battle, early modern

Bombardment of Genoa

Name: Bombardment of Genoa
Location: Genoa, Italy

Bombardment of Genoa was a battle fought in 1684 at Genoa, in what is now Italy. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Genoa. It was part of the War of the Reunions, which ran from 1683 to 1684. The recorded result: Inconclusive.

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Fought1684

WhereGenoa, Italy44.407N, 8.934E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeInconclusive

BelligerentsFranceagainstGenoa; Spain

Part ofWar of the Reunions1683 to 1684

Where it sits in the War of the Reunions

7 placed engagements of the War of the Reunions in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1684 (year precision) to 1684
Place	Genoa, Italy 44.407N, 8.934E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Commanders	Abraham Duquesne	Juan Tomas Enriquez de Cabrera, 7th Duke of Medina de Rioseco

Placed at Genoa; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Genoa 1747, same recorded site
Siege of Genoa 1522, same recorded site
Siege of Genoa 1746, same recorded site
Battle of Genoa 1795, 0.1 km SW
Siege of Genoa 1331, 0.4 km N

In the same war

Before: Battle of the Ter River 1684
After: Siege of Girona 1684
All 7 engagements of War of the Reunions

Elsewhere in 1684

Bombardment of Genoa is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 1,038 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2909600, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Bombardment of Genoa, revision 1370605114, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.