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  • Gulf of Patras, Ionian Sea
    Thursday Oct 7, 1571
    Ottoman Empire

    Battle of Lepanto

    Gulf of Patras, Ionian Sea
    Thursday Oct 7, 1571

    Meanwhile, the Holy league consisting of mostly Spanish and Venetian fleets won a victory over the Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Lepanto (1571), off southwestern Greece; Catholic forces killed over 30,000 Turks and destroyed 200 of their ships.




  • Denmark
    Thursday Oct 7, 1571

    Dorothea's death

    Denmark
    Thursday Oct 7, 1571

    The Queen of Saxe-Lauenburg, Dorothea, passed away at the age of 60.




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