What the records say
- When
- 3 Nov 1580
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.15° N, 8.61° W
- Description
- 1580 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Capture of Porto
1580 battle
The Capture of Porto took place in October 1580 by the Spanish forces commanded by Don Sancho d'Avila during the War of the Portuguese Succession. The city was captured easily by the Spanish troops, thereby finishing off the Prior of Crato's army and its final defeat in Mainland Portugal, thus assuring the personal union of Portugal and Spain for 60 years under the Iberian Union.
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