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Events on Friday 23 June 1645 1
1645Ottoman Invasion of CreteSiege and capture of Chania opens the Cretan WarAn Ottoman fleet landed on Venetian-held Crete and besieged the city of Chania, which surrendered in August 1645. The campaign began the Cretan War, a 24-year struggle between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice for control of the island.