Battle of Pianosa
16th century naval engagement / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Part of the wars of Christian powers against the Barbary Corsairs | |||||||
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Republic of Genoa | Tunisian corsairs | ||||||
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Filippino Doria | Kaid Ali (POW) | ||||||
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The Battle of Pianosa was a naval engagement which took place on 25 April 25, 1519, when a Genoese fleet severely defeated the flotilla of the Tunisia-based Barbary corsair Kaid Ali in the Tyrrhenian Sea, in view of the island of Elba. The battle broke the back of one of the rising corsair bases on the Barbary Coast, Bizerte, and established Andrea Doria as among the foremost captains in the Mediterranean.