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The Ottoman Turks have by 1555 nearly …
Years: 1556 - 1556
The Ottoman Turks have by 1555 nearly cleared the Spanish presence from all Algeria, save for Oran, on the northwestern Mediterranean coast.
The siege of Oran, by land and sea, is unsuccessful and has to be lifted in August 1556 when the Ottoman fleet of forty galleys is recalled for duty in the East Mediterranean.
Spain is to hold Oran, which had been the object of Cardinal Cisneros’ successful 1507 crusade, for three centuries, thanks in part to the alliance formed by the city’s governor, Count d'Alcaudete, with Mohammed ash-Sheikh against the Ottomans.
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- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- Mawlay Mohammed ash-Sheikh
- Philip II of Spain
- Suleiman I “the Magnificent”
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Years: 1556 - 1556
Locations
People
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- Mawlay Mohammed ash-Sheikh
- Philip II of Spain
- Suleiman I “the Magnificent”
Groups
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions