Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Portuguese conquest of Ceuta took place on 21 August 1415, between Portuguese forces under the command of King John I of Portugal and the Marinid sultanate of Morocco at the city of Ceuta. The city's defenses fell under Portuguese control after a carefully prepared attack, and the successful capture of the city marked the beginning of the ...
Ceuta is part of the territory of the European Union. The city was a free port before Spain joined the European Union in 1986. Now it has a low-tax system within the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union. Since 1979, Ceuta has held elections to its 25-seat assembly every four years.
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 ]
This page was last edited on 16 December 2015, at 21:04 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; ... Centuries in Ceuta (1 C) ... This page was last edited on 30 March 2020, ...
Siege of Ceuta may refer to: Siege of Ceuta (1419) Sieges of Ceuta (1694–1727) ... This page was last edited on 11 May 2022, at 03:10 (UTC).
Cisplatina (today's sovereign state of Uruguay), in the south, was one of the last additions to the territory of Brazil under Portuguese rule. Brazilian independence was recognized in 1825, whereby Emperor Pedro I granted to his father the titular honour of Emperor of Brazil. John VI's death in 1826 caused serious questions in his succession.
Ceuta Day (Spanish: Día de Ceuta), celebrated in Ceuta on 2 September, is a holiday marking the date when Pedro de Meneses, 1st Count of Vila Real), became the first Governor of Ceuta by King John I of Portugal, following the Conquest of Ceuta.