What the records say
- When
- 9 Dec 1574
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 14.58° N, 120.97° E
- Description
- 1574 battle between the Chinese pirate warlord Limahong and the Spanish
Battle of Manila (1574)
Conflict between East Asian pirates and Spanish conquistadors in modern-day Parañaque
The Battle of Manila (1574) was a battle between Chinese and Japanese pirates led by Limahong and Spanish colonial forces with their native allies that took place on 29 November 1574 near Manila, mainly in the location of what is now Parañaque, in the Philippines.
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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 “Limahong and Juan de Salcedo quarrel during the Battle of Manila”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “林鳳率領日本與留日漢人海盜集團入侵西班牙殖民地首都發起馬尼拉之戰,最終被迫撤退。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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