The Battle of Mamora (1696) took place in the summer of 1696 between the Portuguese and Moroccan fleets off the coast of Mamora. The Portuguese left the...
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The Battle of Mamora was a military engagement between the Wattasid Moroccans and the Portuguese army which landed in Mamora [ar]. The Wattasids were victorious...
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Conquest of Melilla (1497) Capture of La Mámora (1614) Siege of Mamora (1681) Siege of Larache (1689) Siege of Asilah (1692) Siege of Oran (1693) Siege of Melilla...
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The Capture of La Mámora was a successful Spanish raid, commanded by Admiral Luis Fajardo y Chacón, on the town of La Mamora, south of El Araich in August...
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The siege of Mamora was a military operation launched in 1681 by Sultan Moulay Ismail with the aim of taking the place of Mamora, which had been occupied...
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Mehdya, Morocco (redirect from La Mamora)
(conquest of Mehdya). During this period, the former spanish fortress of La Mamora was restored resulting in the iconic Kasbah Mahdiyya . From 1694 to 1696, the...
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conquest of Tangier Moroccan-Portuguese conflicts Battle of Azemmour Battle of Mamora (1515) Battle of Tednest Said, Maria Manuela Santos Alves on (2016-12-18)...
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The Battle of Wolf Ravine, also referred to as the Disaster of Wolf Ravine (Spanish: Desastre del Barranco del Lobo), was a military engagement between...
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Perejil Island (category Territorial disputes of Morocco)
coast of Morocco. It is administered by Spain as one of the plazas de soberanía, and its sovereignty is disputed by Morocco. It was the subject of an armed...
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Henry Every (redirect from King of Pirates)
Henry Every, also known as Henry Avery (20 August 1659 – Disappeared: June 1696), sometimes erroneously given as Jack Avery or John Avery, was an English...
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because their rear was pursued by the Moroccans. Battle of Azemmour Battle of Tednest Battle of Mamora (1515) Portuguese Tangier Portuguese Asilah Weston...
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The battle of Larache occurred on February 7, 1631, when the forces of Sidi M'hamed el-Ayachi ambushed a detachment of the Spanish garrison of Larache...
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The siege of Larache, in 1689, was undertaken by an army of Morocco under 'Alawid Sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif against the Spanish forces of Charles II, which...
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2012 Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera incident (category Battles and conflicts without fatalities)
and mayor of the Moroccan town of Beni Ensar, who intended to place the Moroccan flag on top of the rock. After several warnings, four of the activists...
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place, as the fleet was diverted to confront a Franco-Spanish fleet (Battle of Málaga) which was aiming to retake Gibraltar. Once Gibraltar was in English...
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Richard Want (category Year of birth missing)
Richard Want (fl. 1692–1696) was a pirate active in the Indian Ocean. He is best known for sailing alongside Thomas Tew and Henry Avery. Thomas Tew's first...
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Ifni War (redirect from Battle of Edchera)
series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents that began in October 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege of Sidi Ifni...
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the following years, British control of the Bahamas had been secured. The era of piracy in the Bahamas began in 1696, when the privateer Henry Avery brought...
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The following is a list of wars involving Portugal. Military history of Portugal Unofficial Portuguese soldiers just helped the Zamorin. See also: Auxiliary...
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siege of Melilla was an attempt by the Sultanate of Morocco, supported by Great Britain and Algerian mercenaries, to capture the Spanish fortress of Melilla...
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Joseph Faro (category 1696 deaths)
Faro (fl. 1694–1696, last name occasionally Farrell, Firra, or Faroe) was a pirate from Newport, Rhode Island active during the Golden Age of Piracy, primarily...
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Jean Bart (category French military personnel of the Nine Years' War)
August 1694 with a peerage. In 1696, he struck another blow against the Dutch in the Battle of Dogger Bank. The Peace of Ryswick in 1697 put an end to...
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Second Melillan campaign (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024)
Riffians and the Spanish Army. The Treaty of Peace with Morocco that followed the 1859–60 War entailed the acquisition of a new city perimeter for Melilla, bringing...
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The Treaty of Aranjuez was signed on December 25, 1780, between Spain and Morocco. Based on the terms of the treaty, Morocco recognized Spanish rule over...
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Hispano–Moroccan War (1859–1860) (redirect from War of 1859)
the borders of the Spanish city of Ceuta and was fought in northern Morocco. Morocco sued for peace after the Spanish victory at the Battle of Tetuán. Throughout...
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Adventure Galley (section Voyages of Adventure Galley)
launched at the end of 1695 and was acquired by Kidd the following year to serve in his privateering venture. Between April 1696 and April 1698, she travelled...
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Woodes Rogers (category British governors of the Bahamas)
ships, was often away nine months of the year with the Newfoundland fishing fleet. Sometime between 1690 and 1696, Captain Rogers moved his family to...
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Ismail Ibn Sharif (redirect from Sultan of Morocco Ismail)
of Tangiers was still ongoing, Moulay Ismail sent part of his army under the command of Omar ben Haddou El-Bottoui to conquer the city of La Mamora....
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Stafford Fairborne (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies)
with some Salé vessels off Mamora in June 1685 and, after being promoted to commander on 12 July 1686, he was given command of the Salé prize HMS Half Moon...
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