Second Ottoman-Venetian War Begins
1499
Bayezid II attacked Venetian holdings in the eastern Mediterranean, seeking Lepanto and Modon. The war's Turkish victories stripped Venice of key Peloponnesian bases. Venice would compensate by strengthening its Adriatic position and, quietly, by expanding its Aegean spying networks. The Mediterranean's Ottoman tilt continued, year by year. The loss of bases at Lepanto, Modon, and Coron accelerated Venice's pivot toward mainland Italian territories for revenue.
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.