Ottoman Empire - Spain conquered Oran

Time: Jun, 1732

Place: Oran (Present-Day in Algeria)

Details: In Ottoman North Africa, Spain conquered Oran from the Ottoman Empire (1732). The bey received an Ottoman army from Algiers, but it failed to recapture Oran; the siege caused the deaths of 1,500 Spaniards and even more Algerians.

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