<P> Coordinates: 38 ° 15 ′ N 21 ° 15 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.250 ° N 21.250 ° E ﻿ / 38.250; 21.250 </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Lepanto </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Fourth Ottoman - Venetian War, Ottoman - Habsburg wars </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The Battle of Lepanto, unknown artist, late 16th century </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 7 October 1571 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Gulf of Patras, Ionian Sea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Holy League victory </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Holy League: </P> <Ul> <Li> Republic of Venice </Li> <Li> Spanish Empire </Li> <Li> Papal States </Li> <Li> Republic of Genoa </Li> <Li> Knights of Malta </Li> <Li> Grand Duchy of Tuscany </Li> <Li> Duchy of Savoy </Li> <Li> Duchy of Urbino </Li> <Li> Knights of Saint Lazarus </Li> <Li> Order of Saint Stephen </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Ottoman Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Holy League Navy: Center: </P> <Ul> <Li> John of Austria <Ul> <Li> Sebastiano Venier </Li> <Li> Marcantonio Colonna </Li> <Li> Pietro Giustiniani </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <P> Left: </P> <Ul> <Li> Agostino Barbarigo † </Li> </Ul> <P> Right: </P> <Ul> <Li> Gianandrea Doria </Li> </Ul> <P> Reserve: </P> <Ul> <Li> Álvaro de Bazán </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Ottoman Navy: Center: Müezzinzade Ali Pasha † Right: Mahomet Sirocco † Left: Occhiali </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 212 ships </P> <Ul> <Li> 6 galleasses </Li> <Li> 206 galleys </Li> </Ul> <P> 28,500 soldiers 40,000 sailors and oarsmen </P> 1,815 guns </Td> <Td> <P> 278 ships </P> <Ul> <Li> 222 galleys </Li> <Li> 56 galliots </Li> </Ul> <P> 31,490 soldiers 50,000 sailors and oarsmen </P> 750 guns </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10,000 dead 17 galleys lost </Td> <Td> 40,000 dead 200 galleys sunk, burned, or captured 12,000 Christians freed </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Lepanto </Th> </Tr>

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