Conquest of Melilla

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Statue of Pedro de Estopiñán y Virués [es] in Melilla

The Conquest of Melilla occurred on the 17th of September 1497, when a fleet sent by the

Duke of Medina Sidonia occupied the north African city of Melilla.[1]

After the

Wattasid ruler Muhammad al-Shaykh sent a detachment of cavalry to retake the city, but they were repulsed by the guns of the Spanish ships.[4][5][6] After the conquest of Melilla, Cazaza and Mazalquivir fell in 1505, Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera in 1508, Oran in 1509, and the Peñón of Algiers, Béjaïa and Tripoli in 1510. Annaba,Bizerta, Tunis and La Goulette fell in 1535, while the Portuguese focused on the Atlantic coast, conquering Ceuta (1415), Tangier (1471), Mazagan (1502), Agadir (1505), Mogador (1506), and Casablanca (1515).[7]

September 17 is Melilla Day.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Bravo Nieto 1990, pp. 15, 24.
  2. ^ Bravo Nieto 1990, pp. 21–22.
  3. ^ Castrillo Márquez 2000, p. 172.
  4. ^ .
  5. ^ "Melilla bajo los Medina Sidonia, a través de la documentación existente en la Biblioteca Real de Madrid".
  6. ^ "cava y barrera fortificación de melilla".
  7. ^ Nieto, Antonio Bravo; Sáez Cazorla, Jesús Miguel (1988). "MELILLA-EN EL SIGLO XVI A TRAVES DE SUS FORTIFICACIONES MELILLA". Servicio de Publicaciones del Excmo. Ayuntamiento Fundación Municipal Socio-Cultural.

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