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The Battle of Santander was fought in the War in the North campaign of the Spanish Civil War during the summer of 1937. Santander's fall on 26 August assured the Nationalist conquest of the province of Santander, now Cantabria. The battle devastated the Republic's "Army of the North"; 60,000 soldiers were captured by the Nationalists. [2]
A Colombian military and political leader who fought for independence and became President of New Granada. Learn about his life, achievements, battles, and legacy as a National Hero and "The Man of the Laws".
The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) was an intermittent conflict between the Habsburg Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of England that was never formally declared. [4] It began with England's military expedition in 1585 to what was then the Spanish Netherlands under the command of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in support of the Dutch rebellion against Spanish Habsburg rule.
The Battle of Gravelines was a naval engagement between the Spanish Armada and the English fleet in July 1588, during the Anglo-Spanish War. The English inflicted heavy losses on the Spanish, who were trying to join with the Spanish Netherlands army in Flanders.
Then at the Battle of Boyacá on August 7, the bulk of the royalist army surrendered to Bolívar. On receiving the news, the viceroy, Juan José de Sámano, and the rest of royalist government fled the capital so fast that they left behind the treasury, an incredible coup for Bolívar and Santander. On August 10 Bolívar's army entered Bogotá.
The Battle of Cachirí took place on February 21-22, 1816, during the Spanish Reconquest of New Granada as part of the Colombian War of Independence.The battle is named after the Paramo de Cachirí, which is located in the Santander Department in present-day Colombia.
Santander is a port city on the northern coast of Spain, facing the Cantabrian Sea. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria and has a population of 172,000. Learn about its history, geography, culture and economy.
Santander is a department of Colombia in the central northern part of the country. It has a history of Amerindian, Spanish and independence influences, and a diverse culture and cuisine.