battle, early modern
Battles of La Naval de Manila
Battles of La Naval de Manila was a battle fought in 1646 at Manila Bay, in what is now Philippines. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Manila Bay. It was part of the Eighty Years' War, which ran from 1568 to 1648. The recorded result: Spanish victory.
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Where it sits in the Eighty Years' War
Record
| Date | 1646 (year precision) to 1646 | |
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| Place | Manila Bay, Philippines 14.517N, 120.767E | |
| Kind | Battle, early modern | |
| Strength | 8 ships; 3 Manila galleons; 1 galley; 4 brigantines; 400 soldiers; 68 guns | 35 ships; 16 regular galleons; 3 fire ships; 16 launches; 470 guns (est.); Second Squadron; 800 soldiers |
| Casualties and losses | 15 dead | 500 dead; 2 fire ships sunk; 3 ships severely damaged |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Puerto de Cavite 1647, 2.6 km NW
- Battle of Manila Bay 1898, 18 km E
- Battle of Alapan 1898, 20 km SE
- Battle of Zapote River 1899, 22 km E
- Battle of Zapote Bridge 1897, 22 km E
In the same war
- Before: Siege of Hulst 7 October 1645
- After: Siege of Dunkirk 7 September 1646
- All 170 engagements of Eighty Years' War
Elsewhere in 1646
- Battle of Orbetello Italy
- Battle of Benburb United Kingdom
- Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold United Kingdom
- Siege of Lérida Spain
- Action of 26 May 1646 Turkey
Battles of La Naval de Manila is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 115 in present-day Philippines.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2265603, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battles of La Naval de Manila, revision 1381690528, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.