Battle of Alcácer Quibir

Name: Battle of Alcácer Quibir
Start: 1578-08-14

14 Aug 1578 · 35.02° N, 5.90° W

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When: 14 Aug 1578
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 35.02° N, 5.90° W
Description: 1578 battle in Morocco

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Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Sebastian, King of Portugal is killed in the Battle of Alcácer Quibir in North Africa while fighting the Saadi Sultanate”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Vadisseyl Muharebesi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Alcácer-Quibir erleiden die Portugiesen eine vernichtende Niederlage gegen die Truppen des Sultans von Fès”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille des Trois Rois, ou bataille de Oued el-Makhazin, appelée aussi bataille de Ksar El Kébir”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Эль-Ксар-эль-Кеби́ре (Batalha de Alcácer-Quibir), также известная как «битва трёх королей» (معركة الملوك الثلاث) — крупное сражение на севере Марокко”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Alcazarquivir entre tropas portuguesas y marroquíes, terminado con la victoria decisiva marroquí y la muerte del rey Sebastián I de Portugal”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “4 أغسطس قضاء السعديون على التواجد البرتغالي في المغرب بعد انتصارهم في معركة الملوك الثلاث”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “葡萄牙与萨阿德王朝、奥斯曼在摩洛哥凱比爾堡爆发三王战役，萨阿德王朝胜利，葡萄牙國王塞巴斯蒂昂於撤退時溺斃，由於塞巴斯蒂昂沒有子嗣”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アルカセル・キビールの戦い”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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