Polity Penon de Velez de la Gomera

This article is about the specific polity Penon de Velez de la Gomera and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Is a Spanish exclave and rocky tied island, in the western Mediterranean Sea, connected to the Moroccan shore by a sandy isthmus. It is a Spanish possession since 1508.

Establishment

  • July 1508: Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera is occupied by Spain.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • 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.