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The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India.
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Sovereign state in Italy (697–1797)
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1358–1808 maritime republic in Southern Europe (Dalmatia)
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Battle of Diu
1509 Portuguese naval victory in India
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