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Events on Wednesday 22 April 1676 1
1676Battle of AgostaDutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter mortally wounded off SicilyA French fleet under Abraham Duquesne fought a combined Dutch-Spanish fleet off the Sicilian coast near Agosta. Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter was struck by cannon fire and mortally wounded during the engagement, dying a week later at Syracuse. The battle was part of the wider Franco-Dutch War fought in the Mediterranean.