Sack of Mahon
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The Sack of Mahon occurred in 1535, when Hayreddin Barbarossa attacked the harbour of Mahon
in the Balearic Islands
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The expedition followed closely the defeat of Barbarossa in the Conquest of Tunis by Charles V
. Barbarossa had escaped Tunis, and boarded his fleet in Bône
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In Mahon, Barbarossa took considerable booty and as many as 6,000 slaves, whom he brought back to Algiers
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Mahon
Mahón is a municipality and the capital city of the Balearic Island of Minorca , located in the eastern part of the island. Mahon has the second deepest natural harbor in the world: 5 km long and up to 900m. wide...
in the Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...
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The expedition followed closely the defeat of Barbarossa in the Conquest of Tunis by Charles V
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...
. Barbarossa had escaped Tunis, and boarded his fleet in Bône
Bone
Bones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells and store minerals. Bone tissue is a type of dense connective tissue...
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In Mahon, Barbarossa took considerable booty and as many as 6,000 slaves, whom he brought back to Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
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