Republic of Venice

The Venetian Senate enacted the statute on 19 March 1474, establishing the first statutory patent system in Europe.

The statute defined patentable inventions as new, ingenious, and useful devices not previously made.

Venice recalled Catherine to Venice in 1488 due to Ottoman threats and a marriage plot with Naples.

Catherine retained her queenly title and received the lordship of Asolo as compensation for the sale.

In February 1489, Catherine ceded her ruling rights to the Doge of Venice as she had no heir.

Ottoman fleet under Kemal Reis defeats Venetian navy in August 1500.

Maximilian's army crosses into Venetian territory in February 1508, initiating hostilities with sieges and skirmishes.

French forces sacked Brescia on 18 February 1512 during the War of the League of Cambrai.

Brescia remained under French control until its return to Venice in 1520.

The Treaty of Brussels was concluded on 6 December 1516, ending hostilities between France and the Holy Roman Empire.

Francis I, Clement VII, and Italian states signed the League of Cognac to oppose Charles V.

The Ottoman invasion of Cyprus began, starting the War of Cyprus.

An Ottoman envoy delivered a demand for Cyprus's cession to Venice.

Venetian forces under Morosini occupied the entire Peloponnese peninsula by 1687, concluding the first period of Ottoman rule.

Venetian forces besieged the fortress of Negroponte, modern Chalkis, from July to October 1688.

The peace treaty was formally signed on 26 January 1699 in Sremski Karlovci, concluding the Great Turkish War.

Venice obtained most of Dalmatia and the Peloponnese, although the latter was later restored to the Turks.

The Ottoman Empire formally declared war on Venice on 9 December 1714, citing the seizure of a ship and the sanctuary granted to Danilo I as pretexts.

The peace treaty was formally signed in Požarevac on 21 July 1718, ending the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and its adversaries.