The Lepanto victory over Venice (1499-1500)

Name: The Lepanto victory over Venice (1499-1500)
Start: 1499

نصر ليبانتو على البنادقة

1499 CE · 904 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

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Al-Salabi records Bayezid II's naval victory over the Venetians in the Gulf of Lepanto in 905/1499, and the city's capture the following year; at Venice's plea Pope Alexander VI then raised a league of France and Spain against the Ottomans, who weathered the three fleets until a peace was made with Venice ¹.

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Era: The Gunpowder Empires
Region: Anatolia
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Summary

Al-Salabi records Bayezid II's naval victory over the Venetians in the Gulf of Lepanto in 905/1499, and the city's capture the following year ¹.

The papal league

With the Ottoman seizure of Venetian positions in Greece, Pope Alexander VI — at Venice's plea — raised a league of France and Spain against them; the Ottomans weathered the three fleets, French, Spanish and papal, until a peace was made with Venice ¹.

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Had participant: بايزيد الثاني
Occurred at: Istanbul

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Sources

al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 173

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