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1498 – arrival of Vasco da Gama of Portugal in India, destroying Venice's land route monopoly over the Eastern trade; 1499 – Venice allies itself with Louis XII of France against Milan, gaining Cremona. **Outbreak of the Second Ottoman–Venetian War, when the Ottoman sultan moves to attack Lepanto.
Venice in 1985. 1906 – Population: 169,563. [8] 1907 – Venezia FC (football club) formed. 1910 – 27 April: Futurist poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti issues the manifesto Contro Venezia passatista ("Against Past-loving Venice") in the Piazza San Marco. 1913 – Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo (stadium) opens. 1917 – Marghera becomes part of Venice ...
Prelude (1498–1499) 7 April 1498: Charles VIII of France died and was succeeded by his cousin Louis, Duke of Orléans as Louis XII. Louis had participated in the previous war, primarily in the Siege of Novara (1495). 9 February 1499: Treaty of Blois (1499), secret alliance between France and Venice to partition the Duchy of Milan.
The First Italian War, or Charles VIII's Italian War, [2] was the opening phase of the Italian Wars.The war pitted Charles VIII of France, who had initial Milanese aid, against the Holy Roman Empire, Spain and an alliance of Italian powers led by Pope Alexander VI, known as the League of Venice.
The Republic of Venice, [a] officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenìssima, [b] was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice. Founded, according to tradition, in 697 by Paolo Lucio Anafesto , over the course of its 1,100 years of history it established itself as one of the ...
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Complete bowl game schedule Saturday, Dec. 14. Cricket Celebration Bowl (Noon, ABC) Jackson State vs. South Carolina State. IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl (8 p.m., ESPN)
Milanese victory, Venice loses Bassa Bresciana Centrale: 1467, July 25: Molinella, Emilia: Bartolomeo Colleoni: Duchy of Ferrara, Pesaro and Forlì: Florentine army under Federico da Montefeltro: Indecisive: 1470, July 10 – August 5: Negroponte, Greece: First Ottoman–Venetian War: Paolo Erizzo (garrison), Nicolò Canal (fleet) — Ottoman ...