Siege of Almeida (1762)
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The Siege of Almeida (1762) was a key engagement during the Seven Years' War in which Spanish and French forces captured the Portuguese border fortress of Almeida, threatening British-allied control in Portugal.
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| Siege of Almeida (1762) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21672002 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Almeida (1762) Context triple: [Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763), significantEvent, Siege of Almeida (1762)]
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Siege of Almeida (1810–1811)
The Siege of Almeida (1810–1811) was a key episode in the Peninsular War in which French forces captured the strategically important Portuguese fortress town of Almeida from the Anglo-Portuguese defenders.
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Siege of Badajoz (1812)
The Siege of Badajoz (1812) was a brutal and strategically crucial Peninsular War assault in which British and Portuguese forces under Wellington captured the heavily fortified Spanish border city from the French, paving the way for later Allied advances into Spain.
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Siege of Porto
The Siege of Porto was a key 1832–1833 military confrontation in northern Portugal during the Liberal Wars, in which liberal forces defending the city withstood a prolonged encirclement by absolutist troops.
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Spanish siege and assault of 1697
The Spanish siege and assault of 1697 was the final military campaign that captured the Itza Maya capital of Nojpetén, marking the last major indigenous stronghold in the Americas to fall to Spanish colonial rule.
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Siege of Badajoz
The Siege of Badajoz was a brutal and strategically crucial 1812 British-led assault during the Peninsular War, marked by heavy casualties and notorious post-capture atrocities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Almeida (1762) Target entity description: The Siege of Almeida (1762) was a key engagement during the Seven Years' War in which Spanish and French forces captured the Portuguese border fortress of Almeida, threatening British-allied control in Portugal.
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A.
Siege of Almeida (1810–1811)
The Siege of Almeida (1810–1811) was a key episode in the Peninsular War in which French forces captured the strategically important Portuguese fortress town of Almeida from the Anglo-Portuguese defenders.
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B.
Siege of Badajoz (1812)
The Siege of Badajoz (1812) was a brutal and strategically crucial Peninsular War assault in which British and Portuguese forces under Wellington captured the heavily fortified Spanish border city from the French, paving the way for later Allied advances into Spain.
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C.
Siege of Porto
The Siege of Porto was a key 1832–1833 military confrontation in northern Portugal during the Liberal Wars, in which liberal forces defending the city withstood a prolonged encirclement by absolutist troops.
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D.
Spanish siege and assault of 1697
The Spanish siege and assault of 1697 was the final military campaign that captured the Itza Maya capital of Nojpetén, marking the last major indigenous stronghold in the Americas to fall to Spanish colonial rule.
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E.
Siege of Badajoz
The Siege of Badajoz was a brutal and strategically crucial 1812 British-led assault during the Peninsular War, marked by heavy casualties and notorious post-capture atrocities.
- F. None of above. chosen
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