The Reconquest of Cephalonia or less common, the Siege of Saint George occurred on 8 November 1500 until 24 December 1500, when following a series of Venetian disasters in hands of the Turks, the Spanish-Venetian army under Captain Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, succeeded in capturing the Turkish stronghold of Cephalonia, the fortress of St George, driving out its invaders. At the peace of 1502-3 the Republic was finally confirmed in its possession, which was never afterwards disturbed.