CalendarZ

  1. Home
  2. On This Day
  3. December
  4. 22
  5. Siege of Izmail

Events on December 22 in history

Siege of Izmail
1790Dec, 22

The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.

Izmail (Ukrainian: Ізмаї́л, translit. Izmayil; Russian: Измаил, translit. Izmail, formerly Тучков ("Tuchkov"); Romanian: Ismail or Smil; Polish: Izmaił, Bulgarian: Исмаил) is a city and municipality on the Danube river in Odessa Oblast in south-western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Izmail Raion, one of seven districts of Odessa Oblast.

In Russian historiography, Izmail is associated with the 18th century sacking of Ottoman fortress of Izmail by Russian general Alexander Suvorov.

It is the largest Ukrainian port in the Danube Delta, on its Chilia branch. As such, Izmail is a center of the food processing industry and a popular regional tourist destination. It is also a base of the Ukrainian Navy and the Ukrainian Sea Guard units operating on the river. The World Wildlife Fund's Isles of Izmail Regional Landscape Park is located nearby. Population: 70,731 (2021 est.)

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 1790

  • 8Jan

    State of the Union address

    George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
  • 11Feb

    Abolitionism in the United States

    The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for the abolition of slavery.
  • 29May

    Thirteen Colonies

    Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
  • 31Jul

    Potash

    The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
  • 22Oct

    Little Turtle

    Warriors of the Miami people under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops under General Josiah Harmar at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Northwest Indian War.