Treaty of Karlowitz
The Ottomans cede vast lands to Europe for the first time
The peace signed at Karlowitz in January 1699 concluded the Great Turkish War that began with the siege of Vienna. The Ottomans ceded Hungary and Transylvania to Austria, Podolia to Poland and the Morea to Venice; Russia agreed a truce and gained Azov in 1700.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1696 Capture of Azov — 3 years earlier
- 1700–1721 Great Northern War — 1 year later
- 1703 Founding of Saint Petersburg — 4 years later
- 1709 Battle of Poltava — 10 years later
- 1721 Proclamation of the Russian Empire — 22 years later
Middle East
- 1722 Fall of Isfahan — 23 years later
Asia
- 1707 Death of Aurangzeb — 8 years later
Alive at the time
- Louis XIV (aged 61)
- Isaac Newton (aged 56)
- Kangxi Emperor (aged 45)
- Peter the Great (aged 27)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 14)
- Voltaire (aged 5)
- Aurangzeb (aged 81)
- John Locke (aged 67)
- Leopold I (aged 59)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (aged 53)