Mediterranean campaign of 1798
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The Mediterranean campaign of 1798 was a series of major naval operations surrounding a French expeditionary force sent to Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolutionary Wars. The French Republic sought to capture Egypt as the first stage in an effort to threaten British India and support Tipu Sultan, and thus force Great Britain to make peace. Departing Toulon in May 1798 with over 40,000 troops and hundreds of ships, Bonaparte's fleet sailed southeastwards across the Mediterranean Sea. They were followed by a small British squadron under Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, later reinforced to 13 ships of the line, whose pursuit was hampered by a lack of scouting frigates and reliable information. Bonaparte's first target was the island of Malta, which was under the government of the Knights of St. John and theoretically granted its owner control of the Central Mediterranean. Bonaparte's forces landed on the island and rapidly overwhelmed the defenders, securing the port city of Valletta before continuing to Egypt. When Nelson learned of the French capture of the island, he guessed the French target to be Egypt and sailed for Alexandria, but passed the French during the night of 22 June without discovering them and arrived off Egypt first.
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 648 | Muslim conquest of Mediterranean islands | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1516 | Spanish–Algerian conflicts | Spain, armed conflict, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1570 | Action of 1570 | Ottoman Empire, Knights Hospitaller, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1572 | Mediterranean campaign of 1572 | Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1609 | Spanish–Barbary conflicts | Spain, armed conflict, Barbary pirates | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1657 | Action of 3 May 1657 | Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Mediterranean campaign of 1793–1796 | French First Republic, Kingdom of Sardinia, Kingdom of Naples, military campaign, Kingdom of Spain, Kingdom of Great Britain | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1798 | Mediterranean campaign of 1798 | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1802 | Action of 27 May 1802 | Kingdom of Portugal, naval battle, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1843 | Moroccan expedition | military expedition | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Mediterranean | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1941 | Battle of Cape Bon | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | war | First Archipelago Expedition | war | Wikidata | |
| event | war | Tunisian-Sicilian War | war | Wikidata | |
| event | war | 263 | First Punic War | war, Roman Republic, Ancient Carthage, tyrant of Syracuse | Wikidata |
| event | war | 461 | Vandal War (461-468) | Byzantine Empire, Vandal Kingdom, war, Western Roman Empire | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1378 | War of Chioggia | war, Republic of Venice, Republic of Genoa | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1396 | Ottoman–Venetian Wars | series of wars | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1498 | Spanish–Ottoman Wars | Ottoman Empire, series of wars, Spain | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1515 | Spanish-Ottoman War | war, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of France, Republic of Florence, Papal States, Republic of Genoa, Knights Hospitaller, Duchy of Savoy, Hafsid dynasty, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1537 | Ottoman–Venetian War | war, Spain, Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of France, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples, Republic of Genoa, Knights Hospitaller, Kingdom of Sicily | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1551 | Austro-Turkish War of 1552–1559 | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1551 | Italian War of 1551–1559 | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1618 | Dutch-Barbary War | war, Dutch Republic, Regency of Algiers, Eyalet of Tunis | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1620 | English expedition to Algiers (1620–1621) | war, Kingdom of England, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1677 | Anglo-Algerian War | war, Kingdom of England, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1715 | Dutch-Algerian War | war, Dutch Republic, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1785 | American-Algerian War | United States, war, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1791 | Swedish–Algerian war | Sweden, war, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1796 | Swedish-Tripolitanian War | war, Sweden, Tripoli Eyalet | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1815 | Second Barbary War | war | Wikidata |