Battle of Punta Delgada

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Battle of Punta Delgada
Part of the Eighty Years' War
The landing of the Spanish Tercios at Terceira.
Date 26 July 1582 Location Terceira, Azores Islands, present-day Portugal Result Decisive Spanish victory
Combatants
United Provinces Huguenot France England	Spain
Commanders
Filippo di Piero Strozzi †	Marquis de Santa Cruz
Strength
60 warships	28 warships
Casualties
1,200 dead 800 captured 10 ships sunk	224 dead 550 wounded

Eighty Years' War

Oosterweel – Rheindalen – Heiligerlee – Jemmingen – Jodoigne – Brielle – Haarlem – Flushing – Borsele – Zuiderzee – Alkmaar – Leiden – Reimerswaal – Mookerheyde – Gembloux – Maastricht – 1st Breda – Punta Delgada – Antwerp – Boksum – Zutphen – 1st Bergen op Zoom – Gravelines – 2nd Breda – Turnhout – Nieuwpoort – Ostend – Sluys – Gibraltar – 2nd Bergen op Zoom –3rd Breda – Bay of Matanzas – 's-Hertogenbosch – Maastricht – 4th Breda – Kallo – The Downs – Hulst – Puerto de Cavite

The naval Battle of Punta Delgada, also called the Battle of Terceira, took place on July 26, 1582 during the Eighty Years' War that resulted in the defeat of a combined Dutch, English, Portuguese, and French Huguenot fleet by a Spanish fleet under Santa Cruz. It completed the Spanish annexation of Portugal, securing the Azores for Spain.

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• Batalla de Isla Terceira