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The Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War, also known as the War of Cyprus (Italian: Guerra di Cipro) was fought between 1570 and 1573.It was waged between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, the latter joined by the Holy League, a coalition of Christian states formed by the pope which included Spain (with Naples and Sicily), the Republic of Genoa, the Duchy of Savoy, the Knights ...
Ottoman–Zand War: Ottoman Empire: Zand Iran: Defeat. Basra captured by the Zands [147] [148] [149] Change of territories for the benefit of the Safavids for 4 years and restoration of the previous borders after the peace. 1787–1791 Austro-Turkish War: Ottoman Empire: Habsburg monarchy: Inconclusive. Orșova and Croatian borderlands ceded to ...
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
Giovanni Pietro Contarini's History of the Events, which occurred from the Beginning of the War Brought against the Venetians by Selim the Ottoman, to the Day of the Great and Victorious Battle against the Turks was published in 1572, a few months after Lepanto. It was the first comprehensive account of the war, and the only one to attempt a ...
The Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570) or Don-Volga-Astrakhan campaign of 1569 [8] (referred to in Ottoman sources as the Astrakhan Expedition) was a war between the Tsardom of Russia and the Ottoman Empire over the Astrakhan Khanate. It was the first of twelve Russo-Turkish wars ending with World War I in 1914–18.
List of the main battles in the history of the Ottoman Empire are shown below. The life span of the empire was more than six centuries, and the maximum territorial extent, at the zenith of its power in the second half of the 16th century, stretched from central Europe to the Persian Gulf and from the Caspian Sea to North Africa.
The second Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503) The third Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540) The fourth Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) The fifth Ottoman–Venetian War or Cretan War (1645–1669) The sixth Ottoman–Venetian War or Morean War (1684–1699) The seventh and last Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)
Start of the Eighth Ottoman-Venetian War with the reconquest of Morea: 1715 Conquest of Souda in Crete and the island of Tinos in the Cyclades 1715 Unsuccessful siege of Corfu: 1716 Turkish-Russian War 1738 Landings at the entrance of the Dniester River and northern Crimea 1769 Reconquest of Morea and Lemnos after the Orlov Revolt: 1770