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States and territories disestablished in 1797

  • Republic of GenoaIn 1097, twelve galleys and one ship carrying 1,200 soldiers set sail from Genoa to join the First Crusade. The Genoese fleet blockaded Antioch in May of…
  • Habsburg NetherlandsMary of Burgundy died in 1482, leaving her vast Low Country possessions to her six-year-old son Philip the Handsome. This event marked the beginning of…
  • Republic of VeniceIn 697, Paolo Lucio Anafesto became the first doge of Venice according to tradition. This date marks the birth of a sovereign state that would survive for…