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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 ...
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
First Ottoman-Venetian war: Ottoman Empire Republic of Venice Papal States League of Lezhë ... 1570–1573 Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War
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 ...
Third Ottoman–Venetian War: Vincenzo Cappello, under the overall command of Andrea Doria: Holy League forces: Ottoman fleet under Hayreddin Barbarossa: Ottoman victory: 1570, July 22 – September 9: Nicosia, Cyprus: Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War: Niccolò Dandolo — Ottoman army under Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha: Ottoman victory, sack of the city
The harsh treatment and oppressive taxation of the local Orthodox Greek population by the Catholic Venetians had caused great resentment, so that their sympathies generally lay with the Ottomans. [10] The Turks decided to conquer Cyprus and on 27 June 1570 the invasion force, some 350–400 ships and 80,000–150,000 men, set sail for Cyprus.
In 1539 the Ottoman fleet attacked and destroyed Limassol. [4] Fearing the ever-expanding Ottoman Empire, the Venetians had fortified Famagusta, Nicosia, and Kyrenia, but most other cities were easy prey. In the summer of 1570, the Ottomans struck again, but this time with a full-scale invasion rather than a raid.
Capitulation reopening trade between Venice and the Ottoman Empire signed 2 October 1540, following the Ottoman–Venetian War. The Third Ottoman Venetian War (1537–1540) was one of the Ottoman–Venetian wars which took place during the 16th century. The war arose out of the Franco-Ottoman alliance between Francis I of France and Süleyman I ...