What the records say
- When
- 11 Oct 1540
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 35.92° N, 3.03° W
- Description
- 1540 naval battle in the Spanish-Ottoman War of 1515–1577
- Naval
- yes
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Alborán: A Habsburg Spanish fleet, under the command of Bernardino de Mendoza”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Альборане. морское сражение у островка Альборан между флотами Испании и Османской империи”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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