Blockade of Cebu

Blockade of Cebu
Part of the Portuguese–Spanish colonial rivalry

Cebu highlighted in red
Date31 October 1568 – 1 January 1569
Location
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire
Commanders and leaders
Spanish Empire Miguel López de Legazpi Portuguese Empire Gonzalo Pereira

The Blockade of Cebu was a failed Portuguese naval action against the Spanish colony in the present-day city of Cebu, Philippines in 1568. The Portuguese fleet under captain-general Gonzalo Pereira blockaded Cebu in an effort to starve and expel the Spanish. However, the Spanish colony proved to be resistant to the blockade and the Portuguese fleet eventually suffered from typhoid fever. Pereira then decided to lift the blockade and sail the fleet to the Maluku Islands.