ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : History of the Dodecanese Islands </title> <META name="keywords" keyword="Rhodes, Rhodos, Rodi, Castelrosso, Kastelorizon, Karpathos, Scarpanti, Karos, Caro, Astypalaia, Stampalia, Simi, Tilos, Tilo, Nisiros, Nisiro, Kos, Cos, Leros, Lero, Kalimnos, Calimno, Patmos, Patmo"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Dodecanese Islands <BR> History Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xdodecanese.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xdodecanese.html"> <img src = "../banners/bandodecanese.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on June 6th 2005</i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> </div> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Dodecanese Islands </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1204 <BR> 1204 <BR> 1207 <BR> 1245-1250 <BR> 1250-1309 <BR> 1306 <BR> 1306 <BR> 1309 <BR> 1311-1315 <BR> 1314 <BR> 1315 <BR> 1317 <BR> 1319 <BR> 1328 <BR> 1334 <BR><BR> 1340 <BR> 1344 <BR> 1347 <BR> 1396 <BR> 1402 <BR> 1440 <BR> 1444 <BR> 1445 <BR> 1450 <BR> 1451 <BR> 1455 <BR> 1456-1457 <BR> 1462 <BR> 1477 <BR> 1478 <BR> 1480 <BR> 1502 <BR> 1522-1523 <BR> 1537 <BR> 1546 <BR> 1639 <BR> 1695 <BR> 1770-1774 <BR> 1821 <BR> 1830 <BR> 1912 <BR> 1915 <BR> 1921 <BR> 1943-1944 <BR> 1945-1948 <BR> 1948 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Venetian occupation of Kos <BR> Leo Gavallas declared himself Despot of Rhodos; Dynasty ruled until 1245 <BR> Patmos acquired by Venice, from Thessaly <BR> Genoese held Rhodos, Symi, Tilos <BR> Rhodos, Symi, Tilos held by Nicaea / Byzantine Empire <BR> Genoese admiral Vignolo Vignoli sold Rhodes to Knights of St. John <BR> Carnaro family acquired Karpathos, Kasos <BR> Knights of St. John (Knights Hospitaller) took possession of Rhodos, Symi, Tilos <BR> Knights of St. John interlude on Karpathos <BR> Knights of St. John conquered Leros (from Byzantium) <BR> Knights of St. John acquired Kos <BR> Knights rebelled against their Grand Master; Rhodian Schism <BR> Both Grand Masters resigned <BR> Catholic Archdiocesis of Rhodes established <BR> Knights of St. John entered into Alliance with Holy See, France, Venice, <BR> Cyprus against Turks <BR> Knights of St. John conquered Patmos (from Venice) <BR> Allies took Smyrna (Izmir) <BR> Allies defeated Ottoman fleet near Imbros <BR> Knights of St. John participated in Battle of Nicopolis <BR> Smyrna fell to Tamerlane <BR> Mameluks took Kastellorizon <BR> Rhodes withstood a Mameluk siege <BR> Neapolitans took Kastellorizon (Castelrosso) from Mamluks <BR> Peace with Egypt signed <BR> Knights of St. John, Otoman Sultan signed Peace Treaty <BR> Orthodox Archbishop of Rhodes elected (the position had long been vacant) <BR> Ottoman naval raids againt Dodecanese <BR> additional Import Tax raised <BR> Trade Agreement with Egypt signed <BR> Trade Agrement with Tunis signed <BR> Ottoman siege of Rhodos <BR> Knights attempted to have all adult Jewish residents forcibly baptised <BR> Ottoman conquest of Rhodos <BR> Ottoman conquest of Karpathos, Kasos <BR> Catholic Archdiocesis of Rhodes suppressed <BR> Neapolitans ceded Kastellorizon to Venice <BR> Ottoman conquest of Kastelorizon <BR> Patmos held by Greek rebels against Ottoman rule <BR> During the Greek Revolt, islands liberated from Ottoman rule <BR> Islands returned to Ottoman rule <BR> Italian occupation of Rhodos <BR> French occupation of Kastellorizon <BR> France ceded Kastellorizon to Italy <BR> German occupation <BR> British occupation <BR> Dodecanese Islands annexed by Greece <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> History of Rhodes, from <A HREF = "http://www.rhodesguide.com/rhodes/rhodes_history.php"><B>Rhodes Guide</B></A>, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> The Virtual Jewish History Tour : Greece, from <A HREF = "http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Greece.html"><B> Jewish Virtual Library</B></A>, scroll down for Rhodes <BR> <A HREF = "http://www.gotorhodes.com/#"><B>Go to Rhodes</B></A>, has files on recent/current hitory <BR> Medieval City of Rhodes, by <A HREF = "http://worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk/frame-GreeceRhodes.htm"><B> Ann-Mette Heindorff</B></A> <BR> Article Dodecanese Islands, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodecanese"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> Regnal Chronologies : <A HREF = "http://www.hostkingdom.net/aegean.html"><B>Aegaean Islands</B></A> <BR> History of Astypalaia, from <A HREF = "http://astypalaia.com/history-text.htm"><B>Astypalaia</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman"> Click here to go <A HREF = "../../index.html">Home</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../../about.html">Information about KMLA, WHKMLA, the author and webmaster</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../..links.html">Statistics</A><BR> </font> <BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; 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