Event Ottoman-Venetian War (1537-1540)

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Was one of the Ottoman-Venetian wars which took place during the 16th century.

Chronology

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  • January 1538: In 1537 the Duchy of the Archipelago became a tributary of the Ottoman Empire.
  • January 1539: Venetian Karpathos Island (Scarpanto) and Kasos Island (Caso), 1306-1538.
  • August 1539: Siege of Castelnuovo.
  • January 1539: Northern Sporades conquered by the Ottomans.
  • January 1539: The Venetians loose the Sporades to the Ottomans.
  • September 1538: In the summer of 1538 the Ottomans turned their attention to the remaining Venetian possessions in the Aegean capturing the islands of Andros, Naxos, Paros, and Santorini, as well as taking the last two Venetian settlements on the Peloponnese Monemvasia and Navplion.
  • August 1539: Siege of Castelnuovo.
  • January 1538: Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent attacked the Venetian colonies, conquering Corfu, Clissa, Syra, Stampalia, Patmos, Naxos, Andros.
  • January 1539: Venice agreed to cede Morea to the Ottomans.
  • January 1538: Venetian Aegina (Egina), 1451-1537.
  • October 1538: Cefalonia conquered by Ottoman Empire.