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1437 – Battle of Tangier, attempt by a Portuguese expeditionary force to seize the citadel of Tangier, and their subsequent defeat by the armies of the Marinid sultanate . 1471 – Portuguese of Tangier rule (1471–1661) begins, under Afonso V of Portugal. [3] [4] [2] 1580 - Spain in power. [4] 1656 - Portugal in power again. [4]
The alternative timeline of Álvares will be summarized later.) According to Pina, the Portuguese spent about a week raising a fortified siege camp on a hill west of Tangier. In a decision that later proved fateful, Henry ordered that the palisade protecting the Portuguese siege camp encircle the camp completely.
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Leonardo de Ferrari's plan of the Portuguese fortifications at Tangier, c. 1655. The Wattasids assaulted Tangier in 1508, 1511, and 1515 but without success.. In 1508, future Portuguese of India Duarte de Menezes succeeded his father as captain of Tangier, a function he had already been effectively performing in his father's name since 1507. [9]
Killed in action in the Battle of Tangier. 4 May 1664 to 1664: Sir Tobias Bridge, Acting Governor 1664 to April 1665: John Fitzgerald, Governor April 1665 to 1666: John, Baron Belasyse, Governor 1666 to 1669: Sir Henry Norwood, Governor 1669 to 1670: John Middleton, Earl of Middleton, Governor 1st Term. 1670 to 1672: Sir Hugh Chomondeley ...
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Tangier (/ t æ n ˈ dʒ ɪər / tan-JEER; Arabic: طنجة, romanized: Ṭanjah, , ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture of Morocco.