penon de velez de la gomera
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The Nation includes all the forms of the country.
The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:
- Penon de Velez de la Gomera
- Penon de Velez de la Gomera (Wattasid)
- Penon de Velez de la Gomera (Ottoman)
Establishment
- July 1508: Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera is occupied by Spain.
Chronology
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1. Conquests of Suleiman I (Ottoman)
Conquests and wars with Ottoman involvement during the rule of Suleiman I.
- January 1555: Ali Abu Hassun, new Wattasid ruler of Morocco in 1554, then gave the Peñón to Ottoman troops who had assisted him in gaining the throne.
2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)
- January 1517: King Charles I, known as Emperor Charles V, in 1516 united all the kingdoms on the Iberian peninsula, save the Kingdoms of Portugal and the Algarve. At the same time his territories also encompassed the Habsburg domains in central Europe and in the Low Countries.
- December 1522: In 1522, Spain lost the Peñón to a Moroccan Berber attack that resulted in the deaths of the whole Spanish garrison. .
- September 1564: The Moroccans are forces to evacuate Penon de velez de la gomera, which is handed over to the Spaniards.