1449 Bartolommeo Colleoni is commander of the Venetian forces. 1453 (May 29) Constantinople taken by the Turks. Many Venetians are massacred and much Venetian property destroyed. 1477 Scutari, besieged by the Turks, is successfully defended by Antonio da Lezze. 1489 Venice annexes Cyprus, leaving Catharine Cornaro the empty title of its Queen. 1508 League of Cambrai, between the Emperor Maximilian, Pope Julius II., Louis XII. of France, and Ferdinand of Aragon. 1571 (Oct. 7) Battle of Lepanto won by the allied fleets of Venice, Genoa, the Holy See, and Spain, commanded respectively by Sebastiano Venier, Andrea Doria, and Marcantonio Colonna, under Don John of Austria as commander-in-chief. 1574 Visit of Henry III. of France. 1575-7 Venice, swept by the plague, loses one-fourth of her population, Titian among them. Church of the Redentore built to commemorate its cessation. 1577 (Dec. 20) Fire destroys the Hall of the Great Council, with many magnificent works of art. 1630 Another visitation of the plague, commemorated by the Church of the Salute. 1715-18 The Turks wrest from Venice Crete and the Peloponnesus. 1784 Angelo Emo, the last Venetian leader, humbles the Bey of Tunis. 1788 Election of the 120th and last Doge, Ludovico Manin. 1796 The ceremony of the Espousal of the Sea by the Doge takes place for the last time. 1797 (April 18) General Bonaparte, by the treaty of Campo-Formio, cedes to Austria the Venetian provinces between the Po, the Oglio, and the Adriatic, in exchange for Romagna, with Ferrara and Bologna. 1797 (May 12) The Doge Ludovico Manin abdicates, and the Great Council accepts the Provisional Government required by General Bonaparte. 1798 (Jan. 18) The Austrian garrison takes possession of Venice. 1866 (Oct. 19) Austria cedes Venice to Napoleon III., who transfers it to Victor Emanuel II., King of Italy. SOME EMINENT MEN AND WOMEN CONNECTED WITH VENICE _The places where some of the principal works of Painters and Architects may be seen are given in this list, which, however, is by no means exhaustive._ ARCHITECTS (_Many of these were also Sculptors._) 1618-1684. GIUSEPPE BENONI. The Dogana. (Not known)-1529. BARTOLOMMEO BON. Ducal Palace, S. Maria dell’ Orto, Scuola di San Rocco, Palazzo Foscari. (Not known)-about 1680. BALDASSARE LONGHENA. S. Maria degli Scalzi, S. Maria della Salute, Palazzo Giustiniani Lolin, Palazzo Rezzonico, Palazzo Pesaro. 1518-1580. ANDREA PALLADIO. Ducal Palace, San Giorgio Maggiore, Il Redentore.