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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: 1437 births, 1437 by country, 1437 crimes, 1437 deaths, 1437 in Europe, 1437 riots, Conflicts in 1437, Elizabeth Woodville, Catherine of Valois, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, James I of Scotland, Joan of Navarre, Queen of England, Battle of Tangier, Isaac Abrabanel, Pedro de Menezes, 1st Count of Vila Real, Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, Thomas Langley, William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus, Bolko IV of Opole, Sandside Chase, Marie I, Countess of Auvergne, Budai Nagy Antal Revolt, Robert de Cardeny, Lady Elizabeth Percy, John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, Adolf, Duke of Julich-Berg, List of state leaders in 1437, John IV, Duke of Bavaria, Filippo Buonaccorsi, Niccolo de' Niccoli, Simon of Utrecht, John II Stanley of the Isle of Man, Jan Thurzo, Szymon of Lipnica, Jan Roha z Dube, Ibn Ghazi al-Miknasi, Jean de La Rochetaillee, Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl, Antal Nagy de Buda, Joch Tengin, Maria Crispo, Co-Lady of Milos, 1437 in Ireland. Excerpt: The 1437 Battle of Tangier, sometimes referred to as the Siege of Tangiers, refers to the attempt by a Portuguese expeditionary force to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier, and their subsequent defeat by the armies of the Marinid sultanate of Morocco. The Portuguese expeditionary force, led by Prince Henry the Navigator, Duke of Viseu, set out from Portugal in August, 1437, intending to seize a series of Moroccan coastal citadels. The Portuguese laid siege to Tangier in mid-September. After a few failed assaults on the city, the Portuguese force was attacked and defeated by a large Moroccan relief army led by vizier Abu Zakariya Yahya al-Wattasi of Fez. The Moroccans subsequently encircled the Portuguese siege camp and starved it to submission. To preserve his army from destruction, Henry negotiated a treaty promising to return the citadel of Ceuta (captured ear...
