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Reconquista The ' (Spanish, Portuguese and Galician for "reconquest") is a historiographical construction describing the 781-year period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of the Nasrid ...

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 The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, also known as Popé's Rebellion or Popay's Rebellion, was an uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish empire, Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, larger than prese ...

of 1680 * Reconquista de Buenos Aires, the restoration of Spanish control of Buenos Aires in 1806; see *

Reconquista (Spanish America) In the struggle for the independence of Spanish America, the Reconquista refers to the period of Colombian and Chilean history, following the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, during which royalist armies were able to gain the upper hand in the Spanish ...

, 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) Spanish Reconquest or just Reconquest is a period of Chilean history that started in 1814 with the royalist victory at the Battle of Rancagua and ended in 1817 with the patriot victory at the Battle of Chacabuco. During this time the supporters o ...

, 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 The Spanish Invasion of New Granada in 1815–1816 was part of the Spanish American wars of independence in South America. Shortly after the Napoleonic Wars ended, Ferdinand VII, recently restored to the throne in Spain, decided to send milit ...

** 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 Fr ...

, the restoration of Spanish colonial possession of Santo Domingo following a period of French occupation ***

Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic In 1861, Dominican general Pedro Santana suggested retaking control of the Dominican Republic to Queen Isabella II of Spain, after a period of 17 years of Dominican sovereignty. The newly independent Dominican Republic was recovering economicall ...

, the retaking of the former colony by Spain 17 years after it gained independence **

Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

* 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, D ...

** Recapture of Recife *

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 1944 invasion of the Aran Valley by the Spanish Maquis

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Reconquista, Santa Fe Reconquista is a city in the north of the , from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the General Obligado Department, and it has 99,288 inhabitants according to the . The city lies on a branch of the Paraná River opposite the city ...

, a city in Argentina ** Reconquista Airport **

Roman Catholic Diocese of Reconquista The Roman Catholic Diocese of Reconquista ( la, Dioecesis Reconquistensis) is located in the city of Reconquista, Santa Fe, Reconquista, in the north of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe, in Argentina. History On 11 February 1957 Pope ...

Reconquista River The Reconquista River (Spanish, Río Reconquista) is a small river in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Together with the Riachuelo, it is one of the most contaminated watercourses in the country. The Reconquista is part of the Río de la ...

, a river in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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* "Reconquista", a 2011 song by

Hangry & Angry Hangry & Angry-f (stylized as HANGRY & ANGRY-f, previously known as hANGRY & ANGRY) was a Japanese female pop and rock duo created in 2008, consisting of former Morning Musume members Hitomi Yoshizawa ("Hangry") and Rika Ishikawa ("Angry"). Th ...

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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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