Çanakkale Canakkale Turkey
321 BCE
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Philip, planning his Asiatic war under the convenient banner of the Hellenic ‘crusade’ created by Isocrates and other intellectuals, sends to Asia Minor an advance force of the Macedonian army under Amyntas, a son of Philip's brother late Perdiccas, and generals Parmenio and Attalus (Parmenio's son-in-law) early in 336 BCE.
Craterus is killed somewhere near the Hellespont during the opening phase of the struggle for the succession while fighting the forces of Eumenes (whom ancient sources agree was an extremely able general).
The Treaty of the Dardanelles (also known as the Dardanelles Treaty of Peace, Commerce, and Secret Alliance, the Treaty of Çanak, the Treaty of Chanak or Turkish: Kale-i Sultaniye Antlaşması) is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on January 5, 1809 at Çanak, Ottoman Empire.
The treaty ends the Anglo-Turkish War.
The Porte restores extensive British commercial and legal privileges in the empire.
The United Kingdom promises to protect the integrity of the Ottoman Empire against the French threat, both with its own fleet and through weapons supplies to Constantinople.
The treaty affirms the principle that no warships of any power should enter the Straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus.
The treaty anticipates the London Straits Convention of 1841, by which the other major powers will commit themselves to this same principle.