What the records say
- When
- 28 Mar 1625 – 24 Apr 1625
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 44.41° N, 8.93° E
- Description
- 1625 Spanish expedition against the French-occupied Republic of Genoa
- Naval
- yes
Relief of Genoa
1625 naval battle of the Thirty Years' War
The Relief of Genoa took place between 28 March 1625 and 24 April 1625, during the Thirty Years' War. It was a major naval expedition launched by Spain against the French-occupied Republic of Genoa, whose capital, Genoa, was being besieged by a joint Franco-Savoyard army composed of 30,000 men and 3,000 cavalry.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “First Savoine War – Relief of Genoa: The Spanish fleet aids the Republic of Genoa, by overcoming the Franco-Savoyard occupation of the city of Genoa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Primera guerra saboyana, entre la República de Génova y el Ducado de Saboya”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page