Conflict: Kongo Civil War
Combatants: Congolese vs. Portuguese
Location: Angola
Outcome: Portuguese victory
By the reign of Afonso VI (shown below), Portugal had forced its Dutch adversaries from Angola and maintained a colonial holding there. In 1665, conflict in the region led to a secession movement in the small territories between Angola and the Kingdom of Kongo. Portugal led mostly native troops in a bid to rest the territory from Kongo. The Kongolese were defeated and their King, Antonio, killed in the battle. Kongo slipped into civil war and Portugal obtained tenuous authority over the tiny seceding nation.
Points of Interest:
In the aftermath of the Kongo Civil War of 1665, the capital of San Salvador was abandoned.
Afonso VI of Portugal was forced from power two years after the Kongo Civil War by his brother Pedro and reigned in name only.
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Sources:
Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, & Bongard, David L. (1992). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York: Castle Books (HarperCollins).
Dupuy, R. Ernest & Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins.
Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
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