Battle of the Dardanelles

Name: Battle of the Dardanelles
Start: 1656-06-26

26 Jun 1656 · 40.20° N, 26.40° E

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When: 26 Jun 1656
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 40.20° N, 26.40° E
Description: 1656 naval battle
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Battle of the Dardanelles (1656)

1656 naval battle

The Third Battle of the Dardanelles in the Fifth Ottoman-Venetian War took place on 26 and 27 June 1656 inside the Dardanelles Strait. The battle was a clear victory for Venice and the Knights Hospitaller over the Ottoman Empire, although their commander, Lorenzo Marcello, was killed on the first day.

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Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Venezianer unter Admiral Lorenzo Marcello besiegen die Osmanen in der Dardanellenschlacht”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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Cretan War of 1645-166923 Jun 1645 · War

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