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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.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Venice, Veneto, Italy This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
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.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Leonardo da Vinci flees to Venice. Montenegro, the last free monarchy in the Balkans, ... 1498. February 4 – ...
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.
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The Republic of Venice in AD 1000. The republican territory is dark red, the borders in light red. The Republic of Venice (Venetian: Repùbrega Vèneta; Italian: Repubblica di Venezia) was a sovereign state and maritime republic in Northeast Italy, which existed for a millennium between the 8th century and 1797.
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 ...