The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Malta" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great Siege of Malta">Great Siege of Malta</a> begins, in which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" id="mwVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> forces attempt and fail to conquer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta" id="mwVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Malta">Malta</a>.