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Medieval era · 1284

Battle of Meloria

The Battle of Meloria was fought near the islet of Meloria in the Ligurian Sea on 5 and 6 August 1284 between the fleets of the Republics of Genoa and Pisa as part of the Genoese-Pisan War. The victory of Genoa and the destruction of the Pisan fleet marked the decline of the Republic of Pisa.

Battle of Meloria
Battle of Meloria · Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1284
Where
Meloria
Era
Medieval

Topics

Italy753 BCE – todayFrance359 BCE – today

Before and after

Lithuanian Crusade1283 – 1410Third Mongol invasion of Poland1287Show on timeline

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