There have been three Battles of Lissa:
- Battle of Leuthen, 5 December 1757 Prussian army repel the Austrians
- Battle of Lissa (1811), 13 March 1811 British frigates defeat a French & Venetian fleet.
- Battle of Lissa (1866), 20 July 1866 Austrian fleet defeats Italian fleet during Austro-Prussian War
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“The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes 9:11.