1570. September 9, Nicosia fell before the Turks.
1571. August 6, Famagusta fell.
1821. Archbishop Cyprianos and his Suffragans exe-
cuted at Nicosia.
1882. Cyprus under Mehmed Ali.
1840. Cyprus restored to Turkey.
1859. October 29, great flood at Nicosia.
1878. June 4, Cyprus Convention signed.
1878. July 12, British occupation.
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How Cyprus went under Mehmet Ali then restored back to Turkey?