Regional1780

Battle of Cape Finisterre

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Spain

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Cape Finisterre (1780), part of the Seven Years War. United Kingdom defeated Spain.

Belligerents2

United Kingdom
Spain

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1763)Spanish Empire (Americas)

Conflict graph

PART OFSeven Years War

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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