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War of Jenkins' Ear

1739 CE – 1748 CE · 9 years

Anglo-Spanish war in the Caribbean and the Americas, remembered above all for Britain's disastrous attempt to seize Cartagena de Indias before the conflict merged into the wider War of the Austrian Succession.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Britain
  • Spain

Key moments

Defining events in the War of Jenkins' Ear.

  1. 1739 Battle of Porto Bello
  2. 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
  3. 1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Americas

Cathedral of Havana

1748 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Vice-Royalty of New Spain

Attested 1530 CE – 1815 CE

Trade route · Americas

Spanish Treasure Fleet Return

1566 CE – 1790 CE

Conflict · Americas

Comanche Wars

1706 CE – 1875 CE

Landmark · Americas

Grand Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Vice-Royalty of Peru

Attested 1650 CE – 1815 CE

Trade route · Americas

Atlantic Return (Sugar & Tobacco)

1600 CE – 1850 CE

Landmark · Americas

Mammoth Cave

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1739 CE and 1748 CE.

1748 CE Cathedral of Havana 1740 CE War of the Austrian Succession 1744 CE Wahhabi Wars / First Saudi State 1746 CE Carnatic Wars 1747 CE Durrani Empire Conquests

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Kazembe Polity · Africa 1740 CE – 1899 CE War of the Austrian Succession Conflict · Europe 1740 CE – 1748 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Thomas Jefferson Figure · America 1743 CE – 1826 CE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing
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