Event Conquest of Tenerife

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Was the Spanish conquest of the island of Tenerife, in the Canary islands.

Chronology

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  • May 1494: Castilian invading force set sail from Gran Canaria in April 1494 and landed on the coast of present-day Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
  • May 1494: Castilian invading force set sail from Gran Canaria in April 1494 and landed on the coast of present-day Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
  • December 1494: The Castilian victory in the Second Battle of Acentejo brought about the collapse of aboriginal resistance on the Island of Tenerife. The battle marked the conquest of the island and the end of the conquest of the Canary Islands.
  • November 1494: In 1494, Alonso Fernández de Lugo, a Spanish conquistador, defeated the Guanche leader Bencomo in the Battle of Aguere in San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
  • December 1494: The Castilian victory in the Second Battle of Acentejo brought about the collapse of aboriginal resistance on the Island of Tenerife. The battle marked the conquest of the island and the end of the conquest of the Canary Islands.
  • May 1494: Castilian invading force set sail from Gran Canaria in April 1494 and landed on the coast of present-day Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
  • May 1494: Castilian invading force set sail from Gran Canaria in April 1494 and landed on the coast of present-day Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
  • May 1494: Castilian invading force set sail from Gran Canaria in April 1494 and landed on the coast of present-day Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
  • December 1494: The Castilian victory in the Second Battle of Acentejo brought about the collapse of aboriginal resistance on the Island of Tenerife. The battle marked the conquest of the island and the end of the conquest of the Canary Islands.
  • December 1494: The Castilian victory in the Second Battle of Acentejo brought about the collapse of aboriginal resistance on the Island of Tenerife. The battle marked the conquest of the island and the end of the conquest of the Canary Islands.
  • November 1494: In 1494, Alonso Fernández de Lugo, a Spanish conquistador, defeated the Guanche leader Bencomo in the Battle of Aguere in San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
  • May 1494: Castilian invading force set sail from Gran Canaria in April 1494 and landed on the coast of present-day Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
  • December 1494: The Castilian victory in the Second Battle of Acentejo brought about the collapse of aboriginal resistance on the Island of Tenerife. The battle marked the conquest of the island and the end of the conquest of the Canary Islands.
  • May 1494: Castilian invading force set sail from Gran Canaria in April 1494 and landed on the coast of present-day Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
  • May 1494: Castilian invading force set sail from Gran Canaria in April 1494 and landed on the coast of present-day Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
  • May 1494: Castilian invading force set sail from Gran Canaria in April 1494 and landed on the coast of present-day Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
  • May 1494: Castilian invading force set sail from Gran Canaria in April 1494 and landed on the coast of present-day Santa Cruz de Tenerife.