siege, early modern

Siege of Ceuta

Siege of Ceuta was a siege conducted in 1721 at Ceuta, in what is now Spain. It was part of Spanish–Moroccan conflicts.

Ceuta en torno al año 1700 durante el asedio de los treinta y tres años (1694-1727). Alfónso Dornellas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date	1721 (year precision)
Place	Ceuta, Spain 35.887N, 5.300W
Part of	Spanish–Moroccan conflicts
Kind	Siege, early modern

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

First Siege of Ceuta 1419, same recorded site
Battle of Ceuta (1182) 1182, same recorded site
Second Siege of Ceuta 1419, same recorded site
Siege of Ceuta 1694, same recorded site
Siege of Ceuta 1309, 0.7 km

In the same war

Before: Siege of Ceuta 23 October 1694
After: Siege of Melilla 9 December 1774
All 14 engagements of Spanish–Moroccan conflicts

Elsewhere in 1721

Battle of Selånger Sweden
Capture of the Virgin of the Cape France

Siege of Ceuta is one of 1,496 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 813 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q71169633, released under CC0. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.