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1565 - Wikipedia. March 1: Rio de Janeiro is founded. Year 1565 ( MDLXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar . Events. January–March. January 3 – In the Tsardom of Russia, Ivan the Terrible originates the oprichnina (repression of the boyars (aristocrats)). [1]
- Great Siege
The Great Siege of Malta (Maltese: L-Assedju l-Kbir)...
- History of the Philippines (900–1565)
The recorded history of the Philippines between 900 and 1565...
- Great Siege
Ottoman Empire. Siege of Malta, (May–September 1565). The Siege of Malta, one of the most savagely contested encounters of the sixteenth century, followed after the forces of the Ottoman Empire invaded the island. The successful defense of Malta by the Knights Hospitaller shattered the Ottomans’ reputation of invincibility and halted their ...
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Casualties. < 25,000 - 35,000. 2,500, plus 7,000 civilians, and 500 slaves. The Siege of Malta (also known as the Great Siege of Malta) took place in 1565, when the Ottoman Empire invaded the island, then held by the Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Knights of Malta ...
Nov 3, 2018 · At dawn on 18 May 1565, an invasion, which became known as the Siege of Malta, began when a fleet of Ottoman ships arrived at the island and docked at Marsaxlokk harbour. It was the job of the Knights of Malta, led by Jean Parisot de Valette, to protect the island from the Ottoman Empire.
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Events. 1565 was a common year. Events. March 1 – the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded. April 27 – Cebu City is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. May 18 – The Ottoman troops landed on the island of Malta. The Great Siege of Malta began.
