The Morean war, also known as the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War, was fought between 1684–1699 as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoma
Medal commemorating the Venetian victories in the Morean War, struck by Georg Hautsch in Nuremberg in 1687. It shows the main Venetian commanders (Francesco Morosini, Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck, Girolamo Cornaro) on the obverse, and the main fortresses captured by the Venetians on the reverse.
Sketch of the Siege of Santa Maura, by Jacob Peeters
Engraving of the Venetian attack on Preveza, by Vincenzo Coronelli
The Battle of Kalamata, by Vincenzo Coronelli
The Great Turkish War was a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League consisting of the Holy Roman Empire, Poland-Lithuania, Venice, Russia, and the Kingdom of Hungary. Intens
Morean War
…war (Italian: Guerra di Morea), also known as the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War, was fought between 1684–1699 as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. Military operations ranged from Dalmatia to the Aegean Sea, but the war's major campaign was…
From top left: The Battle of Vienna, the Siege of Buda, the Azov campaigns, the Battle of Zenta
The Holy League took Buda after a long siege in 1686
Mustafa II came to power during the war, where he personally commanded the Ottoman Army.
Sobieski at Vienna by Stanisław Chlebowski – king John III of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania