The War of Jenkins' Ear (Spanish: Guerra del Asiento, lit. 'War of the Agreement') was a conflict lasting from 1739 to 1748 between Britain and Spain.... 56 KB (6,871 words) - 12:39, 25 April 2024 |
Edward Vernon (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Ipswich) the rank of admiral after 46 years service. As a vice admiral during the War of Jenkins' Ear, in 1739 he was responsible for the capture of Portobelo... 25 KB (2,832 words) - 22:17, 30 April 2024 |
Party. The name is an allusion to the War of Jenkins' Ear, an actual armed conflict of the 18th century. In the midst of the 1992 general election campaign... 8 KB (1,049 words) - 17:39, 17 January 2024 |
(1727–1729) War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–1748), later merged into the War of the Austrian Succession Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763), part of the Seven Years' War Anglo-Spanish... 2 KB (264 words) - 00:09, 18 April 2024 |
William Bull (governor) (category Colonial governors of South Carolina) who was the Speaker of the Assembly and Bull's protege. In 1739, two years into Bull's time as governor, the War of Jenkins' Ear broke out and put South... 9 KB (1,137 words) - 22:44, 30 December 2023 |
Manuel de Montiano (category Royal Governors of La Florida) Invasion of Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Montiano was born in the city of Bilbao, in Biscay, northern Spain. He was a relative of Agustín de... 17 KB (2,105 words) - 16:49, 13 February 2024 |
Portobelo, Colón (category Corregimientos of Colón Province) in 1739, during the War of Jenkin's Ear. Its economy received a major boost in the late-19th century during the construction of the Panama Canal. In... 11 KB (1,070 words) - 23:04, 30 April 2024 |
The War of Jenkins' Ear (named for a 1731 incident in which a Spanish commander sliced off the ear of British merchant captain Robert Jenkins and told... 14 KB (1,193 words) - 07:29, 22 March 2024 |
Macmillan. p. 46-48. "The forgotten importance of the War of Jenkins' Ear". "Lecture: How the War of Jenkins's Ear Affected Slavery in America". "The Royal... 7 KB (774 words) - 03:33, 5 May 2024 |
Sebastián de Eslava (category Marquesses of Spain) fighting for the commercial control of America, declared war on Spain in 1739 (the War of Jenkins' Ear). The defense of the coast was essential. On November... 9 KB (1,280 words) - 07:05, 18 December 2023 |
commission Jenkins Commission (EU), a European monetary commission War of Jenkins' Ear, a colonial war between Britain and Spain Jenkins (software),... 1 KB (171 words) - 23:16, 30 October 2022 |
209, for war against Spain, leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear the following year. March/April – Battle of the Dindar River: Emperor Iyasu II of Ethiopia... 13 KB (1,574 words) - 01:04, 11 April 2024 |
The Anglo-Mysore Wars were a series of four wars fought during the last three decades of the 18th century between the Sultanate of Mysore on the one hand... 9 KB (983 words) - 20:39, 1 April 2024 |
Cartagena, Colombia (redirect from Cartagena of Indies) Heritage Site. It was also the site of the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in 1741 during the War of Jenkins' Ear between Spain and Britain. The Puerto... 112 KB (11,162 words) - 20:03, 27 April 2024 |
Lawrence Washington (1718–1752) (category British Army personnel of the War of Jenkins' Ear) "Regiment of Foot", an infantry unit, in the American colonies, to be used in the West Indies for the war against Spain, known as the War of Jenkins' Ear. The... 26 KB (3,261 words) - 13:16, 4 May 2024 |
took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, in the early stages of the war sometimes known as the War of Jenkins' Ear. It resulted in a popularly... 10 KB (925 words) - 11:03, 26 March 2024 |
Noble Jones (category English people of Welsh descent) (old) Regiment of Foot, he commanded Georgia's Northern Company of Marines during the War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–48). He was the father of Noble Wimberly... 1 KB (133 words) - 11:54, 3 May 2024 |
James Innes (British Army officer, died 1759) (category Members of the North-Carolina Provincial Council) the War of Jenkins' Ear, and served as Commander-in-Chief of all colonial soldiers in the Ohio River Valley in 1754 during the French and Indian War. After... 14 KB (1,538 words) - 22:08, 30 December 2023 |
1739 to 1748 War of Jenkins' Ear between Spain and Great Britain. The result of long-standing commercial tensions, the war was primarily fought in the... 71 KB (8,987 words) - 13:11, 30 April 2024 |
South Sea Company (redirect from The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of fishing) the declaration of war, which lasted from October 1739 until 1748. This war is known as the War of Jenkins' Ear. Under the Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain... 70 KB (9,348 words) - 19:44, 31 March 2024 |
HMS Jersey (1736) (category Military units and formations of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War) and launched on 14 June 1736. She saw action in the War of Jenkins' Ear and the Seven Years' War, before being converted to a hospital ship in 1771. In... 15 KB (1,563 words) - 04:30, 28 April 2024 |
Jenkins can refer to: Robert Jenkins (master mariner), a British sailor tortured by his Spanish captors by the removal of an ear. War of Jenkins' Ear... 256 bytes (70 words) - 12:17, 21 June 2014 |
George Anson's voyage around the world (category War of Jenkins' Ear) While Great Britain was fighting the War of Jenkins' Ear with Spain in 1740, Commodore George Anson led a squadron of eight ships on a mission to disrupt... 70 KB (11,354 words) - 07:22, 10 April 2024 |