What the records say
- When
- Sep 1516 – Oct 1516
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.78° N, 3.06° E
- Description
- 1516 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Capture of Algiers (1516)
16th century battle resulting in the Ottoman capture of Algiers
The capture of Algiers in 1516 was accomplished by the brothers Oruç and Hayreddin Barbarossa against Sālim al-Tūmī, the ruler of the city of Algiers, which was followed by an unsuccessful military campaign by the Spanish Empire and the Sheikh of Ténès to overthrow the newly formed Sultanate of Algiers.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Cezayir, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu tarafından ele geçirildi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Algérie : Prise d’Alger par les Turcs et mise en place de la régence d’Alger sous souveraineté ottomane”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “奧斯曼帝國的海盜兄弟奧魯奇雷斯與赫茲爾攻佔阿爾及爾。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page