English Tangier was the period in Moroccan history in which the city of Tangier was occupied by England as part of its colonial empire from 1661 to 1684. Tangier had been under Portuguese control befo
Wenceslaus Hollar's landscape of Tangier at the beginning of the English occupation
A View of Tangier by Hendrick Danckerts, 1669
Tangier c. 1670 by Wenceslaus Hollar.
The English evacuation of Tangier in 1684
Portuguese Tangier covers the period of Portuguese rule over Tangier, today a city in Morocco. The territory was ruled by the Kingdom of Portugal from 1471 to 1580, 1641 to 1661.
English Tangier
…Sunni Islam History • Given by Portugal as dowry 1661 • Siege of Tangier 1684 Currency Gold dinar Silver dirham Pound sterling Preceded by Succeeded by Portuguese Tangier Alaouite dynasty Today part of Morocco English Tangier was the period in Moroccan history in which the city of Tangier (also spelled Tangiers) was…
Portuguese Tangier depicted in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1572.
Portuguese-era portal of Dar Niaba in the medina of Tangier (16th or 17th century)