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Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed.
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Malta
Island country in Southern Europe
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dun Mikiel Xerri
18th-century Maltese priest
Dun Mikiel Xerri was a Maltese patriot. He was baptised Mikael Archangelus Joseph in the parish church of Żebbuġ on 30 September 1737, the son of Bartholomew Xerri and his wife Anne. Xerri studied at different universities in Europe. He lived under the Knights of St. John during…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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