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Vancouver's 1798 map, showing some confusion in the vicinity of southeastern Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and Haro Strait. The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, between Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and the Washington Territory (present-day State of Washington).
Pig War (1859), a largely bloodless border confrontation between the United States and the British Colony of Vancouver Island; Pork war of 1880s, European nations embargo of US pork export; Pig War (1906–1908), a trade war between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Serbia; The Pig War (poem), a Latin poem
Pages in category "Pig War (1859)" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Admiral Sir Robert Lambert Baynes KCB (4 September 1796 – 7 September 1869) was a British Royal Navy admiral who as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station prevented the 1859 Pig War from escalating to a major conflict between the United States and the United Kingdom. Baynes joined the Royal Navy in 1810 and served in the Napoleonic Wars and the ...
Map of the proposed boundaries between the United States and Canada around the San Juan Islands during the Pig War. Born the son of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby and Sophia Maria Hornby (daughter of General John Burgoyne), Hornby was educated at Winwick Grammar School and Southwood's School in Plymouth and joined the Royal Navy in March 1837. [1]
Pig War (1859) (7 P) R. Reform War (26 P) S. Second Italian War of Independence (2 C, 6 P) Second Opium War (2 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Conflicts in 1859"
1858 – 1859 Mohave War; 1858 – 1864 Bald Hills War; 1859 Pitt River Expedition; 1859 – 1860 Mendocino War; 1859 Pig War (1859) 1859 – 1861 Cortina Troubles. 1859 Brownsville Raid (1859) Battle of La Ebonal; Battle of Rio Grande City; 1860 Battle of La Bolsa; 1861 Battle of Carrizo; 1859 John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry; 1860 Paiute War
1859 1859 Second Italian War of Independence French Empire. Kingdom of Sardinia Austrian Empire: 1859 1859 Revolution of 1859 Chile: Liberal rebels 1859 1872 Pig War United States United Kingdom: 1859 1860 Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60) Spain: Morocco: 1859 1863 Banjarmasin War Dutch Empire: Sultanate of Banjar: 1859 1863 Federal War ...