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1354-1683 · Year 203 of 330

Ottoman Wars in Europe

A series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states took place from the Late Middle Ages up through the early 20th century. The earliest…

1396-1718 · Year 161 of 323

Ottoman–Venetian Wars

The Turkish–Venetian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice from the 14th century to 18th century for control of the eastern…

1487-1583 · Year 70 of 97

Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars

The Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars were a series of wars between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which was later unified with other Russian principalities…

1494-1559 · Year 63 of 66

Italian Wars

1507-1572 · Year 50 of 66

Crimean-Russian Wars

The Russo-Crimean Wars were fought between the forces of the Tsardom of Russia and the Crimean Khanate during the 16th century over the region around the Volga River.

1514-1823 · Year 43 of 310

Ottoman–Persian Wars

1524-1697 · Year 33 of 174

European Wars of Religion

The European wars of religion were waged in Europe during the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries. Fought after the Protestant Reformation began in 1517, the wars disrupted the…

1526-1568 · Year 31 of 43

Habsburg–Ottoman wars in Hungary

The Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire waged a series of wars on the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary and several adjacent lands in Southeastern Europe from 1526 to…

1526-1791 · Year 31 of 266

Ottoman–Habsburg Wars

The Ottoman–Habsburg wars were fought from the 16th to the 18th centuries between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy, which was at times supported by the Kingdom of…

1538-1718 · Year 19 of 181

Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations

1551-1559 · Year 6 of 9

Italian War of 1551–1559

1554-1557 · Year 3 of 4

Russo-Swedish War of 1554–1557

The Russo-Swedish War of 1554–1557, considered a prelude to the Livonian War of 1558–1583, arose out of border skirmishes. It ended when the parties agreed on a truce in the…