battle, early modern
Battle of Pamplona
Battle of Pamplona was a battle fought on 20 May 1521 at Pamplona, in what is now Spain. It was part of the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre, which ran from 1512 to 1529. The recorded result: Navarrese-French victory. Recorded strength: 280 against 12,000 men.
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Where it sits in the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre
Record
| Date | 20 May 1521 | |
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| Place | Pamplona, Spain 42.817N, 1.650W | |
| Kind | Battle, early modern | |
| Territorial change | Navarre reconquered from Spain | |
| Strength | 280 | 12,000 men |
| Casualties and losses | low | low |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Pamplona 1813, same recorded site
- Siege of Pamplona 1823, same recorded site
- Siege of Pamplona 1874, 0.6 km S
- Siege of Pamplona AD 755, 1.4 km E
- Battle of Noáin 1521, 6.5 km S
Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between AD 755 and 1874.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Esa 1521
- After: Battle of Noáin 30 June 1521
- All 6 engagements of Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre
Elsewhere in 1521
- Siege of Belgrade Serbia
- Battle of Six Seven Philippines
- Fall of Tenochtitlan Mexico
- Battle of Villalar Spain
- First Battle of Tamao Hong Kong S.A.R.
Battle of Pamplona is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3174545, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Pampeluna, revision 1372120891, 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.