Capture of Minorca

Name: Capture of Minorca
Start: 1708-09-14
End: 1708-09-21

14 Sep 1708 – 21 Sep 1708 · 39.87° N, 4.30° E

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When: 14 Sep 1708 – 21 Sep 1708
Kind: Military operation
Coordinates: 39.87° N, 4.30° E
Description: 1708 military operation

Capture of Minorca (1708)

1708 Military operation

The Capture of Minorca saw the island of Menorca captured from Spain by British and Dutch forces acting on behalf of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor - the Austrian claimant to the Spanish throne - in September 1708 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The British would later annex the island as their own possession at the Treaty of Utrecht (1713).

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