conquest of Crete

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The conquest of Crete was the long 17th-century Ottoman campaign that ended Venetian rule on the island and secured Ottoman dominance in the eastern Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century war ⓘ
Ottoman–Venetian conflict ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cretan War ⓘ
Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War ⓘ
cause Ottoman attempt to expand influence in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Venetian–Ottoman rivalry over trade routes ⓘ
conflictType land warfare ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
duration approximately 24 years ⓘ
endTime 1669 ⓘ
followedBy Morean War ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Andros (1696) ⓘ
Battle of Fodele ⓘ
Battle of Milo (1659) ⓘ
Battle of Naxos (1651) ⓘ
Battle of Paros (1651) ⓘ
Battle of the Bosporus (1652) ⓘ
Battle of the Dardanelles (1654) ⓘ
Battle of the Dardanelles (1655) ⓘ
Battle of the Dardanelles (1656) ⓘ
Battle of the Dardanelles (1657) ⓘ
Siege of Candia ⓘ
linked to: War of Candia
impact consolidation of Ottoman control over key Aegean sea routes ⓘ
decline of Venetian maritime power ⓘ
location Crete ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
longestSiege Siege of Candia ⓘ
linked to: War of Candia
mainBelligerent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
notableCommander Francesco Morosini ⓘ
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha ⓘ
opponent Duchy of Savoy ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Knights of Malta ⓘ
linked to: Knights Hospitaller

Papal States ⓘ
partOf Ottoman–Venetian Wars ⓘ
precededBy Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War ⓘ
result Ottoman control of Crete ⓘ
Ottoman victory ⓘ
end of Venetian rule on Crete ⓘ
strengthening of Ottoman dominance in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Siege of CandiaDuration about 21 years ⓘ
significantEvent beginning of the Siege of Candia in 1648 ⓘ
fall of Candia in 1669 ⓘ
landing of Ottoman forces in Crete in 1645 ⓘ
startTime 1645 ⓘ
territorialChange Crete ceded by Venice to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ

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Mehmed IV → notableEvent → conquest of Crete ⓘ
subject linked to: Sultan Mehmed IV