The Russo-Turkish War of 1676 to 1681 was fought between the Tsardom of Russia and the Ottoman Empire for control of the Ukrainian lands along the Dnieper. The conflict arose after the Ottomans backed the Cossack hetman Petro Doroshenko against rival Cossack leaders who were supported by Moscow. The main fighting centred on the fortress of Chyhyryn, which the Ottomans and their Crimean Tatar allies besieged and captured in 1678, after which the Russians and Cossacks destroyed it as they withdrew. The war ended with the Treaty of Bakhchisaray, which established a border along the Dnieper and a truce lasting twenty years. It was the first direct war between the two powers.
Before and after
- 31 March 1675Birth of Benedict XIV
- from 20 June 1675 to 12 April 1678King Philip's War
- 15 December 1675Death of Johannes Vermeer
- 1676Construction of Skokloster Castle
- from 1676 to 1681Second Russo-Turkish War
- 26 August 1676Birth of Robert Walpole
- 9 October 1676Leeuwenhoek discovers microorganisms
- 21 February 1677Death of Benedictus de Spinoza
- 4 March 1678Birth of Antonio Vivaldi
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