Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)

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The Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) was a naval and colonial conflict during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in which Spain, aligned with France, fought against Britain, leading to major sea battles, blockades, and the disruption of Spanish maritime trade and empire.

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Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial war ⓘ
naval war ⓘ
war ⓘ
alliance Franco-Spanish alliance ⓘ
belligerentCommander Federico Gravina ⓘ
Horatio Nelson ⓘ
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent ⓘ
José de Mazarredo ⓘ
belligerentSide Great Britain opposing France and Spain ⓘ
Spain on the French side ⓘ
cause Treaty of San Ildefonso (1796) ⓘ
conflictType maritime trade war ⓘ
naval conflict ⓘ
consequence contributed to British control of sea lanes ⓘ
contributed to financial strain on Spain ⓘ
facilitated later independence movements in Spanish America ⓘ
endedBy change of Spanish policy after 1808 Peninsular War outbreak ⓘ
endTime 1808 ⓘ
hasParticipant First French Empire ⓘ
French First Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
historicalContext coalitions against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Sail ⓘ
location Americas ⓘ
European waters ⓘ
South Atlantic ⓘ
West Indies ⓘ
mainTheater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
notableBattle Action of 5 October 1804 ⓘ
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) ⓘ
Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797) ⓘ
Battle of Trafalgar (1805) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Trafalgar

Battle of the Nile (1798) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Nile
notableEvent British attacks on Spanish colonial possessions ⓘ
British blockade of Spanish ports ⓘ
capture of Spanish treasure ships by Britain ⓘ
opponent France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
partOf French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
result British naval supremacy reinforced ⓘ
Spanish maritime trade severely disrupted ⓘ
weakening of Spanish colonial empire ⓘ
startTime 1796 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of San Ildefonso (1796) → relatedConflict → Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) ⓘ
British attack on San Juan (1797) → partOf → Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) ⓘ
Federico Gravina → militaryConflict → Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) ⓘ
subject linked to: Admiral Federico Gravina
La Rogativa procession of 1797 → associatedWith → Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) ⓘ