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Treaty of Karlowitz
The
Treaty of Karlowitz
was signed on 26 January 1699 in
Sremski Karlovci
, in modern-day
Serbia
, concluding the
Austro-Ottoman War
of 1683–97 in which the Ottoman side had been defeated at the
Battle of Zenta
. It marks the end of Ottoman control in much of
Central Europe
and the beginning of the empire's phase of
decline
, with their first major territorial losses after
centuries of expansion
, and established the
Habsburg Monarchy
as the dominant power in Central and
southeast Europe
.
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