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End of the Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War

Type Event Region Mediterranean Time 1645–1669

In 1669 the Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War (Cretan War), lasting over twenty years, ended with Venice ceding Crete;…

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  1. 1645–1668Crete · CreteThe Ottomans launched a prolonged war of conquest targeting Crete, while Venice resisted with its navy and fortress system; the two sides clashed repeatedly in the islands, the Dardanelles, and the Adriatic, draining both sides' finances and manpower.
  2. 1669Eastern Mediterranean · Aegean SeaAfter the fall of Candia, Venice and the Ottomans confirmed truce terms; Venice withdrew from Crete and adjusted its eastern Mediterranean deployments, formally ending the Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War and marking the close of the largest land-and-sea conflict in the 17th-century Mediterranean.

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