John of Austria

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John of Austria Known as Don John. 1547-1578.

Bavarian-born Spanish general who commanded the fleet that defeated the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto in the Gulf of Corinth (1571) and captured Tunis (1573).

John of Austria

(Biographies / John of Austria (1547-1578) M, Spanish, MILITARY: general) called Don John. 1547-78, Spanish general: defeated the Turks at Lepanto (1571)

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No references found			[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Very few Australians would know who Don John of Austria was and why he might be regarded as important enough to have an opera written about him and yet in the nineteenth century he was a well known figure in history. Don John of Austria: Australia's first opera by Innett, Caroline / M A R G I N: life & letters in early Australia Mackerras, by insisting on a musical career, was being true to his more distant antecedents: his great-great-great grandfather, Isaac Nathan, had been the first person to compose an opera in Australia, called, rather confusingly, Don John of Austria. The modest maestro by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk This navy represented the Christian League, an ad-hoc coalition of Catholic monarchies, ducal kingdoms, and Italian republics under the command of 25-year-old Don John of Austria. Armada of the cross: the future of Europe depended on the victory of ... by Grigg, William Norman / The New American			John Locke John Luther Jones John Lyly John M. Browning John Macleod John Major John Marquand John Marshall John Marstan John Masefield John Maynard Keynes John McCormick John McGraw John Mercer John Merven Carrere John Mill John Millington Synge John Milton John Milton Cage Jr. John Mitchell John Moses Browning John Muir John Napier John o'Groat's John o'Groats John of Austria John of Damascus John of Gaunt John of Lancaster John of Leyden John of Salisbury John of the Cross John Orley Allen Tate John Osborne John Paul I John Paul II John Paul Jones John Philip Marquand John Philip Sousa John Pierpont Morgan John Q. Public John Quincy Adams John R. Major John Reed John Robinson Jeffers John Rock John Roderigo Dos Passos John Roebling John Ronald Reuel Tolkien John Ross John Rowlands			John Neumann John Newlands John Newman John Newport Langley John Newton Mitchell John Newton Mitchell John Nicholas Brown Center John Nicholson Fine Art John Nicholson Web Design John Nike Leisuresport Ltd. John Northrop John o' Groats John o' Groats John O' Groats to Land's End John O'Bail John o'Groat's John o'Groat's John O'Groat's House John o'Groats John O'Hara John O'Noakes John O'Noakes John O'Noakes John O'Noakes John ODonovan John of Asia John of Austria John of Austria the Younger John of Aviz John of Aviz John of Balue John of Bologna John of Bologna John of Brienne John of Damascus John of Damascus John of Damascus, Saint John of England John of England John of Ephesus John of Fidanza John of Fidanza John of Gaunt John of Gaunt John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster John of Hollywood John of Lancaster John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford John of Leiden John of Leiden John of Leyden John of Leyden John of Luxemburg

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