April 1563
Siege of Mers el Kebir
Piyale Pasha supports the naval side of the Oran campaign
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Mers el Kebir in Turkey. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Piyale Pasha supports the naval side of the Oran campaign
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