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Battle of Lepanto

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The Battle of Lepanto was a naval battle fought on 7 October 1571 in the Gulf of Patras, in which a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states led by the Spanish Empire and the Republic of Venice, decisively defeated the Ottoman Empire's fleet. Involving more than 450 warships, it was the largest naval battle in Western history since classical antiquity and the last major engagement fought almost entirely between rowing galleys, ending in a Holy League victory that nearly destroyed the Ottoman fleet. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Battle Type
Naval battle (galley fleet action) 1
Year
1571 1
Location
Gulf of Patras, Ionian Sea 1
Outcome
Holy League victory 1
Battle Type
Battle Type (category)
Naval Battle 1
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Source Wikidata: Battle of Lepanto
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1. Wikipedia: Battle of Lepanto
  • Lead section
    Lepanto marks the last major engagement in the Western world to be fought almost entirely between rowing vessels, namely the galleys and galleasses, which were the direct descendants of ancient trireme warships.
  • Infobox: Date
    7 October 1571
  • Infobox: location
    Gulf of Patras, Ionian Sea
  • Infobox: Result
    Holy League victory
  • Part Of: Ottoman-Habsburg Wars, Infobox: part_of
    the Spanish-Ottoman wars, the Ottoman-Habsburg wars and the Fourth Ottoman-Venetian War
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Wikidata: Battle of Lepanto
Wikidata Q165425, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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