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Upon the outbreak of the Morean War in 1684, the Venetians held the initiative, as the Ottomans were preoccupied against the Habsburg forces in Central Europe and their fleet was in a poor state, [8] [9] but the Venetians also did not have a clear strategy, with the Venetian government leaving the choice to its commander-in-chief, the Captain ...
As a result, when news arrived in Venice on 25 April 1684 of the signing of the Holy League, for the first and only time in the Ottoman–Venetian Wars, the Most Serene Republic declared war on the Ottomans, rather than the other way around. [10] [12] Nevertheless, at the outbreak of the war, the military forces of the Republic were meagre.
The Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War or the Cretan War (1645–1669), resulting in the capture of Crete by the Ottomans; The Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War or the Morean War (1684–1699), resulting in the capture of the Morea (Peloponnese), Lefkada, Aigina and parts of Dalmatia by Venice and the end of Ottoman dominance in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
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The Kingdom of the Morea or Realm of the Morea (Italian: Regno di Morea; Venetian: Regno de Morea; Greek: Βασίλειο του Μορέως, romanized: Vasíleio tou Moréos) was the official name the Republic of Venice gave to the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece (which was more widely known as the Morea until the 19th century) when it was conquered from the Ottoman Empire during ...
End of the Cretan War (1645–69) with Venice losing Crete; 1674 – Nicolò Sagredo is elected Doge; 1676 – Alvise Contarini is elected Doge; 1683 – Marcantonio Giustinian is elected Doge; 1684 – Venice, taking advance of the recent Turkish defeat in the siege of Vienna, forms an alliance with Austria against the Ottoman Turks.
Venice first became a major military power in the 13th century during the Fourth Crusade, where Venetian troops participated in the successful siege and conquest of Constantinople, gaining vast territories and other war spoils. Later in the century, Venice commenced a series of wars with the Republic of Genoa and a number of its allies for ...
First Ottoman–Venetian War: various commanders: Lordship of Zeta, local Albanian forces: Ottoman army under Sultan Mehmed II and other commanders: Ottoman victory, capture of the city and end of the war: 1487, August 10: Calliano, Trentino: War of Rovereto: Roberto Sanseverino d'Aragona — Armies of the Bishopric of Trent and the County of Tyrol