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battle of Lepanto
battle of Lepanto , Oct. 7, 1571, naval battle between the Christians and Ottomans fought in the strait between the gulfs of Pátrai and Corinth, off Lepanto (Návpaktos), Greece. The fleet of the Holy League commanded by John of Austria (d. 1578) opposed the Ottoman fleet under Ulu&cc... Read more
Saint Pius V
Saint Pius V 1504-72, pope (1566-72), an Italian named Michele Ghislieri, b. near Alessandria; successor of Pius IV. He was ordained in the Dominicans (1528) and became celebrated for his austerity. Paul IV made him cardinal (1557) and inquisitor general; under his direction the Roman Inquisition r... Read more
Baguio
Baguio , city (1990 pop. 183,142), Benguet prov., NW Luzon, the Philippines. Baguio is the summer capital of the country, with many government buildings. It is also a noted mountain resort situated in beautiful pine forests and is the center of a major gold-producing area. The city is noted for the ... Read more
rosary
rosary [rose garden], prayer of Roman Catholics, in which beads are used as counters. The term, applied also to the beads, is extended to Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist prayers that use beads. The traditional Catholic rosary is a series of 15 meditations on events (mysteries) in the lives of Jesus and... Read more
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , 1547-1616, Spanish novelist, dramatist, and poet, author of Don Quixote de la Mancha, b. Alcalá de Henares. Life Little is known of Cervantes's youth. He went to Italy (1569), where, in the service of a cardinal, he studied Italian literature and phi... Read more
navy
navy originally, all ships of a nation, whether for war or commerce; the term navy now designates only such vessels as are built and maintained specifically for war. There have been three major developments in naval vessels. From ancient times to the late 16th cent., navies consisted mostly of ga... Read more
Philip II
Philip II 1527-98, king of Spain (1556-98), king of Naples and Sicily (1554-98), and, as Philip I, king of Portugal (1580-98). Philip's Reign Philip ascended the Spanish throne on the abdication of his father, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V , who had previously made over to him Naples and ... Read more
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire , vast state founded in the late 13th cent. by Turkish tribes in Anatolia and ruled by the descendants of Osman I until its dissolution in 1918. Modern Turkey formed only part of the empire, but the terms "Turkey" and "Ottoman Empire" were often used interchangeably. O... Read more
Knights Hospitalers
Knights Hospitalers members of the military and religious Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, sometimes called the Knights of St. John and the Knights of Jerusalem. The symbol of the Order of St. John came to be a white cross worn on a black robe; thus the Hospitalers were the Knights o... Read more
Venice
Venice , Ital. Venezia, city (1991 pop. 309,422), capital of Venetia and of Venice prov., NE Italy, built on 118 alluvial islets within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice (an arm of the Adriatic Sea). The city is connected with the mainland, 2.5 mi (4 km) away, by a rail and highway bridge. Between th... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Lepanto,"

Lepanto, Battle of
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World LEPANTO, BATTLE OF LEPANTO, BATTLE OF. The Battle of Lepanto took place on 6 – 7 October 1571 between the Catholic Holy League fleet led by Don Juan of Austria, a bastard son of Habsburg emperor Charles V, and an Ottoman fleet under...
battle of Lepanto
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition battle of Lepanto , Oct. 7, 1571, naval battle between...of Pátrai and Corinth, off Lepanto (Návpaktos), Greece. The...Cervantes, who lost the use of his left arm. Lepanto was the first major Ottoman defeat by...
Galleys
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...use of galleys was at the 1571 Battle of Lepanto, they continued to be important in eastern...at Jerba (Djerba) in 1560, and at Lepanto in 1571. Although those were massive confrontations (Lepanto included at least 150,000 people on...
Sagada Igorot
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...ETHNONYMS: Igorot, Kankanay, Katangnang, Lepanto Igorot, Northern Kankanai, Western Bontok...who occupied the former province of Lepanto to the west and south of Bontok. An individual...xB0; C). Demography. In 1981 the Lepanto Igorot numbered approximately 60,000...
Návpaktos
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...strait (Strait of Ríon or Lepanto) between the gulfs of Corinth and Pátrai; also called Lepanto. The town was captured by Athens in...the Ottoman Empire near the town (see Lepanto, battle of ). In 1828, Greek insurgents...
Santa Cruz, Álvaro De Bazán, First Marquis of (1526–1588)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...his naval triumphs. At the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, Santa Cruz proved brilliant...Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, a Lepanto veteran who called Santa Cruz "that thunderbolt...Toledo, duke of ; Armada, Spanish ; Lepanto, Battle of ; Medina Sidonia, Alonso...
Alessandro Farnese
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Farnese served Spain brilliantly at the epic naval Battle of Lepanto. With this experience, he returned to Parma but yearned for...installed his half-brother, Don John of Austria, hero of Lepanto, as the new ruler in the Netherlands. In 1577, Don John...
Saint Pius V
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and Spain with him against the Turks, an alliance that helped to bring the victory of Austria over the Turks at Lepanto (see Lepanto, battle of ). He has been much attacked as a persecutor of heresy, but he was certainly not privy to the massacre...
Pius V (Pope) (Antonio Ghislieri; 1504–1572; Reigned 1566–1572)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Austria, he brought about the defeat of the Turkish fleet at Lepanto. Pius is said to have had a vision that Christian forces were...Borromeo, Carlo ; Elizabeth I (England) ; Inquisition, Roman ; Lepanto, Battle of ; Papacy and Papal States ; Religious Piety ; Trent...
Holy Leagues
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...against Tunis and Cyprus. It achieved a significant victory at Lepanto, at the mouth of the Gulf of Patras (in modern Greece...Ottoman Empire. See also Charles V (Holy Roman Empire) ; Lepanto, Battle of ; Ottoman Empire ; Suleiman I ; Vienna, Sieges...

Dictionary entries related to "Lepanto,"

Lepanto, Battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Lepanto, Battle of a naval battle fought in 1571 close to the port of Lepanto at the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. The Christian forces of Rome, Venice, and Spain, under the leadership of Don John of Austria, defeated a large Turkish fleet...
Pius V, St
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...timed Bull calling for the deposition of ELIZABETH I of England (1570) proved ineffectual, but he had more success in helping to organize the HOLY LEAGUE , whose forces defeated the Turks at LEPANTO (1571). He was canonized in 1712.
Farnese
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Duke of Parma from 1586, was the family's most distinguished scion. After serving against the Ottomans at the Battle of LEPANTO (1571), he succeeded Don John of Austria as governor-general of the Netherlands and commander-in-chief of the Spanish...
Lingelbach, Johannes
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...At the end of his career he produced a few pictures of sea battles, probably inspired by the anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto (1571). In addition he painted the figures in the work of many other artists. He was a fine craftsman and his work was...
Hospitallers
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...1480 but were defeated in 1522. In 1530 they received the island of Malta from Charles V . They took part in the battle of Lepanto in 1571 but declined in the 17th and 18th cents., surrendering Malta to Napoleon in 1798. (In 1998 they were granted a...
Ottoman empire
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...Mutawakkil III, had relinquished the caliphate to his family. The first signs of decline came in 1571 (AH 979) at the battle of Lepanto, when the Ottomans lost control of the W. Mediterranean. The 19th-cent. attempts at revival by the assimilation of W...
navy
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...squadrons of galleys and adapted carracks (merchant ships) to defend their ports against the Ottoman Turks and the Battle of LEPANTO saw a Christian fleet decisively beat the Ottomans. The 17th century saw naval reorganization in England under PEPYS , and...
galley
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Viking LONGSHIP was a small but durable type of galley. Galleys continued to be of military importance until the 16th century; LEPANTO (1571) was the last great naval battle involving large numbers of galleys. Galleys continued to be used as convict ships...

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Galactic and Lepanto announce joint venture. (Galactic Resources Ltd., Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co.)
PR Newswire; 11/2/1987; 700+ words ; GALACTIC AND LEPANTO ANNOUNCE JOINT VENTURE VANCOUVER, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire...NASDAQ: GALCF), and Carlos Palanca, Jr., chairman of Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (Lepanto), and Ramon A. Recto, president of Lepanto Consolidated...
The significance of Lepanto.(Battle of Lepanto)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Tyerman's God's War. The Battle of Lepanto has a major place in the symbolism of...the West: The Story of the Battle of Lepanto treats the battle as a major encounter...and the forces of Western Christendom. Lepanto was the last great battle that could be...
Lepanto Mining union leaders asked not to harass workers.(Provincial News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/15/2003; 551 words ; ...leaders of the striking labor unions at Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. in this town...other workers from reporting for work. Lepanto is the biggest primary gold producer in...Concerned employes and the officers of the Lepanto Womens Club aired the call in behalf of...
Lepanto and the arts of creation. (Battle of Lepanto, 1571)
Magazine article from: History Today; 9/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...All three commemorate the Battle of Lepanto of 1571, when a Christian fleet led by...the transient nature of the victory at Lepanto, we should not forget that to contemporaries...Italian peninsular the good tidings from Lepanto were celebrated with enthusiasm, but...
Lepanto Mining execs firm on decision to dismiss 19 top leaders of labor union.(Provincial News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 7/1/2005; 700+ words ; ...Im sorry" can move the management of Lepanto Consolidated Mining Corp. to change its...the month-long "illegal strike." Lepanto management is now issuing the second termination...Department of Labor and Employment requested Lepanto management to reinstate the dismissed...
LEPANTO EYES MORE EQUITY TO PAY DEBTS
Newspaper article from: The Manila Times; 10/7/2005; 514 words ; PUBLICLY listed Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. will conduct...offer period is from October 10 to 20. Lepanto's unissued capital stock has a value...combined P850 million in liabilities. Lepanto expects these accounts to be settled...
LEPANTO POSTS LOSSES, CITING WORK DELAYS
Newspaper article from: The Manila Times; 4/18/2007; ; 497 words ; LEPANTO Consolidated Mining Co. incurred losses...stockholders meeting, Bryan U. Yap, Lepanto president, said the company produced over...prevent further operational problems, Lepanto has earmarked P500 million for the refleeting...
New era for Lepanto.(Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co.)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Mining Journal; 10/20/2000; 700+ words ; Established in 1936, Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. is one of the...production, the Victoria mine propelled Lepanto to the top of the Philippines production...billion. In the first half of this year, Lepanto achieved a net income of PP291 million...
Confrontation at Lepanto: Christendom vs. Islam.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; Confrontation at Lepanto: Christendom vs. Islam. By T. C. E Hopkins...main argument of the book is that the Battle of Lepanto was a decisive moment in history, inasmuch as "after Lepanto the pendulum swung back the other way and the...
LEPANTO CUTS LOSSES IN 2006 ON INCREASED SALES
Newspaper article from: The Manila Times; 3/23/2007; ; 393 words ; Publicly listed Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. posted smaller...report to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Lepanto said its net loss last year amounted...P1.40 billion in the previous year. Lepanto has gold and copper operations in Mankayan...