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Revision as of 06:45, 8 December 2018
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* '''Encyclopædia Britannica''': " A plague devastated the town in 1529, depleting the population. The burned houses of infected persons, called kućišta ..."</ref>
* '''Encyclopædia Britannica''': " A plague devastated the town in 1529, depleting the population. The burned houses of infected persons, called kućišta ..."</ref>
*[[ Defence of Korcula]] in 1571 against Ottoman Turks.
*[[ Defence of Korcula]] in 1571 against Ottoman Turks.
* Turkish pirates attack the island in on the 10th of June 1715. Some of the islanders were captured and sold off as slaves.Piracy and slave trade was an constant reality for the island.
* Surrendered with the Republic of Venice to [[France]] in 1797 (it was occupied by the Russians for a year in 1808).
* Surrendered with the Republic of Venice to [[France]] in 1797 (it was occupied by the Russians for a year in 1808).
[[File:Blato Graves.jpg|thumb|right|325px|One of the old graves in Blato (Korcula) written in Italian. Photo by [[Directory:Peter Zuvela|Peter Zuvela]]]]
[[File:Blato Graves.jpg|thumb|right|325px|One of the old graves in Blato (Korcula) written in Italian. Photo by [[Directory:Peter Zuvela|Peter Zuvela]]]]