Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529)

Capture of Algiers
Part of Spanish–Ottoman wars
Date29 May 1529
Location
Result Algerian victory
Belligerents
 Spanish Empire
Kabyle soldiers
Regency of Algiers
Arab irregulars
Commanders and leaders
Don Martin de Vargas  Hayreddin Barbarossa
Strength
200 soldiers 2,000 janissaries
Casualties and losses
175 dead
25 prisoners
Unknown

The capture of Peñón of Algiers was accomplished when the beylerbey of Algiers, Hayreddin Barbarossa, captured the fortress called Peñón of Algiers, on a small islet facing the Algerian city of Algiers from the Habsburg Spaniards.