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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
In the Morean War, the Republic of Venice besieged Sinj in October 1684 and then again March and April 1685, but both times without success. [60] In the 1685 attempt, the Venetian armies were aided by the local militia of the Republic of Poljica, who thereby rebelled against their nominal Ottoman suzerainty that had existed since 1513. [60]
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 ...
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 ...
Part of the Great Turkish War: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Allied Holy League forces Ottoman Empire: 1683 1684 War of the Reunions France: Spanish Empire Holy Roman Empire Republic of Genoa: 1684 1699 Morean War Part of the Great Turkish War Republic of Venice. Knights of Malta Duchy of Savoy Papal States Knights of St. Stephen Himariotes ...
In the Morean War, the Republic of Venice besieged Sinj in October 1684 and then again March and April 1685, but both times without success. [25] In the 1685 attempt, the Venetian armies were aided by the local militia of the Republic of Poljica, who thereby rebelled against their nominal Ottoman suzerainty that had existed since 1513. [25]
Final stage of the Siege of Candia, ends with capture of city. End of the Cretan war. 1666–1669 Sieges of Chyhyryn in Ukraine: 1677-1678 Conquest of the castles controlling the Black Sea entrance of the Dnieper River 1679 Reconquest of Chios during the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War (1684–1699) 1695
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.