What the records say
- When
- 24 May 1570
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 14.58° N, 120.97° E
- Description
- battle in 1570 between Spanish colonizers and Rajah Sulayman
Battle of Manila (1570)
Military engagement between the Spanish Empire and the Kingdom of Maynila
The 1570 Battle of Manila was fought in Manila between the local forces led by Rajah Sulayman and the Spaniards led by Field Marshal Martin de Goiti, on 24 May 1570. Goiti's forces eventually besieged the fort of Manila, destroyed Manila, and won the battle, with the site of the fort falling to the Kingdom of the Spains and the Indies.
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