - Barbaros chases Andrea Doria
September 28, 1538 - Preveze, Ionian Sea - Battle of Preveze - Great ottoman victory
June 12, 1539 - Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Montenegro - Barbaros lands at Castelnuovo and put siege to the city
July 23, 1539 - Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Montenegro - Ottoman assault to the city
August 5, 1539 - Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Montenegro - Barbaros and Turgut Reis capture Castelnuovo
September 1(?), 1540 - Algiers(?) - Emperor Charles V contacts Barbaros and offers him to become his Admiral-in-Chief as well as the ruler of Spain's territories in North Africa, but he refuses
November 23, 1541 - Algiers - A violent storm disrupts Charles's landing operations. Andrea Doria takes his fleet away into open waters to avoid being wrecked on the shore, but much of the Spanish fleet goes aground. After some indecisive fighting on land, Charles V abandons the effort and withdraw his severely battered force
May 15, 1543 - Sea of Marmara - Barbaros departs from Istanbul with 210 ships and 30,000 men
June(?) 1(?), 1543 - Sicily | South coast of Italy - Passing through the Strait of Messina, Barbaros asks Diego Gaetani, the governor of Reggio Calabria, to surrender his city. Gaetani responds with cannon fire, which kill three Turkish sailors. Barbaros, angered by the response, besiege and capture the city. Then lands on the coasts of Campania and Lazio
June 29, 1543 - In front of Rome - Barbaros anchors in front of Rome
July 5, 1543 - Île-Saint-Honorat, Cannes - Barbaros arrives in France
July 10, 1543 - Toulon - Barbaros arrives at Toulon
July 23, 1543 - Marseille - Barbaros is received with honors at Marseille harbour
August 5, 1543 - Marseille - The franco-ottoman forces depart from Marseille
August 6, 1543 - Nice - Nice is attacked while Villefranche is destroyed by the ottomans
August 22, 1543 - Nice - Nice surrenders to Barbaros
May 23, 1544 - Toulon - The Ottomans finally depart from their Toulon base after a stay of 8 months, after Francis I had paid 800,000 ecus to Barbaros
May(?) 26(?), 1544 - San Remo, Borghetto Santo Spirito, Ceriale - Barbaros assaults San Remo, landing at Borghetto Santo Spirito and Ceriale
May(?) 29(?), 1544 - Genoa - With his 210 ships, Barbaros threatens to attack the city unless it frees Turgut Reis.
June 5(?), 1544 - Elba Island - Barbaros appears before Elba, threatening to bombard Piombino unless the city's Lord releases the son of Sinan Reis who had been captured and baptized 10 years earlier by the Spaniards in Tunis, he obtained his release. He then captures Castiglione della Pescaia, Talamone and Orbetello in the province of Grosseto in Tuscany. There, he destroys the tomb and burns the remains of Bartolomeo Peretti, who had burned his father's house in Mytilene the previous year, in 1543. He then captures Montiano and occupies Porto Ercole and the Isle of Giglio. He later assaults Civitavecchia, but Leone Strozzi, the French envoy, convinces Barbarossa to lift the siege
July 1(?), 1544 - Ischia - After assaulting the coasts of Sardinia, Barbaros lands at Ischia, capturing the city as well as Forio and the Isle of Procida, before threatening Pozzuoli
July(?) 15(?), 1544 - Lipari - Barbaros lands for the last time on the Italian Peninsula. There, he bombards the citadel for 15 days before they surrender
August 10, 1544 - Istanbul - Barbaros returns to Istanbul
January(?) 1(?), 1545 - Istanbul - Barbaros settles in a palace in Istanbul
July 4, 1546 - Istanbul - Barbaros Hayreddin dies, aged 68 =(END)
August 1(?), 1512 - Bougie (Béjaia, Algeria) - The brothers are invited by the exiled ruler of Bougie to drive out the spanish - Oruç looses an arm
October(?) 1(?), 1512 - Coast of Andalucia - The brothers raid the Coast of Andalucia
October(?) 20(?), 1512 - Minorca Island - The three brothers land in Minorca Island and take the coastal castle
November(?) 10(?), 1512 - Near Genoa - The brothers capture 4 genoese galleys. The Genoese send a fleet to liberate their ships, but the brothers capture their flagship as well. After capturing a total of 23 ships in less than a month, the brothers sail back to La Goletta
December(?) 1(?), 1512 - La Goletta, Tunis - Return to La Goletta
March(?) 1(?), 1513 - Valencia - The brothers raid Valencia and capture four more ships
April(?) 1(?), 1513 - Near Málaga - On their way to Alicante, the brothers take a spanish galley near Málaga
June(?) 1(?), 1513 - Cherchell, W Algiers - The three brothers make Cherchell their new base
April(?) 1(?), 1514 - Bougie (Béjaia, Algeria) - With 12 galliots and 1,000 Turks, the brothers destroy two Spanish fortresses at Bougie
June(?) 1(?), 1514 - Ceuta - When a Spanish fleet under the command of Miguel de Gurrea, viceroy of Majorca, arrives for assistance, they head towards Ceuta and raid that city
August(?) 1(?), 1514 - Jijel, Algeria - Jijel is captured from the genoese
October(?) 1(?), 1514 - Mahdia, Tunisia - The City of Mahdia is captured
January(?) 1(?), 1515 - Off Majorca - Operations off Majorca. Several galleons, a galley and three barques are captured
January(?) 1(?), 1516 - Elba Island - The brothers are joined by Kurtoğlu and put siege to Elba Castle
April(?) 1(?), 1516 - Off Liguria - Operations off Liguria. Twelve ships are captured and 28 others damaged
August(?) 1(?), 1516 - Algiers | Jijel - The brothers capture Algiers and Jijel from the spanish and assume control of the region
February(?) 1(?), 1517 - Capo Limiti - The brothers raid Capo Limiti
March(?) 1(?), 1517 - Island of Capo Rizzuto, Crotone - Incursion to the island
April(?) 1(?), 1517 - Algiers - Oruç offers Alger to the Ottoman Empire, for protection against the spanish
May(?) 1(?), 1517 - Tlemcen, W Algeria - Battle of Tlemcen - The city is captured and Abu Zayan executed
January 1(?), 1518 - Tlemcen, W Algeria - The Spanish put siege to Tlemcen
May(?) 1(?), 1518 - Tlemcen, W Algeria - Oruç Reis, aged 56, and Ishak are killed in battle. Hizir Reis (Barbaros) inherits his brother's name of Barbarossa, his house and his mission
December(?) 1(?), 1518 - Tlemcen, W Algeria - Barbaros recaptures Tlemcen
January(?) 1(?), 1519 - Annaba, E Algeria - Barbaros captures Annaba
March(?) 1(?), 1519 - Algiers - Barbaros defeats a Spanish-Italian army that tried to recapture Algiers
May(?) 1(?), 1519 - Toulon - Barbaros raids Toulon, Provence and Îles d'Hyères
January(?) 1(?), 1520 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Barbaros is joined by Salih Reis and Turgut Reis at Djerba Island
June(?) 1(?) 1520 - Annaba, E Algeria - Barbaros, Salih Reis and Turgut Reis assault spanish-controlled Annaba
January(?) 1(?), 1521 - Balearic Islands - Barbaros raids the Balearic Islands
March(?) 1(?), 1521 - Off Cadiz - Barbaros captures several spanish ships returning from the New World
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| Barbaros Hayreddin's flag |
June 26, 1522 - Island of Rhodes - Kurtoğlu lands his troops at the island
December 30(?), 1522 - Island of Rhodes - Barbaros participates in the ottoman conquest of Rhodes
January 1, 1523 - Island of Rhodes - The surviving Knights of St.John depart from the island
June 1(?), 1525 - Coast of Sardinia - Barbaros raids the coasts of Sardinia
May 1(?), 1526 - Crotone - Barbaros lands at Crotone and sacks the city, sinking a spanish galley and a spanish fusta in the harbor
May 18(?), 1526 - Castignano, SE Ancona - Barbaros enters the Adriatic Sea and assaults Castignano. Later lands at Cape Spartivento
June 1(?), 1526 - Reggio Calabria - Barbaros lands at Reggio Calabria
June(?) 8(?), 1526 - Messina - Barbaros destroys the fort at the Port of Messina
June(?) 20(?), 1526 - Off Piombino, SE Livorno - As he appears on the coast of Tuscany, Barbaros retreats after seeing the fleet of Andrea Doria and the Knights of St.John off the Coast of Piombino
July 1(?), 1526 - Messina - Barbaros reappears in Messina
January(?) 1(?), 1527 - Coasts of Spain and Italy - Barbaros raids many ports and castles on the coasts of Italy and Spain
May 1(?), 1529 - Island of Peñón de Veléz de la Gomera, SE Ceuta - Barbaros captures the Spanish fort on the island of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera that controlled the north Algerian coast
August 1(?), 1529 - Coast of Andalucia - Barbaros attacks the spanish coast and later helps 70,000 Moriscos to escape from Andalusia in seven consecutive journeys
January 1(?), 1530 - Coast of Sicily - Barbaros raids the coasts of Sicily
March 1(?), 1530 - Balearic Islands - Barbaros raids the Balearic Islands
June 1(?), 1530 - Marseille, France - Barbaros raids the city of Marseille
July 1(?), 1530 - Coasts of Provence and Liguria - Barbaros appears again along the coasts of Provence and Liguria, capturing two genoese ships
August(?) 1(?), 1530 - Coast of Sardinia - Barbaros raids the coasts of Sardinia
October 1(?), 1530 - Piombino - Barbaros appears at Piombino and captures a barque from Viareggio and three french galleons before capturing two more ships off Calabria
December 1(?), 1530 - Castle of Cabrera, Balearic Islands - Barbaros captures the Castle of Cabrera, in the Balearic Islands, and starts to use the island as a logistic base for his operations in the area
January(?) 1(?), 1531 - Off Jijel and Peñón de Veléz de la Gomera - Repulses a spanish-geonese fleet of 40 galleys under Andrea Doria that wanted to recapture the islands
April(?) 1(?), 1531 - Island of Favignana, W Sicily - Barbaros raids the Island of Favignana, where the flagship of the knights of Malta unsucessfully attacks his fleet.
June(?) 1(?), 1531 - Off Messina - On the way back to Algiers, Barbaros sinks a ship of the Maltese Knights
August(?) 1(?), 1531 - Tripoli, Libya - Assault on Tripoli
October 1(?), 1531 - Coast of Spain - Barbaros raids the coasts of Spain again
August 1(?), 1532 - Istanbul - After being summoned by Suleiman I, Barbaros departs from Istanbul after Andrea Doria
June(?) 25(?), 1533 - Algiers(?) - Barbaros sends an embassy to France
December 27, 1533 - Topkapi Palace, Istanbul - Barbaros is called to Istanbul to rebuild the rundown Ottoman fleet
March(?) 1(?), 1534 - Istanbul - Barbaros departs from Istanbul with 80 galleys
April 1(?), 1534 - Coron, Patras and Lepanto - Barbaros recaptures Coron, Patras and Lepanto from the Spaniards
July 1(?), 1534 - Strait of Messina - Barbaros crosses the Strait of Messina and raids the calabrian coasts, capturing a substancial number of ships around Reggio Calabria as well as the Castle of San Lucido. Later he destroys the port of Cetraro and the ships harbored there
July 20(?), 1534 - Island of Capri, Gulf of Naples - Barbaros appears in Campania and sacks the islands of Capri and Procida before bombarding the ports in the Gulf of Naples. He then appears in Lazio, and shells Gaeta
August 1(?), 1534 - Ostia and River Tiber - Barbaros lands at Villa Santa Lucia, Sant'Isidoro, Sperlonga, Fondi, Terracina and Ostia on the River Tiber, causing the church bells in Rome to ring the alarm
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| Giulia Gonzaga, 1535 |
August 9(?), 1534 - Island of Ponza, W Naples - On his way to Tunis, Barbaros appears at the Island of Ponza, then at Sicily and Sardinia
August 16, 1534 - Tunis - Barbaros captures the strategic port of La Goletta, in Tunis
June 18, 1535 - La Goletta, Tunis - The spanish land near Tunis
July 14, 1535 - La Goletta, Tunis - The Fortress falls to the Spanish
July 21, 1535 - Tunis - Tunis is occupied by the spanish and subjected to a merciless sack. Barbaros flees to the mountains and thence to Annoba, where he had stationed nine galleys, in which he and his suite escape
August 1(?), 1535 - Annaba, E Algeria - Barbaros gets away safely and heads to Mahón
September 7(?), 1535 - Mahón, Balearic Islands - Barbaros sacks Mahón and takes as many as 6,000 slaves
September 18(?), 1535 - Algiers - Barbaros arrives at Algiers with the 6,000 slaves
January(?) 1(?), 1536 - Istanbul - Barbaros is called back to Istanbul to take command of 200 ships for a Naval Attack against Naples
January 12, 1537 - Istanbul - Barbaros spends the Winter at Istanbul
July 1, 1537 - Otranto - Barbaros lands at Otranto and captures the city, aswell as Ugento
July 10(?), 1537 - (While in Otranto) - At Vlorë, Albania, the Ottoman fleet awaits the shipment of 300,000 soldiers to Italy
July 28(?), 1537 - Castro, S Otranto - The ottomans land in Italy and depart two weeks later with slaves
August 19, 1537 - Vlorë, Albania - Suleiman and Barbarossa depart to put siege to Corfu
August 26, 1537 - Corfu - Suleiman and Barbarossa begin the bombardment of Corfu, after taking several islands
September 15, 1537 - Istanbul - Worried by a plague among their troops, Suleiman and Barbarossa return to Istanbul
June 1(?), 1538 - Adriatic Sea - Barbaros chases Andrea Doria
September 28, 1538 - Preveze, Ionian Sea - Battle of Preveze - Great ottoman victory
June 12, 1539 - Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Montenegro - Barbaros lands at Castelnuovo and put siege to the city
July 23, 1539 - Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Montenegro - Ottoman assault to the city
August 5, 1539 - Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Montenegro - Barbaros and Turgut Reis capture Castelnuovo
September 1(?), 1540 - Algiers(?) - Emperor Charles V contacts Barbaros and offers him to become his Admiral-in-Chief as well as the ruler of Spain's territories in North Africa, but he refuses
November 23, 1541 - Algiers - A violent storm disrupts Charles's landing operations. Andrea Doria takes his fleet away into open waters to avoid being wrecked on the shore, but much of the Spanish fleet goes aground. After some indecisive fighting on land, Charles V abandons the effort and withdraw his severely battered force
May 15, 1543 - Sea of Marmara - Barbaros departs from Istanbul with 210 ships and 30,000 men
June(?) 1(?), 1543 - Sicily | South coast of Italy - Passing through the Strait of Messina, Barbaros asks Diego Gaetani, the governor of Reggio Calabria, to surrender his city. Gaetani responds with cannon fire, which kill three Turkish sailors. Barbaros, angered by the response, besiege and capture the city. Then lands on the coasts of Campania and Lazio
June 29, 1543 - In front of Rome - Barbaros anchors in front of Rome
July 5, 1543 - Île-Saint-Honorat, Cannes - Barbaros arrives in France
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| Ottoman fleet wintering at Toulon, 1543 |
July 23, 1543 - Marseille - Barbaros is received with honors at Marseille harbour
August 5, 1543 - Marseille - The franco-ottoman forces depart from Marseille
August 6, 1543 - Nice - Nice is attacked while Villefranche is destroyed by the ottomans
August 22, 1543 - Nice - Nice surrenders to Barbaros
May 23, 1544 - Toulon - The Ottomans finally depart from their Toulon base after a stay of 8 months, after Francis I had paid 800,000 ecus to Barbaros
May(?) 26(?), 1544 - San Remo, Borghetto Santo Spirito, Ceriale - Barbaros assaults San Remo, landing at Borghetto Santo Spirito and Ceriale
May(?) 29(?), 1544 - Genoa - With his 210 ships, Barbaros threatens to attack the city unless it frees Turgut Reis.
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| Old Barbarossa |
July 1(?), 1544 - Ischia - After assaulting the coasts of Sardinia, Barbaros lands at Ischia, capturing the city as well as Forio and the Isle of Procida, before threatening Pozzuoli
July(?) 15(?), 1544 - Lipari - Barbaros lands for the last time on the Italian Peninsula. There, he bombards the citadel for 15 days before they surrender
August 10, 1544 - Istanbul - Barbaros returns to Istanbul
January(?) 1(?), 1545 - Istanbul - Barbaros settles in a palace in Istanbul
July 4, 1546 - Istanbul - Barbaros Hayreddin dies, aged 68 =(END)
So cool
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