Portuguese conquest of Tangier

Conquest of Tangier
Part of Moroccan-Portuguese conflicts

Portuguese Tangier, 1572
Date28 August 1471
Location
Result Portuguese victory
Territorial
changes
Establishment of Portuguese Tangier
Belligerents
Kingdom of Portugal Wattasid dynasty
Commanders and leaders
João of Braganza[1] Unknown
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Portuguese conquest of Tangier (Portuguese: Conquista de Tânger) from the Wattasid dynasty, was a campaign that took place on 28 August 1471 by Portuguese forces under the order of King Afonso V, surnamed the African.

  1. ^ Ignacio da Costa Quintella: Annaes da Marinha Portugueza Book I, Lisbon, Typographia da Academia de Lisboa, 1839.