A possession of the Genoese Maona company since 1346, Chios (and its attendant islets of Psara and Oinousses) was conquered without resistance by the Ottoman Empire in 1566, as a recompense for the failure to capture Malta the previous year, and annexed as a sanjak of the Eyalet of the Archipelago.
#The Sword and the Scimitar 25 October 2012 (ISBN 978-0755358366) -- covers the Siege of Malta
Malta | Siege of Sarajevo | Siege of Yorktown | Sovereign Military Order of Malta | Malta International Airport | University of Malta | Siege of Vienna | Siege of Vicksburg | Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) | Siege of Petersburg | Siege of Leningrad | Siege of Kut | Siege of San Sebastian | Siege of Corinth | Pietà, Malta | Siege of Sziget | Marsa, Malta | Actes et documents du Saint Siège relatifs à la Seconde Guerre Mondiale | Siege of Sevastopol | Siege of Lucknow | Siege of Louisbourg (1758) | Siege of La Rochelle | Siege of Fort Erie | Siege of Charleston | Siege of Candia | Rabat, Malta | Great Siege of Gibraltar | Siege Perilous | siege of Sarajevo | Siege of Plevna |
Later in the year, Lion was attached to the squadron blockading Valletta during the Siege of Malta, remaining on the station for two years.