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Juan Cortada & José de Manjarrés with Josefina Roma (1848). El libro verde de Barcelona. Añalejo de costumbres populares, fiestas religiosas y profanas, usos familiares, efemérides de los sucesos mas notables acaecidos en Barcelona. Barcelona: Sauri. [Private collection: GBS OCR too poor to use.] [more]
News arrives of the capture of Tunis by John of Austria on October 10.
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The Pope wanted to crown Don Juan King of Tunis, but the Turks retook it while he was off jousting in Piacenza and before the coronation. Juan never equalled his achievements at Lepanto, being poisoned before he could invade England.