Event First Norman invasion of the Balkans

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Was an invasion launched by the Normans of south Italy against Byzantine territories in the Balkans.

Chronology

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  • January 1082: Robert Guiscard sailed towards the Illyrian coast, and took Corfu.
  • January 1086: A Byzantine victory and crucial Venetian aid allowed the Byzantines to retake the Balkans from the Normans.
  • January 1082: In the spring of 1081, Robert Guiscard, the Norman Duke of Apulia and Calabria, sent his son Bohemund of Taranto to lead the way by seizing Avlona, a strategic port city in present-day Albania
  • January 1086: A Byzantine victory and crucial Venetian aid allowed the Byzantines to retake the Balkans from the Normans.
  • January 1082: Robert Guiscard sailed towards the Illyrian coast, and took Corfu.
  • January 1086: A Byzantine victory and crucial Venetian aid allowed the Byzantines to retake the Balkans from the Normans.
  • October 1081: Robert Guiscard sailed towards the Illyrian coast, and took Durazzo.
  • January 1086: A Byzantine victory and crucial Venetian aid allowed the Byzantines to retake the Balkans from the Normans.
  • January 1086: A Byzantine victory and crucial Venetian aid allowed the Byzantines to retake the Balkans from the Normans.
  • January 1082: In the spring of 1081, Robert Guiscard, the Norman Duke of Apulia and Calabria, sent his son Bohemund of Taranto to lead the way by seizing Avlona, a strategic port city in present-day Albania