18 July 1866
Attack on Lissa
Persano begins operations against Lissa without achieving a decisive result before the Austrian fleet arrives.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Lissa in Italy. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Persano begins operations against Lissa without achieving a decisive result before the Austrian fleet arrives.
Cappellini remains aboard Palestro when fire reaches its magazine and destroys the ship.
Faa di Bruno dies when Tegetthoff's flagship rams and sinks Re d'Italia.
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