20 July 1866
Battle of Lissa
Tegetthoff defeats the larger Italian fleet at Lissa using aggressive close-range tactics.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Lissa in Austria. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Tegetthoff defeats the larger Italian fleet at Lissa using aggressive close-range tactics.
Tegetthoff wins a major naval victory despite Italian superiority in ironclads and guns.
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