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The sieges of Ceuta, also known as the thirty-year siege, [1] were a series of blockades by Moroccan forces of the Spanish-held city of Ceuta on the North African coast. The first siege began on 23 October 1694 and finished in 1720 when reinforcements arrived. [ 2 ]
During the longest siege in history, the city underwent changes leading to the loss of its Portuguese character. ... (1879 in Ceuta – 1963 in Mexico City), a ...
Firearms: a global history to 1700. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82274-9. Duarte, Luís Miguel (2016). "Ceuta: Tudo Aquilo Que Sempre Quisemos Saber e Nunca Ousámos Perguntar". XVII Jornadas de Historia de Ceuta: Portugal y el Norte de Africa, Historias d'Aquem e d'Além-Mar. Ceuta: Instituto de Estudius Ceutíes: 75– 88.
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Whenever there was an interval in the fighting, the Spanish added more outworks. The siege was broken in 1720 after the arrival of a relief force, and the outworks were completely rebuilt at this stage. Ceuta was besieged again in 1721, but by now the fortifications were much stronger and the last Moorish attempt to take the city ended in 1734. [3]
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As a historical figure, little is known about Count Julian. The earliest extant source describing Julian is Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam's 9th-century Kitāb futuḥ misr wa akbārahā (The History of the Conquests of Egypt, North Africa, and Spain), which claims that Julian first resisted the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, and then joined the Umayyad conquest of Hispania.
A local army garrison proclaimed Iturbide emperor. Since the church refused to crown him, the president of the constituent Congress did so on 21 July 1822. His long-term rule was doomed. He did not have the respect of the Mexican nobility. Republicans sought that form of government rather than a monarchy.