Venetian-Genoese War of Chioggia reaches its crisis
1379
Genoese galleys penetrated the Venetian lagoon and seized Chioggia, bringing the Republic of St. Mark closer to destruction than at any point in its history. Venice counterattacked with desperate brilliance, trapping the Genoese fleet behind sandbars. The war's outcome confirmed Venice as the dominant maritime power of the eastern Mediterranean.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.