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Events
July
- July 3: The Turks begin the invasion of Cyprus at Larnaca.
- July 27: The siege of Nicosia by the Turks begins.
September
- September 9: Nicosia falls to the Turks in an orgy of slaughter. Roughly 20,000 of its inhabitants were put to the sword.
- September 14: Kerynia surrenders to the Turks.
- September 16: The siege of Famagusta by the Turks begins.