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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Sep 30, 2026
Modified link of Web site: BBC - In Our Time - The Battle of Lepanto. Sep 03, 2026
Add new Web site: The Heidelberg Document Repository - The barbarous and noble enemy: Pictorial representations of the Battle of Lepanto (PDF). Feb 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - The Battle of Lepanto and the Europe � Islam Conflict in the 16th Century: Historical memory and Official Discourse. Nov 28, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC - In Our Time - The Battle of Lepanto. Oct 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Eternal Word Television Network - Remembering the Battle of Lepanto: 450 Years Ago. Oct 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - The Battle of Lepanto: �The Best Day�s Work in Centuries�. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Royal Museums Greenwich - The Battle of Lepanto, 7 October 1571. Jan 18, 2024
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Twilight of the Galleys off Lepanto. Sep 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Catholic Education Resource Center - How the 1571 Battle of Lepanto saved Europe. Aug 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - "The Battle of Lepanto and Its Impact on Ottoman History and Historiography". May 28, 2023
Add new Web site: History Today - How Important was the Battle of Lepanto? Apr 13, 2023
Media revised. Aug 27, 2019
Article thoroughly revised. Mar 12, 2015
Add new Web site: History of Islam - An Encyclopedia of Islamic History - The Battle of Lepanto. Nov 27, 2014
Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Battle of Lepanto. Aug 11, 2010
Add new Web site: Renaissance Art, Artists, and Society - Battle Of Lepanto. Aug 11, 2010
Add new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Battle of Lepanto. Aug 11, 2010
Add new Web site: The Molossian Naval Academy - The Battle of Lepanto. Aug 11, 2010
Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Lepanto. Aug 11, 2010
Media added. Aug 04, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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