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List of battles involving the Republic of Venice

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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

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887, September 18Makro, DalmatiaDoge Pietro I Candiano—Narentine piratesVenetian defeat, death of Candiano.
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10th century

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900, June 29VeniceMagyar raid on veniceDoge Pietro Tribuno—HungariansVenetian victory
948DalmatiaDoge Pietro III Candiano—Narentine piratesVenetian defeat, obligation for annual tribute to the Narentines
998, Ascension DayDoge Pietro Orseolo II—Venetian victory, cessation of the tribute
1000Lastovo, Dalmatia—Citizens of LastovoVenetian victory, annexation of Lastovo
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11th century

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1004DalmatiaDoge Pietro Orseolo II—Narentine piratesVenetian victory, subjugation of the Narentines
1081DyrrhachiumFirst Norman invasion of ByzantiumDoge Domenico Selvo—Italo-Norman fleet under Robert GuiscardVenetian victory, destruction of the Norman fleet; Battle of Dyrrhachium
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12th century

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1110, October 19 – December 5SidonNorwegian CrusadeDoge Ordelafo FalieroKingdom of Jerusalem, Kingdom of NorwayFatimid Caliphate garrisonVenetian–Crusader victory, capture of the city, creation of the Lordship of Sidon
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13th century

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1202, November 10–24Zara, DamlatiaFourth CrusadeDoge Enrico DandoloCrusadersCitizens of Zara (nominally Hungarian)Venetian–Crusader victory, sack of the city
1203, July 11 – August 1ConstantinopleByzantines under Alexios III AngelosVenetian–Crusader victory, flight of Alexios III and coronation of Alexios IV Angelos
1204, April 8–13Byzantines under Alexios V DoukasVenetian–Crusader victory, sack of the city, dissolution of the Byzantine Empire
1257–1258Negroponte, GreeceWar of the Euboeote SuccessionMarco GradenigoDuchy of Athens and the Lombard Triarchs of NegroponteAchaean garrisonVenetian victory, recapture of Negroponte
1258, June 25AcreWar of Saint SabasLorenzo Tiepolo—Genoese fleet under Rosso della TurcaVenetian victory, Genoese abandon Acre
1263Settepozzi, GreeceWar of Saint Sabas and Byzantine–Venetian warsGilberto Dandolo—Genoese fleetVenetian victory
1264, August 14off Saseno, AlbaniaWar of Saint SabasMichele Duaro—Genoese fleet under Simone GrilloGenoese victory, capture of a Venetian trade convoy
1264, September 2–?TyreAndrea Barozzi—Philip of Montfort, Lord of TyreSiege aborted after a few days
1266, June 23off Trapani, SicilyJacopo Dondulo—Genoese fleet under Lanfranco BorboninoCrushing Venetian victory, Genoese fleet captured
1298, September 9off Curzola, DalmatiaAndrea Dandolo—Genoese fleet under Lamba DoriaGenoese victory
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14th century

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1334, autumnGulf of AdramyttionNaval League of 1332UnknownKnights Hospitaller, Kingdom of Cyprus, Papal StatesBeylik of KarasiNaval League victory
1344, May 13Pallene peninsula, ChalcidiceSmyrniote crusadesUnknownTurkish piratesChristian victory
1345, August 12 – 1346, December 21Zara, DalmatiaCroatian-Venetian wars and Hungarian–Venetian wars—Citizens of Zara, aided by the Kingdom of HungaryVenetian victory, annexation of the city
1347, AprilImbros island, Aegean SeaSmyrniote crusadesUnknownKnights HospitallerTurkish pirates (Beylik of Sarukhan/Beylik of Aydin?)Christian victory
1354, November 4Bay of PylosThird Venetian–Genoese WarNiccolò Pisani—Genoese fleet under Paganino DoriaGenoese victory
1359Megara GulfNaval League of 1359UnknownKnights HospitallerTurkish piratesChristian victory
1378Traù, DalmatiaWar of ChioggiaVettor Pisani—Genoese fleet under Luciano Doria and citizens of TraùGenoese victory
1378, May 30off Anzio, Italy—Genoese fleet under Luigi de' FieschiVenetian victory
1379, May 7Pola, Istria—Genoese fleet under Luciano DoriaGenoese victory
1380, June 24Chioggia, Venetian LagoonDoge Andrea Contarini, Vettor Pisani, Carlo Zeno—Genoese fleet under Pietro DoriaDecisive Venetian victory, breaking of the siege of Venice
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15th century

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1403, October 7off Modon, GreeceVenetian–Genoese warsCarlo Zeno—Genoese fleet under the French Marshal BoucicautVenetian victory
1412, August 24Motta di Livenza, VenetoHungarian–Venetian warsCarlo Malatesta—Hungarian forces of Sigismund of LuxembourgVenetian victory, consolidation of Venetian rule over Dalmatia
1416, May 29northern entrance of the DardanellesOttoman–Venetian WarsPietro Loredan—Ottoman fleet under Çali BeyVenetian victory, death of Çali Bey
1423, September 14 – 1430, March 29Thessalonica and northern AegeanVarious commanders—Ottomans under Murad II and various commandersOttoman victory, capture of Thessalonica
1427, October 11Maclodio, LombardyWars in LombardyFrancesco Bussone da CarmagnolaDuchy of MantuaMilanese army, under Carlo MalatestaVenetian victory, Malatesta taken captive
1431, MarchSoncino, LombardyWars in LombardyFrancesco Bussone da Carmagnola—Milanese army, under Francesco I SforzaMilanese victory
1431, June 6Po River, near CremonaNiccolò Trevisani—Milanese victory
1432, November 18–19Delebio, LombardyGiorgio Corner, Cesare Martinengo, Taddeo d'Este—Milanese army under Niccolò PiccininoMilanese victory
1440, June 29Anghiari, TuscanyMicheletto Attendolo, under the overall command of Cardinal Ludovico TrevisanRepublic of Florence, Papal StatesAllied victory
1448, September 15Caravaggio, LombardyWars in Lombardy and Milanese War of SuccessionMicheletto AttendoloMilanese army under Francesco SforzaMilanese victory
1452, June 6 - 8 Pontevico, Lombardy Wars in Lombardy — Milanese victory
1453, May 25 - 29 Jacopo Piccinino — Venetian victory
1453, June 14 – November 27 Orzinuovi, Lombardy Bertoldo d'Este — Milanese-French army under Francesco Sforza and René of Anjou Milanese victory, Venice loses Bassa Bresciana Occidentale The French army joined the battle since the autumn.
1453, August 15Ghedi, LombardyWars in Lombardy and Milanese War of SuccessionJacopo Piccinino—Milanese–Mantuan army under Francesco SforzaMilanese victory, Venice loses Bassa Bresciana Orientale
1453, October 16 - 19 Pontevico, Lombardy Wars in Lombardy — Milanese-French army under Francesco Sforza and René of Anjou Milanese victory, Venice loses Bassa Bresciana Centrale
1467, July 25Molinella, EmiliaBartolomeo ColleoniDuchy of Ferrara, Pesaro and ForlìFlorentine army under Federico da MontefeltroIndecisive
1470, July 10 – August 5Negroponte, GreeceFirst Ottoman–Venetian WarPaolo Erizzo (garrison), Nicolò Canal (fleet)—Ottoman army under Sultan Mehmed IIOttoman victory, capture of the city and island of Negroponte
1478, May – 1479, April 25Scutari, Albaniavarious commandersLordship of Zeta, local Albanian forcesOttoman army under Sultan Mehmed II and other commandersOttoman victory, capture of the city and end of the war
1487, August 10Calliano, TrentinoWar of RoveretoRoberto Sanseverino d'Aragona—Armies of the Bishopric of Trent and the County of TyrolDecisive allied victory, death of Sanseverino
1495, July 6Fornovo, EmiliaItalian War of 1494–1498Francesco II GonzagaDuchy of Milan, Margravate of MantuaFrench army under King Charles VIIIFrench victory
1499, August 12, 20, 22, and 25Bay of Pylos, GreeceSecond Ottoman–Venetian WarAntonio Grimani—Ottoman fleet under Kemal ReisOttoman victory
1500, November 8 – December 24Castle of Saint George, CephaloniaBenedetto Pesaro (fleet), under the overall command of Gonzalo Fernández de CórdobaSpainOttoman garrison under Gisdar AgaAllied victory, capture of the fortress
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16th century

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1509, December 22River Po at Polesella, VenetoWar of the League of CambraiAngelo Trevisan—Ferrarese fleet under Cardinal d'EsteFerrarese victory
1513, October 7Schio, VenetoBartolomeo d'Alviano—Spanish–Imperial army under Ramón de Cardona and Fernando d'ÁvalosDecisive Spanish–Imperial victory
1515, September 13–14Melegnano, LombardyBartolomeo d'Alviano, under the overall command of King Francis I of FranceKingdom of FranceSwiss–Milanese army under Maximilian SforzaDecisive French–Venetian victory
1537, August – SeptemberCorfu, GreeceThird Ottoman–Venetian War—Ottoman army and fleet (plus a French contingent) under Sultan Suleiman the MagnificentVenetian victory
1538, September 28off Preveza, GreeceVincenzo Cappello, under the overall command of Andrea DoriaHoly League forcesOttoman fleet under Hayreddin BarbarossaOttoman victory
1570, July 22 – September 9Nicosia, CyprusFourth Ottoman–Venetian WarNiccolò Dandolo—Ottoman army under Lala Kara Mustafa PashaOttoman victory, sack of the city
1570, September 17 – 1571, August 5Famagusta, CyprusMarco Antonio Bragadin—Ottoman victory, sack of the city, end of Venetian resistance in Cyprus
1571, October 7off Lepanto, GreeceSebastiano Venier, under the overall command of John of AustriaHoly League forcesOttoman fleet under Müezzinzade Ali PashaHoly League victory
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17th century

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1618, June 24Strait of GibraltarMelcior van den Kerchove—Spanish fleetVenetian victory, breakthrough of the Venetian fleet
1646, May 26off the Dardanelles StraitCretan WarTommaso Alvise Mocenigo—Ottoman fleetVenetian victory
1648, May 1 – 1669, September 27Candia, CreteVarious commandersKnights of Malta, Kingdom of FranceOttoman army under various commandersOttoman victory, surrender of Candia and end of the Cretan War
1649, May 12off FoçaGiacomo da Riva—Ottoman fleet under Koca Dervish Mehmed PashaVenetian victory
1651, July 10south of Naxos, Aegean SeaTommaso Alvise Mocenigo—Ottoman fleetVenetian victory
1654, May 15PerastKrsto Vicković—Ottoman army of Herzegovina, Uljinj piratesVenetian victory
1654, May 16off the Dardanelles StraitGiuseppe DelfinoKnights of MaltaOttoman fleet under Kara Murat PashaOttoman victory
1655, June 21Lazzaro MocenigoOttoman fleet under Kara Mustafa PashaVenetian victory
1656, June 26Lorenzo MarcelloOttoman fleet under Kenan PashaVenetian victory, Venetian occupation of Tenedos and Lemnos
1657, May 3Lazzaro Mocenigo—Ottoman Algerian fleetVenetian victory
1657, May 18—Ottoman fleetVenetian victory
1657, July 17–19off the Dardanelles StraitLazzaro MocenigoKnights of Malta, Papal StatesOttoman fleet under Topal Mehmed PashaOttoman victory, breaking of the Venetian blockade of the Dardanelles
1661, August 27near Milos, Aegean SeaGiorgio MorosiniKnights of MaltaOttoman galley fleetVenetian victory
1662, September 29between Kos and Kalymnos, Aegean Sea—Ottoman convoy from AlexandriaVenetian victory
1684, July 21 – August 6Fortress of Santa Maura, LefkadaMorean WarFrancesco Morosini—Ottoman garrison of Santa MauraVenetian victory, surrender of the fortress and island
1686, June 2–14New Navarino fortress, MoreaOtto Wilhelm Königsmarck—Ottoman garrisonVenetian victory, surrender of the fortress
1686, July 30 – August 29Nauplia, Morea—Ottoman garrison of Nauplia and relief army under Ismail PashaVenetian victory, surrender of the city
1687, July 24Patras, MoreaFrancesco Morosini, Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck—Ottoman army under Mehmed PashaVenetian victory, surrender of Patras Castle and Rio Castle
1687, September 23–29Acropolis of AthensFrancesco Morosini—Ottoman garrison of the AcropolisVenetian victory, surrender of the Acropolis
1688, July 13 – October 21Negroponte, Central Greece—Ottoman garrison of NegroponteOttoman victory, raising of the siege
1690, September 8off Lesbos, Aegean SeaDaniele Dolfin—Ottoman fleetInconclusive
1695, February 9 & 19off the Oinousses islands, Aegean SeaGiovanni Antonio Zeno—Ottoman fleet under Mezzo Morto Hüseyin PashaOttoman victory
1696, August 22off Andros, Aegean SeaBartolomeo ContariniPapal StatesIndecisive
1698, September 20off Samothrace, northern Aegean Sea—Ottoman fleetInconclusive
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18th century

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1715, July 12–20Nauplia, GreeceSeventh Ottoman–Venetian WarGeronimo Dolfin, Alessandro Bon—Ottomans under Silahdar Damat Ali PashaDecisive Ottoman victory, fall of the Kingdom of the Morea
1716, July 8 – August 21Corfu, GreeceJohann Matthias von der Schulenburg, Andrea PisaniKnights of Malta, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Papal States, SpainOttomans under Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha and Kara Mustafa PashaVenetian victory, Ottomans abandon Corfu
1716, July 8Corfu Channel, GreeceAndrea Corner—Ottoman fleet under Canım Hoca Mehmed PashaIndecisive
1717, June 12–16off Imbros, Aegean SeaLodovico FlanginiOttoman fleet under Hodja Ibrahim PashaIndecisive, death of Flangini
1717, July 19off Cape Matapan, GreeceMarcantonio DiedoKingdom of Portugal, Knights of Malta, Papal StatesOttoman fleet under Eğribozlu PashaIndecisive
1784 – 1788Porto Farina, Tunis, Sfax, Bizerte, Sousse, TunisiaAngelo Emo, Tommaso CondulmierBeylik of Tunis under Hammuda ibn AliVenetian victory
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