Battle of Manila (1570)
| Siege of Manila | |||||||||
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| Part of the Spanish conquests in Asia | |||||||||
Map of the Kingdom of Luzon before the Spanish capture of the city. | |||||||||
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| Kingdom of Luzon | |||||||||
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| Martin de Goiti | Sulayman III | ||||||||
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The 1570 Battle of Manila (Filipino: Labanan sa Maynila; Spanish: Batalla de Manila) was fought in Manila between the local forces led by Rajah Sulayman and the Spaniards led by Field Marshal Martin de Goiti, on 24 May 1570. Goiti's forces eventually besieged the fort of Manila, destroyed Manila, and won the battle, with the site of the fort falling to the Kingdom of the Spains and the Indies. The Spaniards then founded a Spanish city of Manila making it the capital of the Spanish East Indies.