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#OTD 1499 First encounters that preceded the decisive Battle of Zonchio (on August 25th) between the #Venetian and #Ottoman fleets occurred. Zonchio would represent an important victory for the Ottomans during the Second Ottoman-Venetian War (1499–1503) #History

#Map of #Venice by Ottoman cartographer, geographer and navigator Piri Reis (1465/70-1553)

#History #Venetian

The island of #Crete has deep roots in ancient Greek mythology as the Diktaean Cave at Mount Dikti was believed to be the place of Zeus' birth. In Crete Hercules captured the Cretan bull & where the labyrinth of the Palace of Knossos was built. Map by Piri Reis #FolkloreThursday

#OTD 1493 The Nuremberg Chronicle, authored by #German historian,humanist & one of the first cartographers to use the printing press Hartmann Schedel, was published.#History

Woodcuts of: #Nuremberg (L), Constantinople (Up. R), #Florence (Low. R) (Public domain; source wikipedia)

Melchior Lorck (c.1526-c. 1584), a #renaissance painter, draughtsman, and print-maker of #Danish-#German origin renowned for his illustrations of 16th century #Ottoman Empire. #History #art

Suleyman I (L)

Rooftops of Constantinople (Up.R)

The Janissaries' cook, 1575 (Low. R)

In Slavic #folklore and Eastern Orthodox Tradition it is believed that on St. Elijah's day (20th of July) he thunders with his chariot of fire in the skies bringing at times violent storms and punishing those caught doing labours especially in the fields. #FolkloreThursday

#OTD 1415 Jan Hus, #Czech theologian and philosopher who would start the Hussite movement, key precursor to Protestantism and the Reformation in Bohemia, died and was executed in Bishopric of Constance after his trial which saw him accused of heresy. #History #Bohemia #JanHus

#OTD 1770 Battle of Chesma (5th-7th of July) part of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) took place at Çeşme Bay. It was a very important #Russian victory which gave them easy access in the Aegean as most of the Ottoman fleet was decimated #History

#Painting by Ivan C. Aivazovsky

The Long Turkish War (1593–1606) was fought between Austrian Habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire, mainly for control over the principalities of Wallachia, Moldova & Transylvania. Large scale battles (Calugareni,Keresztes) saw the conflict lead to an inconclusive peace at Zsitvatorok

and in opposite seasons, so that both of them can never be seen in the sky at the same time. 2/2 #FolkloreThursday #greekmythology

Johann Bayer's Uranometria (courtesy of the United States Naval Observatory Library)

Scorpius as depicted in Urania's Mirror (1825)