Ottoman–Venetian wars
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The Ottoman–Venetian Wars or Turkish–Venetian Wars were a series of conflicts fought in the Eastern Mediterranean between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire:
- The first Ottoman–Venetian War (1423–1430), resulting in the capture of Thessalonica by the Ottomans.
- The second Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479), resulting in the capture of Negroponte, the Cyclades, Lemnos and Albania Veneta by the Ottomans.
- The third Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503), resulting in the capture of further Aegean islands, and the Venetian strongholds in the Morea (Peloponnese) by the Ottomans.
- The fourth Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540), resulting in the capture of further Aegean islands, and the last Venetian strongholds in the Morea (Peloponnese) by the Ottomans.
- The fifth Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573), resulting in the capture of Cyprus by the Ottomans, and the defeat of their fleet in the Battle of Lepanto (1571).
- The sixth Ottoman–Venetian War or Cretan War (1645–1669), resulting in the capture of Crete by the Ottomans.
- The seventh Ottoman–Venetian War or Morean War (1684–1699), resulting in the capture of the Morea (Peloponnese) by Venice.
- The eighth and last Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718), resulting in the recapture of the Morea (Peloponnese) and of the last Venetian holdings in the Aegean by the Ottomans.