The Russo-Turkish wars were a long series of conflicts between the Russian and Ottoman empires, fought over some four centuries over control of the Black Sea, the Balkans and the Caucasus. The first took place in the late sixteenth century, and the wars became more frequent after Peter the Great. Under Catherine the Great, Russia won the Crimea and the northern Black Sea coast, and in the nineteenth century it supported the independence of Balkan peoples, such as the Serbs, Greeks, Bulgarians and Romanians. The last war was fought in the First World War, and ended with the collapse of both empires. The conflicts also led to the Crimean War, in which Britain and France intervened.
Before and after
- 25 July 1567Founding of Caracas
- 1568The Blind Leading the Blind
- from 1568 to 1600Azuchi-Momoyama period
- from 1568 to 1570First Russo-Turkish War
- from 1568 to 1918Russo-Turkish Wars
- from May 1568 to May 1573Marian civil war
- from 23 May 1568 to 30 January 1648Eighty Years' War
- from 24 December 1568 to 1 March 1571Rebellion of the Alpujarras
- 1569Invention of Mercator projection
More in Wars, politics & history
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- 13 April 1598Edict of Nantes
- from 28 December 1688 to 1 January 1689Glorious Revolution
- from 22 February 1700 to 10 September 1721Great Northern War
- 1713Peace of Utrecht
- from 16 December 1740 to 18 October 1748War of the Austrian Succession
The era
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