siege, medieval

Siege of Corfu

Name: Siege of Corfu
Location: Corfu, Greece

Siege of Corfu was a siege conducted in 1122 at Corfu, in what is now Greece; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Corfu. It was part of Q3778736. The recorded result: Byzantine victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Maximum of 15,000 men; 72–120 vessels.

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Fought1122ran into the following year

WhereCorfu, Greece39.624N, 19.921E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeByzantine victory

BelligerentsByzantine EmpireagainstRepublic of Venice

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofQ3778736

Record

Date	1122 (year precision) to 1123
Place	Corfu, Greece 39.624N, 19.921E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	Unknown	Maximum of 15,000 men; 72–120 vessels
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Domenico Michiel

Placed at Corfu; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Corfu 1798, same recorded site
Siege of Corfu 1716, 0.8 km W
Siege of Corfu 1537, 8.7 km W
Action of 8 July 1716 1716, 13 km N
Siege of Butrint 1798, 16 km NE

Elsewhere in 1122

Siege of Corfu is one of 438 engagements of the 12th century in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q139854462, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Corfu (1122–1123), revision 1371415277, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.