What the records say
- When
- 29 Oct 1665
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 7.44° S, 14.65° E
- Description
- 1665 battle between Portugal and the Kingdom of the Congo
Placed at the town its title names, Ambuila.
Battle of Mbwila
1665 battle during the Portuguese colonisation of the Kingdom of Kongo
Battle of Mbwila occurred on 29 October 1665 in which Portuguese forces defeated the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king António I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga.
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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 Mbwila: Portuguese forces defeat and kill King António I of Kongo”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Ambuila siegen die Portugiesen über die Truppen des Königreichs Kongo, womit dessen Zerschlagung und Kolonisierung besiegelt ist”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Portugais défont l'Empire Kongo à la bataille d'Ambuila”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Амбуиле”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page