Jacob Phillip Hackert, Fireworks at Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, c. 1800
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The Battle of Çeşme on 5 July 1770 by Jacob Phillip Hackert (1737-1807)
The naval battle of Çeşme (also Battle of Chesme) took place between 5 July and 7 July 1770 near the Ottoman port of Çeşme. It was part of the Orlov revolt in Greece, a forerunner of the later Greek Revolution, and the first of a series of victorious Russian naval battles against the Ottoman Empire.
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Jacob Philipp Hackert, Aeneas and Dido Flee the Storm into a Grotto, c. 1800
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