Treaty of Passarowitz
1718 peace ending Ottoman-Habsburg-Venetian war with major territorial cessions.
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The Treaty of Passarowitz, signed in Požarevac on 21 July 1718, ended hostilities between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy and the Republic of Venice. It resulted in significant territorial losses for the Ottomans and was regarded in Vienna as an extraordinary success.
Background
The Ottomans had been successful against Venice in Ottoman Greece and Crete between 1714 and 1718, but were defeated at Petrovaradin in 1716 by Habsburg troops under Prince Eugene of Savoy. Great Britain and the Dutch Republic intervened to arrange peace, leading to the treaty's signing.
Terms
The Ottoman Empire ceded the Banat of Temeswar, western Wallachia, northern Serbia including Belgrade, and northern Bosnia's Posavina region to the Habsburgs. Habsburg merchants received operating assurances, and Catholic priests regained revoked privileges. Venice ceded the Morea, its last Cretan outposts, Aegina, and Tinos, retaining only the Ionian Islands, Preveza, and Arta, plus small Dalmatian gains.
Aftermath
The treaty gave the Habsburgs control over northern present-day Serbia, which they organized as the Kingdom of Serbia, and the Banat as another crown land. Habsburg rule lasted 21 years until the 1739 Treaty of Belgrade, when the Ottoman Empire regained northern Bosnia, Habsburg Serbia including Belgrade, southern Banat, and Oltenia.
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- Wikipedia: Treaty of Passarowitz (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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