What the records say
- When
- 14 Mar 1653
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 43.55° N, 10.32° E
- Description
- 1653 battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
5 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A Dutch fleet defeats the English in the Battle of Leghorn in the Mediterranean but the Dutch commander, Johan van Galen, later dies of his wounds”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Seeschlacht bei Livorno bezwingen die Niederländer unter Johan van Galen ein englisches Geschwader und erlangen die Kontrolle im Mittelmeer”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire hollandaise sur l'Angleterre au large de l'île d'Elbe (bataille de Leghorn ou de Livourne)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “4 (14) марта — сражение при Ливорно”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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