Battle of Porto Novo (1781)
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The Battle of Porto Novo (1781) was a major engagement in southern India during the Second Anglo-Mysore War, in which Hyder Ali’s Mysore forces clashed with and were ultimately repelled by the British East India Company army under Sir Eyre Coote.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Porto Novo (1781) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2416248 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Battle of Porto Novo (1781) Context triple: [Second Anglo-Mysore War, notableEvent, Battle of Porto Novo (1781)]
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Battle of Negro Fort
The Battle of Negro Fort was an 1816 U.S. military attack on a British-built, Black and Native American–occupied fort in Spanish Florida, resulting in its destruction and the deaths or re-enslavement of many formerly enslaved people.
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Battle of Porto Bello (1739)
The Battle of Porto Bello (1739) was a notable early British naval victory against Spain during the War of Jenkins’ Ear, in which Admiral Edward Vernon captured the Spanish colonial port of Portobelo in present-day Panama.
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Battle of Havana (1748)
The Battle of Havana (1748) was a naval engagement during the mid-18th century Caribbean conflicts in which British and Spanish forces clashed off the coast of Cuba near the end of the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
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Battle of Port Royal
The Battle of Port Royal was a major early Union naval victory in the American Civil War, securing a key harbor on the South Carolina coast and demonstrating the effectiveness of the Union blockade.
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Battle of Puerto Cabello
The Battle of Puerto Cabello was an 18th-century naval and amphibious engagement in which British forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Spanish colonial port of Puerto Cabello in present-day Venezuela.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Porto Novo (1781) Target entity description: The Battle of Porto Novo (1781) was a major engagement in southern India during the Second Anglo-Mysore War, in which Hyder Ali’s Mysore forces clashed with and were ultimately repelled by the British East India Company army under Sir Eyre Coote.
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A.
Battle of Negro Fort
The Battle of Negro Fort was an 1816 U.S. military attack on a British-built, Black and Native American–occupied fort in Spanish Florida, resulting in its destruction and the deaths or re-enslavement of many formerly enslaved people.
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B.
Battle of Porto Bello (1739)
The Battle of Porto Bello (1739) was a notable early British naval victory against Spain during the War of Jenkins’ Ear, in which Admiral Edward Vernon captured the Spanish colonial port of Portobelo in present-day Panama.
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C.
Battle of Havana (1748)
The Battle of Havana (1748) was a naval engagement during the mid-18th century Caribbean conflicts in which British and Spanish forces clashed off the coast of Cuba near the end of the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
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D.
Battle of Port Royal
The Battle of Port Royal was a major early Union naval victory in the American Civil War, securing a key harbor on the South Carolina coast and demonstrating the effectiveness of the Union blockade.
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E.
Battle of Puerto Cabello
The Battle of Puerto Cabello was an 18th-century naval and amphibious engagement in which British forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Spanish colonial port of Puerto Cabello in present-day Venezuela.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Parangipettai
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Battle of Porto Novo ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British colonial expansion in India
ⓘ
Mysore-British rivalry ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British East India Company
ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ |
| combatant1 |
British East India Company forces
ⓘ
surface form:
British East India Company army
|
| combatant2 | Mysore army ⓘ |
| commander |
Hyder Ali
ⓘ
Sir Eyre Coote ⓘ |
| conflict | Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ |
| conflictType | land battle ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ |
| date | 1781-07-01 ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Pollilur (1780)
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surface form:
Battle of Pollilur (1781)
Battle of Sholinghur ⓘ |
| location |
Porto-Novo
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surface form:
Porto Novo
Tamil Nadu ⓘ southern India ⓘ |
| notableFor | defensive success of Eyre Coote against numerically superior Mysore forces ⓘ |
| opponentOf |
Hyder Ali
ⓘ
Sir Eyre Coote ⓘ |
| outcome | Mysore forces repelled ⓘ |
| partOf |
Anglo-Mysore Wars
ⓘ
Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Mysore invasions of the Carnatic ⓘ |
| result | British East India Company victory ⓘ |
| significance | major engagement of the Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ |
| theatre | Carnatic region ⓘ |
| year | 1781 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Porto Novo (1781) Description of subject: The Battle of Porto Novo (1781) was a major engagement in southern India during the Second Anglo-Mysore War, in which Hyder Ali’s Mysore forces clashed with and were ultimately repelled by the British East India Company army under Sir Eyre Coote.
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