Battle of Tangier

Name: Battle of Tangier
Start: 1437-09-22
End: 1437-10-28

22 Sep 1437 – 28 Oct 1437 · 35.77° N, 5.80° W

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When: 22 Sep 1437 – 28 Oct 1437
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 35.77° N, 5.80° W
Description: battle in 1437

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Battle of Tangier (1437)

Failed Portuguese invasion of the Marinid city

The Battle of Tangier, sometimes referred to as the siege of Tangiers, and by the Portuguese, as the disaster of Tangier, refers to the attempt by a Portuguese expeditionary force to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier and its defeat by the armies of the Marinid Sultanate in 1437.

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Battle of Tangier (1437)

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