Battle of Mactan
battle · 1521 AD
Battle of Mactan, a battle recorded 1521 AD: its site mapped, cited to 2 sources, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- battle
- Date
- 27 April 1521 AD
- Side 1
- Mactan — led by Lapulapu
- Side 2
- Spain and Cebu — led by Ferdinand Magellan
- Result
- Victory for Mactan; Magellan killed
- Campaign
- Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1521 AD | — | high confidence | no observation date recorded | — |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Richard Holmes (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Military History, (2001)
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)