<P> The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League , of which the Venetian Empire and the Spanish Empire were the main powers , inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras , where Ottoman forces sailing westward from their naval station in Lepanto ( the Venetian name of ancient Naupactus Ναύπακτος , Ottoman İnebahtı ) met the fleet of the Holy League sailing east from Messina , Sicily . The Holy League was a coalition of European Catholic maritime states arranged by Pope Pius V and led by Adm. John of Austria , as agreed between Philip II of Spain -- who largely financed the League -- and the Venetian Republic ( main contributor of ships ) . </P>
<P> The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League , of which the Venetian Empire and the Spanish Empire were the main powers , inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras , where Ottoman forces sailing westward from their naval station in Lepanto ( the Venetian name of ancient Naupactus Ναύπακτος , Ottoman İnebahtı ) met the fleet of the Holy League sailing east from Messina , Sicily . The Holy League was a coalition of European Catholic maritime states arranged by Pope Pius V and led by Adm. John of Austria , as agreed between Philip II of Spain -- who largely financed the League -- and the Venetian Republic ( main contributor of ships ) . </P>
who did the spanish defeat at the battle of lepanto
who did the spanish defeat at the battle of lepanto
the Ottoman Empire
the Ottoman Empire