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Battle of Genoa
1684
May 1684
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Franco-Genoese War

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To punish Genoa for building ships for Spain and selling munitions to the Ottoman Governor of Algiers, Louis XIV of France sent Admiral Abraham Duquesne to bombard the city, accompanied by Secretary for War, Jean Baptiste Colbert Marquis de Seignelay. After suffering considerable damage, Genoa was humbled and had to abandon its long alliance with Spain.


   
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