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(See 1573)| Venice continued to fall into ever deeper decline. In international affairs, it became increasingly cautious and neutral. | 1 |
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| 1645–69 |
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| The Candian War, during the earlier part of which the Venetians won resounding naval victories at the Dardanelles. The war ultimately centered on the siege of Candia (Crete) (1658–69). France came to the aid of Venice and the Venetians themselves put up a tough defense, but by the peace settlement they lost Candia to the Ottomans. | 2 |
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| 1684 |
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| Venice joined with Austria and Poland in the war against the Ottomans (See 1683, July 14–Sept. 12). | 3 |
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| 1718 |
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| By the Treaty of Passarowitz, the Venetians lost the Morea. Venice retained only the Ionian islands and the Dalmatian coast. | 4 |
| Milan remained under Spanish rule until by the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) it passed to Austria. Mantua was incorporated with the duchy of Milan (See 1713, April 11). | 5 |
| Parma and Piaceza changed hands several times during the 18th century. | 6 |
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| 1731 |
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| On the extinction of the Farnese family, the duchies were given to Charles, the son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, Elizabeth Farnese. In 1733 (War of the Polish Succession) Charles conquered Naples and Sicily, and these territories were awarded him in the peace settlement. In return he abandoned Parma and Piacenza to Austria (See 1738, Nov. 18). | 7 |
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| 1748 |
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| As a result of the War of the Austrian Succession (See 1740–48), Maria Theresa ceded Parma and Piacenza to Philip, the younger brother of Charles of Naples. Philip ruled until 1765 and was succeeded by his son Ferdinand. | 8 |
| The Genoese Republic remained independent, though constantly exposed to encroachment by Savoy, France, and Austria. | 9 |
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| 1730 |
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| Revolt of Corsica against Genoese rule. | 10 |
| After a long and variable struggle, during which a German adventurer, Baron Neuhof of Westphalia, appeared for a time as King Theodore I (1736), the Genoese called upon the French for assistance. The French subjugated the island, which the Genoese ceded to them (1768). | 11 |
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