Corsica Timeline of Events

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Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....

Timeline of Events

1943

9.11.1943

World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija.

1975

9.15.1975

The French département of Corse (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.

1981

12.1.1981

A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing all 180 people on-board.

1998

2.6.1998

In Corsica, the prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in Ajaccio, presumably by Yvan Colonna.