Francesco Morosini was the Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694, at the height of the Great Turkish War. The Republic of Venice was a city-state in Venetia in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ... Events A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the Immortal Seven, invite William and Mary to depose James II of England. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... The Great Turkish War (1667-1683} was a group of conflicts between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire. ...

Morosini first rose to prominence as Captain-General of the Venetian forces on Crete during the siege of Candia by the Ottoman Empire. He was eventually forced to surrender the city, and was accused of cowardice and treason on his return to Venice; however, he was found innocent after a brief trial. Captain General is a military rank which was formerly relatively common within various European forces, usually ranking above a lieutenant general, in the current location of a full general. ... Crete, sometimes spelled Krete (Greek Κρήτη / Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... Candia is a town located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul (Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 6. ...

In 1685 Morosini took command of a fleet against the Ottomans and sacked Corone. Over the next several years, he captured most of the Morea with the help of Otto von Konigsmark. During the siege of Athens in 1687, his artillery partly destroyed the Parthenon, and he oversaw the looting of many of the surviving sculptures. Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... The Morea and surrounding states carved from the Byzantine Empire, as they were in 1265 (William R. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, 1911) The name Morea (Μωρέας) for Peloponnesos first appears in the 10th century in Byzantine chronicles. ... ... Events March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. ... The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west The Parthenon (Greek: Παρθενων) is the most famous surviving building of Ancient Greece and one of the most famous buildings in the world. ...

In the summer of 1688 Morosini, now having been proclaimed Doge, attacked Negropont, but was unable to capture it, and was forced to return to Venice when plague broke out among his troops. He embarked on a final campaign in 1693, but was again unsuccessful in taking Negropont, and returned to Venice after sacking some minor coastal towns. Events A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the Immortal Seven, invite William and Mary to depose James II of England. ... Euboea, or Negropont (Greek: Εύβοια, modern transliteration: Evvoia, Evvia or Evia), is the largest island of the Greek archipelago. ... Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ...

For some thousand years, the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice was the Doge (Duke). ...