October 24, 1485 - Bodrum - Turgut Reis is born
January(?) 1(?), 1497 - Bodrum - Turgut is recruited by an ottoman commander for his extraordinary talent in using spears and arrows
January 22, 1517 - El Mahalla el Kubra, Egypt - Battle of Ridanieh - Ottoman victory over the Mamluk Sultanate
January 24, 1517 - Cairo - Present at the sack of Cairo
February(?) 1(?), 1517 - Alexandria - Turgut Reis returns to Alexandria after the conquest of Egypt (speculative date)
January(?) 1(?), 1520 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Barbaros Hayreddin is joined by Salih Reis and Turgut Reis at Djerba Island
June(?) 1(?), 1520 - Annaba, E of 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
January(?) 1(?), 1526 - Capo Passero, SE tip of Sicily - Turgut Reis captures the fortress of Capo Passero
May 1(?), 1533 - near the Island of Aegina, Greece - Turgut Reis captures two venetian ships near the Island of Aegina, Saronic Islands
June 1(?), 1538 - Adriatic Sea - Turgut Reis joins Barbarossa in his pursuit of Andrea Doria
August 1(?), 1538 - Heraklion (Candia), Crete - Turgut Reis captures Heraklion (Candia)
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 - Turgut Reis captures five ships
August 5, 1539 - Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Montenegro - Barbaros and Turgut Reis capture Castelnuovo
December 1, 1539 - Corfu - Landing at Corfu - Turgut Reis encounters 12 Venetian galleys under the command of Francesco Pasqualigo and captures the galley of Antonio da Canal
January 1, 1540 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Turgut Reis is appointed Governor of Djerba
April 1(?), 1540 - Island of Gozo, Malta - Turgut Reis lands at Gozo and sacks the Island
June 15, 1540 - Girolata, NW Corsica - Turgut Reis is captured while a maintenance was being done to the ships - apparently Salih Reis escapes - speculative date
July(?) 1(?), 1540 - Genoa - Turgut Reis is taken in irons to Genoa - speculative date
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
June 1(?), 1545 - North Coast of Sicily - Turgut Reis bombards the north coast of Sicily
July 1(?), 1545 - Island of Capraia, NW Elba Island - Turgut Reis ravages the Island of Capraia
April 1(?), 1546 - Laigueglia, Liguria - Turgut Reis captures Laiguelia with a force of 1,000 men
August 1(?), 1546 - Toulon - Turgut Reis reaches to the security of Toulon, staying there for several months while Andrea Doria was trying to force him out of the Malta area
July 1, 1547 - Malta - Turgut Reis assaults Malta once again with a force of 23 galleys and galiots
July 29, 1547 - Salve, Apulia - Turgut Reis assaults the city of Salve
January(?) 1(?), 1548 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Turgut Reis is appointed "Beylerbeyi" of Algeria. Makes base at Djerba, where he orders the construction of a quadrireme galley at the naval arsenal of the Island
August 1(?), 1548 - Castellamare di Stabia, Bay of Naples - Turgut Reis lands at Castellamare di Stabia and captures it along with the nearby town of Pozzuoli
May 1(?), 1549 - ? - Sails toward Liguria with 21 galleys, including his new quadrireme galley
July 1(?), 1549 - Rapallo, SE Genoa - Turgut Reis assaults Rapallo
February 1(?), 1550 - Mahdia, Tunisia - Turgut Reis recaptures Mahdia, along with Al Munastir, Sousse and most of Tunisia, with a force of 36 galleys
May 1(?), 1550 - Sardinia - Turgut Reis assaults the ports of Sardinia
May 20(?), 1550 - Bonifacio, Sardinia - Turgut Reis tries the capture of Bonifacio, but is unsuccessful
May 25(?), 1550 - Island of Gozo, Malta - Stops at the Island of Gozo to replenish his ships with water and to gather information on the activities of the Maltese Knights. Sails to Liguria
June 1(?), 1550 - Off Genoa - Turgut Reis attacks Rapallo for the third time. Then sails toward Spain
July 1(?), 1550 - W Sardinia - Lands at the western shores of Sardinia
September 1(?), 1550 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Turgut Reis repairs his ships at the beach of Djerba while Mahdia surrenders to the joint spanish-sicilian-maltese force
October 1(?), 1550 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Turgut Reis is blocked by Andrea Doria's fleet inside the island's lagoon
December(?) 1(?), 1550 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis returns to Istanbul
March(?) 1(?), 1551 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis departs from Istanbul with Sinan Pasha and a fleet of 112 galleys, 2 galleasses and 12,000 janissaries
May 1(?), 1551 - Augusta, E of Sicily - Sinan Pasha and Turgut Reis bombard the city of Augusta, as revenge for the Viceroy of Sicily's role in the invasion and destruction of Mahdia, where most inhabitants had been massacred by the joint Spanish-Sicilian-Maltese force
July 1(?), 1551 - Malta - Turgut Reis and Sinan Pasha land 10,000 men at Marsa Muscietto and put siege to Birgu and Senglea. Later they assault Mdina, but lift the siege after realizing that it was impossible to capture the island with the number of troops in hand
July 18, 1551 - Island of Gozo, Malta - Bombardment of Gozo
July 30, 1551 - Tripoli, Libya - Arrival at Tripoli
August 15, 1551 - Tripoli, Libya - Turgut Reis attacks and captures Tripoli
September 1(?), 1551 - Taggia, Liguria - Turgut Reis sails to Liguria and captures Taggia
May(?) 1(?), 1552 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis departs from Istanbul with a fleet to Italy (in alliance with Henry II of France)
July 1, 1552 - Taormina, E Sicily - Turgut Reis lands at Taomina and later bombards the ports on the Gulf of Policastro
August 5, 1552 - Off Ponza, S Anzio, Italy - Battle of Ponza - Franco-Ottoman victory
May 1(?), 1553 - Chios Island, Greece - Turgut Reis sets sail from the Aegean Sea with 60 galleys
May 15(?), 1553 - Crotone - Turgut Reis captures Crotone and Castello in Calabria
August 24, 1553 - Bastia, Corsica - The city is taken by the franco-ottoman forces.
September(?) 1(?), 1553 - Bonifacio, Corsica - The city is taken by the franco-ottoman forces. Turgut Reis sets sail to Istanbul
October(?) 1(?), 1553 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis returns to Istanbul
December(?) 15(?), 1553 - Istanbul - Sails from the Bosphorus with 60 galleys towards Chios Island
January(?) 1(?), 1554 - Chios Island, Greece - Winter in Chios
June(?) 1(?), 1554 - Vieste, near Foggia - Turgut Reis sails into the Adriatic Sea and lands at Vieste, capturing and sacking the city
July(?) 1(?), 1554 - Ragusa (Dubrovnik) - Sails towards Dalmatia and bombards the port of Ragusa
August(?) 1(?), 1554 - Orbetello, SE Grossetto - Turgut Reis lands at Orbetello and raids the coasts of Tuscany
July 1(?), 1555 - Capo Vaticano, Calabria - Turgut Reis lands at Capo Vaticano
March 1(?), 1556 - Tripoli, Libya - Turgut Reis is appointed Pasha of Tripoli. There, he strenghtens the walls of the citadel surrounding the city and builds a gunpowder bastion
July 1(?), 1556 - Lampedusa Island - Turgut Reis lands at Cape Santa Maria at the island of Lampedusa, where he captures a Venetian ship which transported ammunition and weapons for the defense of Malta
December 1(?), 1556 - Gafsa, Tunisia - Turgut Reis expands his territory in Tunisia, capturing Gafsa
January(?) 1(?), 1557 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis returns to Istanbul
July(?) 1(?), 1557 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis leaves the Bosphorus with a fleet of 60 galleys in the "summer"
August(?) 1(?), 1557 - Gulf of Taranto | Cariati - Turgut Reis arrives at the Gulf of Taranto. Lands in Calabria and assaults Cariati, capturing the city
January(?) 1(?), 1558 - Gharyan, S Tripoli - Turgut Reis expands his territory in Libya
April(?) 1(?), 1558 - Istanbul - The ottoman fleet sets sail to the Western Mediterranean
June 1(?), 1558 - Strait of Messina - Joins the fleet of Piyale Pasha and together they capture and sack Reggio Calabria
June 13, 1558 - Sorrento (Napoli / Salerno) - Turgut Reis and Piyale Pasha capture Sorrento
August 1(?), 1558 - Off Malta - Several ships captured off Malta
September 1(?), 1558 - Ciutadella, Minorca Island - Turgut Reis rejoins Piyale Pasha and the two admirals assault the coasts of Spain before capturing Ciutadella
January(?) 1(?), 1559 - Off Algiers - Turgut Reis repells a spanish attack on Algiers
May 9, 1560 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Battle of Djerba - Great ottoman victory
March 1(?), 1561 - Marettimo Island, W of Sicily - Turgut Reis and Uluç Ali Reis capture the island of Marettimo
June 1(?), 1561 - Stromboli Island - Turgut Reis lands on the Island of Stromboli
July 1(?), 1561 - ? - Captures seven Maltese galleys under the command of knight Guimarens, whom he later freed for a ransom of 3,000 gold ducats
July 8(?), 1561 - Island of Gozo, Malta - Stop at Gozo to replenish the galleys with water
July 15(?), 1561 - Tripoli, Libya - Turgut Reis arrives at Tripoli
August 1(?), 1561 - Naples - Turgut Reis lays siege to the city of Naples and blocks the port with 35 galleys
April 1(?), 1562 - Off Malta - Turgut Reis sends scout ships to explore all corners of the island of Malta
September(?) 1(?), 1562 - Off Oran, Morocco - Lays siege to Oran, which was under spanish control (speculative date)
January(?) 1(?), 1563 - La Herradura Bay, Almuñécar - Turgut Reis lands at the shores of the province of Granada and captures Almuñécar, along with 4,000 prisoners
April 3, 1563 - Oran and Mers-el-Kebir, Morocco - Turgut Reis, with 20 ships and 20 pieces of siege artillery, joins the 10,000 men of Salih Reis and lays siege to Oran and Mers-el-Kébir
September 1(?), 1563 - Off Capri Island - Captures six ships off the Island of Capri
October 1(?), 1563 - Capo Passero, Sicily - Turgut Reis passes by Capo Passero
May 31, 1565 - Dragut Point, Malta - Turgut Reis joins Piyale Pasha with 1,600 men and 15 ships and lands in Marsa Muscietto (Dragut Point)
June 17, 1565 - Malta - Siege of Malta - Turgut Reis is gravely wounded by splinters from a cannonball
June 23, 1565 - Malta - Turgut Reis succumbs to his wounds and dies, aged 80 =(END)
August(?) 1(?), 1554 - Orbetello, SE Grossetto - Turgut Reis lands at Orbetello and raids the coasts of Tuscany
July 1(?), 1555 - Capo Vaticano, Calabria - Turgut Reis lands at Capo Vaticano
March 1(?), 1556 - Tripoli, Libya - Turgut Reis is appointed Pasha of Tripoli. There, he strenghtens the walls of the citadel surrounding the city and builds a gunpowder bastion
July 1(?), 1556 - Lampedusa Island - Turgut Reis lands at Cape Santa Maria at the island of Lampedusa, where he captures a Venetian ship which transported ammunition and weapons for the defense of Malta
December 1(?), 1556 - Gafsa, Tunisia - Turgut Reis expands his territory in Tunisia, capturing Gafsa
January(?) 1(?), 1557 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis returns to Istanbul
July(?) 1(?), 1557 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis leaves the Bosphorus with a fleet of 60 galleys in the "summer"
August(?) 1(?), 1557 - Gulf of Taranto | Cariati - Turgut Reis arrives at the Gulf of Taranto. Lands in Calabria and assaults Cariati, capturing the city
January(?) 1(?), 1558 - Gharyan, S Tripoli - Turgut Reis expands his territory in Libya
April(?) 1(?), 1558 - Istanbul - The ottoman fleet sets sail to the Western Mediterranean
June 1(?), 1558 - Strait of Messina - Joins the fleet of Piyale Pasha and together they capture and sack Reggio Calabria
June 13, 1558 - Sorrento (Napoli / Salerno) - Turgut Reis and Piyale Pasha capture Sorrento
August 1(?), 1558 - Off Malta - Several ships captured off Malta
September 1(?), 1558 - Ciutadella, Minorca Island - Turgut Reis rejoins Piyale Pasha and the two admirals assault the coasts of Spain before capturing Ciutadella
January(?) 1(?), 1559 - Off Algiers - Turgut Reis repells a spanish attack on Algiers
May 9, 1560 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Battle of Djerba - Great ottoman victory
March 1(?), 1561 - Marettimo Island, W of Sicily - Turgut Reis and Uluç Ali Reis capture the island of Marettimo
June 1(?), 1561 - Stromboli Island - Turgut Reis lands on the Island of Stromboli
July 1(?), 1561 - ? - Captures seven Maltese galleys under the command of knight Guimarens, whom he later freed for a ransom of 3,000 gold ducats
July 8(?), 1561 - Island of Gozo, Malta - Stop at Gozo to replenish the galleys with water
July 15(?), 1561 - Tripoli, Libya - Turgut Reis arrives at Tripoli
August 1(?), 1561 - Naples - Turgut Reis lays siege to the city of Naples and blocks the port with 35 galleys
April 1(?), 1562 - Off Malta - Turgut Reis sends scout ships to explore all corners of the island of Malta
September(?) 1(?), 1562 - Off Oran, Morocco - Lays siege to Oran, which was under spanish control (speculative date)
January(?) 1(?), 1563 - La Herradura Bay, Almuñécar - Turgut Reis lands at the shores of the province of Granada and captures Almuñécar, along with 4,000 prisoners
April 3, 1563 - Oran and Mers-el-Kebir, Morocco - Turgut Reis, with 20 ships and 20 pieces of siege artillery, joins the 10,000 men of Salih Reis and lays siege to Oran and Mers-el-Kébir
September 1(?), 1563 - Off Capri Island - Captures six ships off the Island of Capri
October 1(?), 1563 - Capo Passero, Sicily - Turgut Reis passes by Capo Passero
May 31, 1565 - Dragut Point, Malta - Turgut Reis joins Piyale Pasha with 1,600 men and 15 ships and lands in Marsa Muscietto (Dragut Point)
June 17, 1565 - Malta - Siege of Malta - Turgut Reis is gravely wounded by splinters from a cannonball
June 23, 1565 - Malta - Turgut Reis succumbs to his wounds and dies, aged 80 =(END)
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