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The following is a list of battles fought by the Republic of Venice , from the traditional date of its founding in 697 until its dissolution in 1797, organized by date. The list includes both land and sea engagements, and is not exhaustive.
9th century
Date
Location
Conflict
Commander
Allies
Opponents
Outcome
Refs
887, September 18
Makro , Dalmatia
Doge Pietro I Candiano
—
Narentine pirates
Venetian defeat, death of Candiano.
10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
Date
Location
Conflict
Commander
Allies
Opponents
Outcome
Refs
1202, November 10–24
Zara , Damlatia
Fourth Crusade
Doge Enrico Dandolo
Crusaders
Citizens of Zara (nominally Hungarian)
Venetian–Crusader victory, sack of the city
1203, July 11 – August 1
Constantinople
Fourth Crusade
Doge Enrico Dandolo
Crusaders
Byzantines under Alexios III Angelos
Venetian–Crusader victory , flight of Alexios III and coronation of Alexios IV Angelos
1204, April 8–13
Constantinople
Fourth Crusade
Doge Enrico Dandolo
Crusaders
Byzantines under Alexios V Doukas
Venetian–Crusader victory , sack of the city, dissolution of the Byzantine Empire
1257–1258
Negroponte , Greece
War of the Euboeote Succession
Marco Gradenigo
Duchy of Athens and the Lombard Triarchs of Negroponte
Achaean garrison
Venetian victory , recapture of Negroponte
1258, June 25
Acre
War of Saint Sabas
Lorenzo Tiepolo
—
Genoese fleet under Rosso della Turca
Venetian victory , Genoese abandon Acre
1263
Settepozzi , Greece
War of Saint Sabas and Byzantine–Venetian wars
Gilberto Dandolo
—
Genoese fleet
Venetian victory
1264, August 14
off Saseno , Albania
War of Saint Sabas
Michele Duaro
—
Genoese fleet under Simone Grillo
Genoese victory , capture of a Venetian trade convoy
1264, September 2–?
Tyre
War of Saint Sabas
Andrea Barozzi
—
Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre
Siege aborted after a few days
1266, June 23
off Trapani , Sicily
War of Saint Sabas
Jacopo Dondulo
—
Genoese fleet under Lanfranco Borbonino
Crushing Venetian victory , Genoese fleet captured
1298, September 9
off Curzola , Dalmatia
War of Saint Sabas
Andrea Dandolo
—
Genoese fleet under Lamba Doria
Genoese victory
14th century
Date
Location
Conflict
Commander
Allies
Opponents
Outcome
Refs
1334, autumn
Gulf of Adramyttion
Naval League of 1332
Unknown
Knights Hospitaller , Kingdom of Cyprus , Papal States
Beylik of Karasi
Naval League victory
1344, May 13
Pallene peninsula, Chalcidice
Smyrniote crusades
Unknown
Knights Hospitaller , Kingdom of Cyprus , Papal States
Turkish pirates
Christian victory
1345, August 12 – 1346, December 21
Zara , Dalmatia
Croatian-Venetian wars and Hungarian–Venetian wars
—
Citizens of Zara, aided by the Kingdom of Hungary
Venetian victory , annexation of the city
1347, April
Imbros island, Aegean Sea
Smyrniote crusades
Unknown
Knights Hospitaller
Turkish pirates (Beylik of Sarukhan /Beylik of Aydin ?)
Christian victory
1354, November 4
Bay of Pylos
Third Venetian–Genoese War
Niccolò Pisani
—
Genoese fleet under Paganino Doria
Genoese victory
1359
Megara Gulf
Naval League of 1359
Unknown
Knights Hospitaller
Turkish pirates
Christian victory
1378
Traù , Dalmatia
War of Chioggia
Vettor Pisani
—
Genoese fleet under Luciano Doria and citizens of Traù
Genoese victory
1378, May 30
off Anzio , Italy
War of Chioggia
Vettor Pisani
—
Genoese fleet under Luigi de' Fieschi
Venetian victory
1379, May 7
Pola , Istria
War of Chioggia
Vettor Pisani
—
Genoese fleet under Luciano Doria
Genoese victory
1380, June 24
Chioggia , Venetian Lagoon
War of Chioggia
Doge Andrea Contarini , Vettor Pisani , Carlo Zeno
—
Genoese fleet under Pietro Doria
Decisive Venetian victory , breaking of the siege of Venice
15th century
Date
Location
Conflict
Commander
Allies
Opponents
Outcome
Refs
1403, October 7
off Modon , Greece
Venetian–Genoese wars
Carlo Zeno
—
Genoese fleet under the French Marshal Boucicaut
Venetian victory
1412, August 24
Motta di Livenza , Veneto
Hungarian–Venetian wars
Carlo Malatesta
—
Hungarian forces of Sigismund of Luxembourg
Venetian victory , consolidation of Venetian rule over Dalmatia
1416, May 29
northern entrance of the Dardanelles
Ottoman–Venetian Wars
Pietro Loredan
—
Ottoman fleet under Çali Bey
Venetian victory , death of Çali Bey
1423, September 14 – 1430, March 29
Thessalonica and northern Aegean
Ottoman–Venetian Wars
Various commanders
—
Ottomans under Murad II and various commanders
Ottoman victory , capture of Thessalonica
1427, October 11
Maclodio , Lombardy
Wars in Lombardy
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola
Duchy of Mantua
Milanese army, under Carlo Malatesta
Venetian victory , Malatesta taken captive
1431, March
Soncino , Lombardy
Wars in Lombardy
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola
—
Milanese army, under Francesco I Sforza
Milanese victory
1431, June 6
Po River , near Cremona
Wars in Lombardy
Niccolò Trevisani
—
Milanese fleet, under Francesco I Sforza
Milanese victory
1432, November 18–19
Delebio , Lombardy
Wars in Lombardy
Giorgio Corner, Cesare Martinengo, Taddeo d'Este
—
Milanese army under Niccolò Piccinino
Milanese victory
1440, June 29
Anghiari , Tuscany
Wars in Lombardy
Micheletto Attendolo , under the overall command of Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan
Republic of Florence , Papal States
Milanese army under Niccolò Piccinino
Allied victory
1448, September 15
Caravaggio, Lombardy
Wars in Lombardy and Milanese War of Succession
Micheletto Attendolo
Republic of Florence , Papal States
Milanese army under Francesco Sforza
Milanese victory
1453, August 15
Ghedi , Lombardy
Wars in Lombardy and Milanese War of Succession
Jacopo Piccinino
—
Milanese –Mantuan army under Francesco Sforza
Milanese victory , Venice loses much of Lombardy
1467, July 25
Molinella , Emilia
Bartolomeo Colleoni
Duchy of Ferrara , Pesaro and Forlì
Florentine army under Federico da Montefeltro
Indecisive
1470, July 10 – August 5
Negroponte , Greece
First Ottoman–Venetian War
Paolo Erizzo (garrison), Nicolò Canal (fleet)
—
Ottoman army under Sultan Mehmed II
Ottoman victory , capture of the city and island of Negroponte
1478, May – 1479, April 25
Scutari , Albania
First Ottoman–Venetian War
various commanders
Lordship of Zeta , local Albanian forces
Ottoman army under Sultan Mehmed II and other commanders
Ottoman victory , capture of the city and end of the war
1487, August 10
Calliano, Trentino
War of Rovereto
Roberto Sanseverino d'Aragona
—
Armies of the Bishopric of Trent and the County of Tyrol
Decisive allied victory , death of Sanseverino
1495, July 6
Fornovo , Emilia
Italian War of 1494–1498
Francesco II Gonzaga
Duchy of Milan , Margravate of Mantua
French army under King Charles VIII
French victory
1499, August 12, 20, 22, and 25
Bay of Pylos , Greece
Second Ottoman–Venetian War
Antonio Grimani
—
Ottoman fleet under Kemal Reis
Ottoman victory
1500, November 8 – December 24
Castle of Saint George , Cephalonia
Second Ottoman–Venetian War
Benedetto Pesaro (fleet), under the overall command of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Spain
Ottoman garrison under Gisdar Aga
Allied victory , capture of the fortress
16th century
Date
Location
Conflict
Commander
Allies
Opponents
Outcome
Refs
1509, December 22
River Po at Polesella , Veneto
War of the League of Cambrai
Angelo Trevisan
—
Ferrarese fleet under Cardinal d'Este
Ferrarese victory
1513, October 7
Schio , Veneto
War of the League of Cambrai
Bartolomeo d'Alviano
—
Spanish –Imperial army under Ramón de Cardona and Fernando d'Ávalos
Decisive Spanish–Imperial victory
1515, September 13–14
Melegnano , Lombardy
War of the League of Cambrai
Bartolomeo d'Alviano , under the overall command of King Francis I of France
Kingdom of France
Swiss –Milanese army under Maximilian Sforza
Decisive French–Venetian victory
1537, August – September
Corfu , Greece
Third Ottoman–Venetian War
—
Ottoman army and fleet (plus a French contingent) under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
Venetian victory
1538, September 28
off Preveza , Greece
Third Ottoman–Venetian War
Vincenzo Cappello , under the overall command of Andrea Doria
Holy League forces
Ottoman fleet under Hayreddin Barbarossa
Ottoman victory
1570, July 22 – September 9
Nicosia , Cyprus
Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War
Niccolò Dandolo
—
Ottoman army under Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha
Ottoman victory , sack of the city
1570, September 17 – 1571, August 5
Famagusta , Cyprus
Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War
Marco Antonio Bragadin
—
Ottoman army under Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha
Ottoman victory , sack of the city, end of Venetian resistance in Cyprus
1571, October 7
off Lepanto , Greece
Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War
Sebastiano Venier , under the overall command of John of Austria
Holy League forces
Ottoman fleet under Müezzinzade Ali Pasha
Holy League victory
17th century
Date
Location
Conflict
Commander
Allies
Opponents
Outcome
Refs
1618, June 24
Strait of Gibraltar
Melcior van den Kerchove
—
Spanish fleet
Venetian victory , breakthrough of the Venetian fleet
1646, May 26
off the Dardanelles Strait
Cretan War
Tommaso Alvise Mocenigo
—
Ottoman fleet
Venetian victory
1648, May 1 – 1669, September 27
Candia , Crete
Cretan War
Various commanders
Knights of Malta , Kingdom of France
Ottoman army under various commanders
Ottoman victory , surrender of Candia and end of the Cretan War
1649, May 12
off Foça
Cretan War
Giacomo da Riva
—
Ottoman fleet under Koca Dervish Mehmed Pasha
Venetian victory
1651, July 10
south of Naxos , Aegean Sea
Cretan War
Tommaso Alvise Mocenigo
—
Ottoman fleet
Venetian victory
1654, May 15
Perast
Cretan War
Krsto Vicković
—
Ottoman army of Herzegovina , Uljinj pirates
Venetian victory
1654, May 16
off the Dardanelles Strait
Cretan War
Giuseppe Delfino
Knights of Malta
Ottoman fleet under Kara Murat Pasha
Ottoman victory
1655, June 21
off the Dardanelles Strait
Cretan War
Lazzaro Mocenigo
Knights of Malta
Ottoman fleet under Kara Mustafa Pasha
Venetian victory
1656, June 26
off the Dardanelles Strait
Cretan War
Lorenzo Marcello
Knights of Malta
Ottoman fleet under Kenan Pasha
Venetian victory , Venetian occupation of Tenedos and Lemnos
1657, May 3
Cretan War
Lazzaro Mocenigo
—
Ottoman Algerian fleet
Venetian victory
1657, May 18
Cretan War
—
Ottoman fleet
Venetian victory
1657, July 17–19
off the Dardanelles Strait
Cretan War
Lazzaro Mocenigo
Knights of Malta , Papal States
Ottoman fleet under Topal Mehmed Pasha
Ottoman victory , breaking of the Venetian blockade of the Dardanelles
1661, August 27
near Milos , Aegean Sea
Cretan War
Giorgio Morosini
Knights of Malta
Ottoman galley fleet
Venetian victory
1662, September 29
between Kos and Kalymnos , Aegean Sea
Cretan War
—
Ottoman convoy from Alexandria
Venetian victory
1684, July 21 – August 6
Fortress of Santa Maura , Lefkada
Morean War
Francesco Morosini
—
Ottoman garrison of Santa Maura
Venetian victory , surrender of the fortress and island
1686, June 2–14
New Navarino fortress , Morea
Morean War
Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck
—
Ottoman garrison
Venetian victory , surrender of the fortress
1686, July 30 – August 29
Nauplia , Morea
Morean War
Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck
—
Ottoman garrison of Nauplia and relief army under Ismail Pasha
Venetian victory , surrender of the city
1687, July 24
Patras , Morea
Morean War
Francesco Morosini , Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck
—
Ottoman army under Mehmed Pasha
Venetian victory , surrender of Patras Castle and Rio Castle
1687, September 23–29
Acropolis of Athens
Morean War
Francesco Morosini
—
Ottoman garrison of the Acropolis
Venetian victory , surrender of the Acropolis
1688, July 13 – October 21
Negroponte , Central Greece
Morean War
Francesco Morosini
—
Ottoman garrison of Negroponte
Ottoman victory , raising of the siege
1690, September 8
off Lesbos , Aegean Sea
Morean War
Daniele Dolfin
—
Ottoman fleet
Inconclusive
1695, February 9 & 19
off the Oinousses islands, Aegean Sea
Morean War
Giovanni Antonio Zeno
—
Ottoman fleet under Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha
Ottoman victory
1696, August 22
off Andros , Aegean Sea
Morean War
Bartolomeo Contarini
Papal States
Ottoman fleet under Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha
Indecisive
1698, September 20
off Samothrace , northern Aegean Sea
Morean War
—
Ottoman fleet
Inconclusive
18th century
Date
Location
Conflict
Commander
Allies
Opponents
Outcome
Refs
1715, July 12–20
Nauplia , Greece
Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
Geronimo Dolfin , Alessandro Bon
—
Ottomans under Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha
Decisive Ottoman victory , fall of the Kingdom of the Morea
1716, July 8 – August 21
Corfu , Greece
Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg , Andrea Pisani
Knights of Malta , Grand Duchy of Tuscany , Papal States , Spain
Ottomans under Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha and Kara Mustafa Pasha
Venetian victory , Ottomans abandon Corfu
1716, July 8
Corfu Channel , Greece
Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
Andrea Corner
—
Ottoman fleet under Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha
Indecisive
1717, June 12–16
off Imbros , Aegean Sea
Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
Lodovico Flangini
Ottoman fleet under Hodja Ibrahim Pasha
Indecisive , death of Flangini
1717, July 19
off Cape Matapan , Greece
Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
Marcantonio Diedo
Kingdom of Portugal , Knights of Malta , Papal States
Ottoman fleet under Eğribozlu Pasha
Indecisive
1784 – 1788
Porto Farina , Tunis , Sfax , Bizerte , Sousse , Tunisia
Angelo Emo , Tommaso Condulmier
Beylik of Tunis under Hammuda ibn Ali
Venetian victory
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