Battle of Gibraltar (1607)
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The Battle of Gibraltar (1607) was a decisive naval engagement during the Eighty Years' War in which a Dutch fleet destroyed a Spanish squadron anchored in Gibraltar Bay, significantly weakening Spanish sea power.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Gibraltar (1607) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19729741 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Gibraltar (1607) Context triple: [Jacob van Heemskerck, notableWork, Battle of Gibraltar (1607)]
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A.
capture of Gibraltar (1704)
The capture of Gibraltar (1704) was a key Anglo-Dutch victory during the War of the Spanish Succession in which Allied forces seized the strategic fortress of Gibraltar from Spain, securing long-term British control over the territory.
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B.
Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657)
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657) was a major naval engagement in which an English fleet under Admiral Robert Blake attacked a Spanish treasure convoy anchored in the Canary Islands during the Anglo-Spanish War.
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C.
Battle of Minorca (1756)
The Battle of Minorca (1756) was a major naval engagement in the early Seven Years' War between Britain and France that led to the loss of the island of Minorca to France and the controversial court-martial and execution of British Admiral John Byng.
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D.
Battle of the Gabbard (1653)
The Battle of the Gabbard (1653) was a major naval engagement in the First Anglo-Dutch War in which the English fleet decisively defeated the Dutch, securing control of the English Channel and North Sea.
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E.
Battle of Vigo Bay
The Battle of Vigo Bay was a 1702 naval engagement during the War of the Spanish Succession in which an Anglo-Dutch fleet attacked and destroyed a Spanish-French treasure convoy in the harbor of Vigo, Spain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Gibraltar (1607) Target entity description: The Battle of Gibraltar (1607) was a decisive naval engagement during the Eighty Years' War in which a Dutch fleet destroyed a Spanish squadron anchored in Gibraltar Bay, significantly weakening Spanish sea power.
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A.
capture of Gibraltar (1704)
The capture of Gibraltar (1704) was a key Anglo-Dutch victory during the War of the Spanish Succession in which Allied forces seized the strategic fortress of Gibraltar from Spain, securing long-term British control over the territory.
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B.
Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657)
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657) was a major naval engagement in which an English fleet under Admiral Robert Blake attacked a Spanish treasure convoy anchored in the Canary Islands during the Anglo-Spanish War.
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C.
Battle of Minorca (1756)
The Battle of Minorca (1756) was a major naval engagement in the early Seven Years' War between Britain and France that led to the loss of the island of Minorca to France and the controversial court-martial and execution of British Admiral John Byng.
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D.
Battle of the Gabbard (1653)
The Battle of the Gabbard (1653) was a major naval engagement in the First Anglo-Dutch War in which the English fleet decisively defeated the Dutch, securing control of the English Channel and North Sea.
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E.
Battle of Vigo Bay
The Battle of Vigo Bay was a 1702 naval engagement during the War of the Spanish Succession in which an Anglo-Dutch fleet attacked and destroyed a Spanish-French treasure convoy in the harbor of Vigo, Spain.
- F. None of above. chosen
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