Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Durazzo in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Bohemund Bohemund & Robert Guiscard defeat Emperor Alexius. The Battle of Dyrrhachium (Durres in Albania) between the Byzantine Empire, led by the Emperor Alexius I Comnenus and the Normans of southern Italy under Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria. Fought outside the city of Dyrrhachium (also known as Durazzo), Byzantine capital of Illyria, results in a Norman victory
Guiscard Occupies Corfu and Durazzo, defeating the Emperor Alexius during his attack on the Greek Empire
Robert Guiscard raises the siege but it is sucessfully defended by George Palaeologus
The Normans took Dyrrhachium in February 1082 and advanced inland, capturing most of Macedonia and Thessaly
Attacks the Byzantines but is defeated by Alexius I & cedes Antioch to Byzantium
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