Place details
Place nameIlles Balears
Other namesBaleares, Islas, Balearic Islands, Baléares, Îles, Balearen, Balears, Illes, Baleares Insulae, Baleares, Illes Balears province
CountryEspaña
Latitude39.5
Longitude3
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Captured by Vandals 526; taken by Byzantines 554; under Muslims by 903; conquest of Mallorca & Ibiza by James I of Aragón 1229-1235; fell to Alfonso III 1287; after independence under Aragón again 1349; British occupied Menorca 1713-1802.