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Treaty of Karlowitz
On 26 January 1699, the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League powers concluded peace at Karlowitz (now Sremski Karlovci, Serbia), ending the Great Turki…
Timeline
- 1698Karlowitz · SerbiaAfter the disaster at Zenta, the Ottoman Empire accepted British and Dutch mediation and opened talks with the Empire, Poland, and Venice at Karlowitz. Negotiations haggled over the status quo of occupation; Russia separately negotiated a truce and did not sign the same instrument as the other allies.
- 1699Karlowitz · SerbiaSigned on 26 January 1699: the Habsburgs gained most of Hungary (except the Banat of Temeswar), Transylvania, Croatia, and Slavonia; Poland recovered Podolia; Venice gained the Morea and most of Dalmatia. This was the first time the Ottomans drew European borders on such a scale as a defeated party.
- 1699–1700Southeast European borderlands · Southeast EuropeThe parties began demarcation and the handover of fortresses. The Sava River became an important Ottoman boundary in the northwest, while Belgrade remained in Ottoman hands. Russia concluded the separate Treaty of Constantinople in 1700 confirming its occupation of Azov. The Habsburgs thereby became the leading power of Central Europe.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (2024) https://www.britannica.com/event/Treaty-of-Carlowitz
- The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618–1815 — Charles W. Ingrao (2000)
- Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire 1300–1923 — Caroline Finkel (2005)