Battle of Mbwila

Battle of Mbwila
	Part of the Portuguese colonisation of Africa
	; A map of the Kingdom of Kongo, as of 1711.
Date	29 October 1665
Location	Mbwila (modern Angola)
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Kongo	Portugal
Commanders and leaders
King António I of Kongo †; Aqualtune (POW)	Captain Luís Lopes de Sequeira
Strength
21,900–29,000	14,150–14,500; 2 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
5,000 men killed or captured including the King, his two sons, his two nephews, four governors, various court officials, 95 title holders and 400 other nobles	Unknown

Battle of Mbwila (also the Battle of Ambuila, Battle of Mbuila, or Battle of Ulanga) occurred on 29 October 1665 in which Portuguese forces defeated the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo^[2] and decapitated king António I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga.

^ Hastings, Adrian (1994). The Church in Africa, 1450–1950. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-19-826399-6.
^ Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. (1975). Chronology of World History: A Calendar of Principal Events from 3000 BC to AD 1973. London: Collings. p. 1744. ISBN 0-901720-67-4.

[1] Hastings, Adrian (1994). The Church in Africa, 1450–1950. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-19-826399-6.

[mbwila-2] Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. (1975). Chronology of World History: A Calendar of Principal Events from 3000 BC to AD 1973. London: Collings. p. 1744. ISBN 0-901720-67-4.

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