Reconquista (disambiguation)

The Reconquista was the gradual military retaking ("reconquering") of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors.

Reconquest or Reconquista may also refer to:

  • Bloodless reconquest, the restoration of colonial government in Spanish New Mexico following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680
  • Reconquista de Buenos Aires, restoration of Spanish control of Buenos Aires in 1806: the city (at the time capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata) had been occupied by the British a few weeks before
  • Reconquista (Spanish America), restoration of Spanish colonial possession in the New World, typically control of colonial governments loyal to Ferdinand VII of Spain following the Peninsular War in Europe
    • Reconquest (Chile), restoration of Spanish colonial possession of Chile during the War of Independence
    • Reconquista (Colombia), restoration of Spanish colonial possession following a rebellion in what is now Colombia
    • Santo Domingo / Dominican Republic:
      • Reconquista (Santo Domingo), restoration of Spanish colonial possession of Santo Domingo following a period of French occupation
      • Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic, retaking of the former colony by Spain 17 years after it gained independence
  • Reconquista, restoration of Portuguese colonial possession (or joint Portuguese and Spanish rule) following periods of Dutch occupation
  • Reconquista (Mexico), a modern irredentist movement advocating the restoration of Mexican control over territory now part of the United States
  • Operación Reconquista de España, the 1944 invasion of the Aran Valley by the Spanish Maquis

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