What the records say
- When
- 12 Sep 1711 – 22 Sep 1711
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 22.91° S, 43.18° W
- Description
- 1711 battle
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Rio de Janeiro
1711 battle
The Battle of Rio de Janeiro was a raid in September 1711 on the port of Rio de Janeiro in the War of Spanish Succession by a French squadron under René Duguay-Trouin. The Portuguese defenders, including the city's governor and an admiral of the fleet anchored there, were unable to put up effective resistance in spite of numerical advantages and the city had to pay a ransom to avoid destruction of its defences.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Piraten im Dienste Frankreichs erobern in der Schlacht von Rio de Janeiro unter ihrem Anführer René Duguay-Trouin die reiche portugiesische Festung und…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page