The following is a list of battles fought by the Republic of Venice, from the traditional date of its founding in 697 until its dissolution in 1797, organized by date. The list includes both land and sea engagements, and is not exhaustive.
9th century Date Location Conflict Commander Allies Opponents Outcome Refs 887, September 18 Makro, Dalmatia Doge Pietro I Candiano — Narentine pirates Venetian defeat, death of Candiano.
10th century Date Location Conflict Commander Allies Opponents Outcome Refs 900, June 29 Venice Magyar raid on Venice Doge Pietro Tribuno — Hungarians Venetian victory 948 Dalmatia Doge Pietro III Candiano — Narentine pirates Venetian defeat, obligation for annual tribute to the Narentines 998, Ascension Day Doge Pietro Orseolo II — Venetian victory, cessation of the tribute 1000 Lastovo, Dalmatia — Citizens of Lastovo Venetian victory, annexation of Lastovo
11th century Date Location Conflict Commander Allies Opponents Outcome Refs 1004 Dalmatia Doge Pietro Orseolo II — Narentine pirates Venetian victory, subjugation of the Narentines 1081 Dyrrhachium First Norman invasion of Byzantium Doge Domenico Selvo — Italo-Norman fleet under Robert Guiscard Venetian victory, destruction of the Norman fleet; Battle of Dyrrhachium
12th century Date Location Conflict Commander Allies Opponents Outcome Refs 1110, October 19 – December 5 Sidon Norwegian Crusade Doge Ordelafo Faliero Kingdom of Jerusalem, Kingdom of Norway Fatimid Caliphate garrison Venetian–Crusader victory, capture of the city, creation of the Lordship of Sidon
13th century Date Location Conflict Commander Allies Opponents Outcome Refs 1202, November 10–24 Zara, Damlatia Fourth Crusade Doge Enrico Dandolo Crusaders Citizens of Zara (nominally Hungarian) Venetian–Crusader victory, sack of the city 1203, July 11 – August 1 Constantinople Byzantines under Alexios III Angelos Venetian–Crusader victory, flight of Alexios III and coronation of Alexios IV Angelos 1204, April 8–13 Byzantines under Alexios V Doukas Venetian–Crusader victory, sack of the city, dissolution of the Byzantine Empire 1257–1258 Negroponte, Greece War of the Euboeote Succession Marco Gradenigo Duchy of Athens and the Lombard Triarchs of Negroponte Achaean garrison Venetian victory, recapture of Negroponte 1258, June 25 Acre War of Saint Sabas Lorenzo Tiepolo — Genoese fleet under Rosso della Turca Venetian victory, Genoese abandon Acre 1263 Settepozzi, Greece War of Saint Sabas and Byzantine–Venetian wars Gilberto Dandolo — Genoese fleet Venetian victory 1264, August 14 off Saseno, Albania War of Saint Sabas Michele Duaro — Genoese fleet under Simone Grillo Genoese victory, capture of a Venetian trade convoy 1264, September 2–? Tyre Andrea Barozzi — Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre Siege aborted after a few days 1266, June 23 off Trapani, Sicily Jacopo Dondulo — Genoese fleet under Lanfranco Borbonino Crushing Venetian victory, Genoese fleet captured 1298, September 9 off Curzola, Dalmatia Andrea Dandolo — Genoese fleet under Lamba Doria Genoese victory
14th century Date Location Conflict Commander Allies Opponents Outcome Refs 1334, autumn Gulf of Adramyttion Naval League of 1332 Unknown Knights Hospitaller, Kingdom of Cyprus, Papal States Beylik of Karasi Naval League victory 1344, May 13 Pallene peninsula, Chalcidice Smyrniote crusades Unknown Turkish pirates Christian victory 1345, August 12 – 1346, December 21 Zara, Dalmatia Croatian-Venetian wars and Hungarian–Venetian wars — Citizens of Zara, aided by the Kingdom of Hungary Venetian victory, annexation of the city 1347, April Imbros island, Aegean Sea Smyrniote crusades Unknown Knights Hospitaller Turkish pirates (Beylik of Sarukhan/Beylik of Aydin?) Christian victory 1354, November 4 Bay of Pylos Third Venetian–Genoese War Niccolò Pisani — Genoese fleet under Paganino Doria Genoese victory 1359 Megara Gulf Naval League of 1359 Unknown Knights Hospitaller Turkish pirates Christian victory 1378 Traù, Dalmatia War of Chioggia Vettor Pisani — Genoese fleet under Luciano Doria and citizens of Traù Genoese victory 1378, May 30 off Anzio, Italy — Genoese fleet under Luigi de' Fieschi Venetian victory 1379, May 7 Pola, Istria — Genoese fleet under Luciano Doria Genoese victory 1380, June 24 Chioggia, Venetian Lagoon Doge Andrea Contarini, Vettor Pisani, Carlo Zeno — Genoese fleet under Pietro Doria Decisive Venetian victory, breaking of the siege of Venice
15th century Date Location Conflict Commander Allies Opponents Outcome Refs 1403, October 7 off Modon, Greece Venetian–Genoese wars Carlo Zeno — Genoese fleet under the French Marshal Boucicaut Venetian victory 1412, August 24 Motta di Livenza, Veneto Hungarian–Venetian wars Carlo Malatesta — Hungarian forces of Sigismund of Luxembourg Venetian victory, consolidation of Venetian rule over Dalmatia 1416, May 29 northern entrance of the Dardanelles Ottoman–Venetian Wars Pietro Loredan — Ottoman fleet under Çali Bey Venetian victory, death of Çali Bey 1423, September 14 – 1430, March 29 Thessalonica and northern Aegean Various commanders — Ottomans under Murad II and various commanders Ottoman victory, capture of Thessalonica 1427, October 11 Maclodio, Lombardy Wars in Lombardy Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola Duchy of Mantua Milanese army, under Carlo Malatesta Venetian victory, Malatesta taken captive 1431, March Soncino, Lombardy Wars in Lombardy Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola — Milanese army, under Francesco I Sforza Milanese victory 1431, June 6 Po River, near Cremona Niccolò Trevisani — Milanese victory 1432, November 18–19 Delebio, Lombardy Giorgio Corner, Cesare Martinengo, Taddeo d'Este — Milanese army under Niccolò Piccinino Milanese victory 1440, June 29 Anghiari, Tuscany Micheletto Attendolo, under the overall command of Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan Republic of Florence, Papal States Allied victory 1448, September 15 Caravaggio, Lombardy Wars in Lombardy and Milanese War of Succession Micheletto Attendolo Milanese army under Francesco Sforza Milanese victory 1452, June 6 - 8Pontevico, LombardyWars in Lombardy—Milanese victory1453, May 25 - 29Jacopo Piccinino—Venetian victory1453, June 14 – November 27Orzinuovi, LombardyBertoldo d'Este—Milanese-French army under Francesco Sforza and René of AnjouMilanese victory, Venice loses Bassa Bresciana OccidentaleThe French army joined the battle since the autumn. 1453, August 15 Ghedi, Lombardy Wars in Lombardy and Milanese War of Succession Jacopo Piccinino — Milanese–Mantuan army under Francesco Sforza Milanese victory, Venice loses Bassa Bresciana Orientale 1453, October 16 - 19Pontevico, LombardyWars in Lombardy—Milanese-French army under Francesco Sforza and René of AnjouMilanese victory, Venice loses Bassa Bresciana Centrale 1467, July 25 Molinella, Emilia Bartolomeo Colleoni Duchy of Ferrara, Pesaro and Forlì Florentine army under Federico da Montefeltro Indecisive 1470, July 10 – August 5 Negroponte, Greece First Ottoman–Venetian War Paolo Erizzo (garrison), Nicolò Canal (fleet) — Ottoman army under Sultan Mehmed II Ottoman victory, capture of the city and island of Negroponte 1478, May – 1479, April 25 Scutari, Albania various commanders Lordship of Zeta, local Albanian forces Ottoman army under Sultan Mehmed II and other commanders Ottoman victory, capture of the city and end of the war 1487, August 10 Calliano, Trentino War of Rovereto Roberto Sanseverino d'Aragona — Armies of the Bishopric of Trent and the County of Tyrol Decisive allied victory, death of Sanseverino 1495, July 6 Fornovo, Emilia Italian War of 1494–1498 Francesco II Gonzaga Duchy of Milan, Margravate of Mantua French army under King Charles VIII French victory 1499, August 12, 20, 22, and 25 Bay of Pylos, Greece Second Ottoman–Venetian War Antonio Grimani — Ottoman fleet under Kemal Reis Ottoman victory 1500, November 8 – December 24 Castle of Saint George, Cephalonia Benedetto Pesaro (fleet), under the overall command of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba Spain Ottoman garrison under Gisdar Aga Allied victory, capture of the fortress
16th century Date Location Conflict Commander Allies Opponents Outcome Refs 1509, December 22 River Po at Polesella, Veneto War of the League of Cambrai Angelo Trevisan — Ferrarese fleet under Cardinal d'Este Ferrarese victory 1513, October 7 Schio, Veneto Bartolomeo d'Alviano — Spanish–Imperial army under Ramón de Cardona and Fernando d'Ávalos Decisive Spanish–Imperial victory 1515, September 13–14 Melegnano, Lombardy Bartolomeo d'Alviano, under the overall command of King Francis I of France Kingdom of France Swiss–Milanese army under Maximilian Sforza Decisive French–Venetian victory 1537, August – September Corfu, Greece Third Ottoman–Venetian War — Ottoman army and fleet (plus a French contingent) under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent Venetian victory 1538, September 28 off Preveza, Greece Vincenzo Cappello, under the overall command of Andrea Doria Holy League forces Ottoman fleet under Hayreddin Barbarossa Ottoman victory 1570, July 22 – September 9 Nicosia, Cyprus Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War Niccolò Dandolo — Ottoman army under Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha Ottoman victory, sack of the city 1570, September 17 – 1571, August 5 Famagusta, Cyprus Marco Antonio Bragadin — Ottoman victory, sack of the city, end of Venetian resistance in Cyprus 1571, October 7 off Lepanto, Greece Sebastiano Venier, under the overall command of John of Austria Holy League forces Ottoman fleet under Müezzinzade Ali Pasha Holy League victory
17th century