1061
Capture of Messina
Guiscard invaded Sicily with his brother Roger, capturing Messina in 1061 with comparable ease, they landed unsighted during the night and surprised the Saracen army
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Messina in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Guiscard invaded Sicily with his brother Roger, capturing Messina in 1061 with comparable ease, they landed unsighted during the night and surprised the Saracen army
Under the Treaty of Messina Richard I names Arthur of Brittany as his succesor if he should die without issue
Under the Treaty of Messina Richard I names Arthur of Brittany as his succesor if he should die without issue
Richard I & Philip II take Messina from Tankred, the King of Sicily
Represents France at the Messina Conference for greater European integration
Represents France at the Messina Conference as ministers consider a common market and atomic community.
France joined the six ECSC states in relaunching European integration at the Messina conference.
Pinay represents France at Messina, where the Six agree to examine both a general common market and sectoral integration.
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