Timeline August 1537

Events in August 1537 3

• 1537 Ottoman siege of Corfu Suleiman the Magnificent's forces fail to take the Venetian island An Ottoman fleet and army under Suleiman the Magnificent besieged the Venetian-held island of Corfu for several weeks. The garrison held out and the Ottomans withdrew, but the campaign marked the opening of renewed Ottoman-Venetian conflict in the Adriatic.
• 1537 Battle of Montemurlo Medici forces crush Florentine exiles Troops loyal to Cosimo I de' Medici defeated an army of Florentine republican exiles led by Filippo Strozzi near Montemurlo in Tuscany. The victory ended the exiles' attempt to overthrow Medici rule and secured Cosimo's hold on Florence.
• 1537 Founding of Asunción Spanish fort established on the Paraguay River Spanish conquistador Juan de Salazar de Espinosa founded the fort of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción on the Paraguay River. The settlement grew into the city of Asunción, later the capital of Paraguay.