Search results
2 days ago · The First Opium War (Chinese : 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin : Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842.
2 days ago · Pursued by the armies of Britain, Spain and Portugal, Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult, no longer getting sufficient support from a depleted France, led the exhausted and demoralized French forces in a fighting withdrawal across the Pyrenees during the winter of 1813–1814.
1 day ago · The rebellion was exacerbated by Spanish intervention and even by a Spanish invasion force (the element of the Armada that temporarily succeeded). This Nine Years War (1594–1603) was eventually won by the English but only with great brutality and at great expense of men and treasure.
Sep 25, 2024 · Spanish Armada, the great fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England in conjunction with a Spanish army from Flanders. England’s attempts to repel this fleet involved the first naval battles to be fought entirely with heavy guns, and the failure of Spain’s enterprise saved England and the Netherlands from possible ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · The expedition was the largest engagement of the undeclared Anglo-Spanish War. The following year, England organized a similar large-scale campaign against Spain, known as the "English Armada", and sometimes called the "counter-Armada of 1589", which failed.
Sep 20, 2024 · Spain continued to permit the importation of enslaved Africans to its colonies, including Cuba. In 1839, a group of 53 enslaved Africans, who had been captured from the Mendi tribe in present-day Sierra Leone, were transported aboard the *La Amistad*.
People also ask
Who sailed against England in 1588?
How did England defeat Spain?
What was the largest campaign against Spain in 1589?
Who defeated the Spanish Armada?
Why did the Spanish attack the Armada?
How did the Spanish attack Cornwall in 1595?
Sep 23, 2024 · The peace treaties between Spain and its opponents were not signed until a few months later, but an understanding with England had been prepared by the asiento agreement, by which Spain gave to Britain the exclusive right of supplying the Spanish colonies with enslaved people. The treaty of peace was finally concluded in Utrecht on July 13, 1713.
