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After Spain entered the war, Major General John Dalling, the British governor and commander-in-chief of Jamaica, proposed in 1780 an expedition to the Spanish province of Nicaragua. The goal was to sail up the San Juan River to Lake Nicaragua and capture the town of Granada , which would effectively cut Spanish America in half as well as ...
The action of 9 August 1780 was a naval engagement during the American Revolutionary War and a part of the Anglo-French War (1778–1783) in which a Spanish fleet, led by Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova, along with a squadron of French ships, encountered a large British convoy. The Spanish and French force captured almost all the merchant ...
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (Spanish: Batalla del Cabo de San Vicente) was a naval battle that took place off the southern coast of Portugal on 16 January 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. A British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney defeated a Spanish squadron under Don Juan de Lángara.
The Battle of St. Louis, also known as the Attack on St. Louis and the Battle of Fort San Carlos, was fought on May 26, 1780, between British-allied Indians and defenders of the Franco-Spanish village of St. Louis, Louisiana (present-day U.S. state of Missouri) during the American Revolutionary War.
1779: Spanish settlers, led by Francisco Bouligny, founded New Iberia along Bayou Teche. 1779: Spain declared war on Britain during the American Revolutionary War. 1780: The Battle of St. Louis was won by Spain. 1781: Spain completed its reconquest of Florida. 1783: The Treaty of Paris officially returned Florida to Spanish control.
The action of 8 January 1780 was a naval encounter off Cape Finisterre between a British Royal Naval fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney, and a fleet of Spanish merchants sailing in convoy with seven warships [2] [3] of the Guipuzcoan Caracas Company, under the command of Commodore Don Juan Augustin de Yardi. During the action the entire ...
Anglo-Spanish War Part of the American Revolutionary War: Spain Great Britain: 1779 1781 First Xhosa War: Dutch Cape Colony: Xhosa tribesmen: 1780 1784 Fourth Anglo-Dutch War Part of the American Revolutionary War Great Britain Dutch Republic France: 1780 1784 Second Anglo-Mysore War: Mysore France Dutch Republic: British East India Company ...
Spanish colonial administrator José Antonio de Areche acted in response to Túpac's uprising, moving troops from Lima and as far off as Cartagena toward the region. Tupac Amaru II, in 1780, began to lead an uprising of indigenous people, but the Spanish military proved to be too strong for his army of 40,000–60,000 followers. [ 15 ]