What the records say
- When
- 22 Jul 1664 – 30 Oct 1664
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 36.82° N, 5.77° E
- Description
- 1664 military expedition by Louis XIV to seize the port of Djidjelli
Djidjelli expedition
1664 military expedition by Louis XIV
The Djidjelli expedition was a 1664 military expedition by Louis XIV to seize the port of Djidjelli and establish a naval base against the Barbary corsairs. There was a disagreement among the leaders of the expedition as to what its objectives should be.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “débarquement du duc de Beaufort à Djidjelli, en Algérie ; il se retire le 31 octobre, « avec perte », selon Bussy Rabutin, « de soixante-dix pièces de canon,…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page