What the records say
- When
- 12 Feb 1542
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 14.00° N, 39.00° E
- Description
- 1542 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Baçente
1542 battle
The Battle of Baçente was fought on February 2, 1542, when a Portuguese army under Cristóvão da Gama took a hillfort held by Adalite forces in northern Ethiopia. The Portuguese suffered minimal casualties, while the defenders were reportedly all killed.
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- 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 Baçente: The Portuguese under Cristóvão da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hillfort in northern Ethiopia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Bacente erobert ein portugiesisches Heer unter dem Befehl von Cristóvão da Gama eine Wallburg des Sultanats Adal in Nordäthiopien”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page