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Sack of Lanzarote (1586)
| Sack of Lanzarote (1586) | |||||||
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| Part of Ottoman–Habsburg wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Spanish Empire |
 Regency of Algiers | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Don Agustin de Herrera y Rojas (POW) Diego de Cabrera Leme † |
Murat Reis the Elder | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown |
6–7 ships
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 200–300 enslaved | Unknown | ||||||
The Sack of Lanzarote occurred in 1586, when 6 or 7 Algerian Galleys, sacked the Spanish island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. The Algerians were successful and occupied the island for a month before leaving it.
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