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People: Pedro Pizarro
Topic: Kiev Expedition of 1018
Location: Pingquan Hebei (Hopeh) China

Francis, increasingly embarrassed by the Ottoman presence, …

Years: 1544 - 1544
May

Francis, increasingly embarrassed by the Ottoman presence, is unwilling to help Barbarossa recapture Tunis; therefore, the Ottoman fleet—accompanied by five French galleys under Antoine Escalin des Aimars—sails for Istanbul in May 1544, pillaging the Neapolitan coast along the way.