The Reconquista was the gradual military retaking ("reconquering") of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors. Reconquest or Reconquista may also refer to: * Pueblo Revolt Reconquest, the restoration of colonial government in Spanish New Mexico following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 * Reconquista de Buenos Aires, the restoration of Spanish control of Buenos Aires in 1806; see * Reconquista (Spanish America), the restoration of Spanish colonial possessions in the New World, typically control of colonial governments loyal to Ferdinand VII of Spain following the Peninsular War in Europe ** Reconquest (Chile), the restoration of Spanish colonial possession of Chile during the War of Independence ** Reconquista (Colombia), the restoration of Spanish colonial possession following a rebellion in what is now Colombia; see Spanish reconquest of New Granada ** Santo Domingo / Dominican Republic: ***

Reconquista (Santo Domingo) The war for Spanish reestablishment in Santo Domingo, better known as the Reconquista, was fought between November 7, 1808, and July 9, 1809. In 1808, following Napoleon's invasion of Spain, the ''criollos'' of Santo Domingo revolted against ...

, the restoration of Spanish colonial possession of Santo Domingo following a period of French occupation *** Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic, the retaking of the former colony by Spain 17 years after it gained independence ** Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico * Reconquista, the restoration of Portuguese colonial possession (or joint Portuguese and Spanish rule) following periods of Dutch occupation ** Reconquest of Angola **

Recapture of Bahia The recapture of Salvador ( es, Jornada del Brasil; pt, Jornada dos Vassalos) was a Spanish–Portuguese military expedition in 1625 to retake the city of Salvador in Brazil from the forces of the Dutch West India Company (WIC). In May 1624, ...

Recapture of Recife Dutch Brazil ( nl, Nederlands-Brazilië), also known as New Holland ( nl, Nieuw-Holland), was a colony of the Dutch Republic in the northeastern portion of modern-day Brazil, controlled from 1630 to 1654 during Dutch colonization of the Americas ...

Reconquista (Mexico) The ''Reconquista'' ("reconquest") is a term to describe an irredentist vision by different individuals, groups, and/or nations that the Southwestern United States should be politically or culturally returned to Mexico. Such opinions are often ...

, an irredentist movement advocating restoration of Mexican sovereignty over territories taken by the United States *

Operación Reconquista de España The Maquis were Spanish guerrillas who waged an irregular warfare against the Francoist Spain, Francoist dictatorship within Spain following the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republican defeat in the Spanish Civil War until the early ...

, the 1944 invasion of the Aran Valley by the Spanish Maquis

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* Reconquista, Santa Fe, a city in Argentina **

Reconquista Airport Reconquista Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto de Reconquista) , also known as Daniel Jukic Airport (es), is an airport serving Reconquista, a city in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. It is a domestic airport located south of the city. The ...

** Roman Catholic Diocese of Reconquista * Reconquista River, a river in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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* "Reconquista", a 2011 song by Hangry & Angry * ''

La Reconquista de Buenos Aires ''La Reconquista de Buenos Aires'' ( es, The Reconquest of Buenos Aires) is an Argentine historical painting by Charles Fouqueray in 1909. It depicts the victory of Santiago de Liniers against William Carr Beresford during the first of the British ...

'', a 1909 Argentine painting commemorating a historical event

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