Siege of Havana (1762)

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battle of the Seven Years' War military operation siege

The Siege of Havana (1762) was a pivotal British amphibious assault and capture of the Spanish colonial capital of Cuba, significantly impacting the balance of power in the Caribbean during the Seven Years' War.

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Siege of Havana (1762) canonical 3
British capture of Havana (1762) 2
British siege of Havana (1762) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Seven Years' War ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
surface form: British capture of Havana (1762)
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
campaign British campaign against Spanish possessions in the Caribbean ⓘ
capturedAssets Spanish warships in Havana harbor ⓘ
large quantities of Spanish treasure and supplies ⓘ
capturedPlace Castillo del Morro ⓘ
Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Havana

Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Havana harbor
casualties heavy British casualties from combat and disease ⓘ
heavy Spanish casualties ⓘ
combatantStrength approximately 11,000 Spanish regulars and militia ⓘ
approximately 12,000 British troops ⓘ
large British fleet under Sir George Pocock ⓘ
commander George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle ⓘ
Guillermo José de la Vega y Varona (acting Spanish commander at Morro) ⓘ
Juan de Prado Malleza Portocarrero y Luna ⓘ
Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla ⓘ
Sir George Pocock ⓘ
conflict Seven Years' War ⓘ
countryAtTime Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Cuba
defensiveStructure Castillo del Morro ⓘ
Castillo del Morro ⓘ
surface form: Havana fortifications
endDate 1762-08-13 ⓘ
location Caribbean ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Havana
notableDisease malaria ⓘ
yellow fever ⓘ
objective capture of Havana ⓘ
capture of Spanish treasure and shipping ⓘ
seizure of Spanish naval base ⓘ
operationType amphibious assault ⓘ
naval blockade ⓘ
partOf Seven Years' War ⓘ
precededBy British declaration of war on Spain in 1762 ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance major British strategic success against Spain ⓘ
one of the largest British amphibious operations of the Seven Years' War ⓘ
shifted balance of naval power in the Caribbean ⓘ
threatened Spanish control of its Caribbean colonies ⓘ
startDate 1762-06-06 ⓘ
treatyOutcome Havana returned to Spain by the Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ
Spain ceded Florida to Britain in exchange for Havana ⓘ
year 1762 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seven Years' War → majorBattle → Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
Siege of Havana (1762) → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British capture of Havana (1762)
Castillo del Morro → historicalEvent → Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British siege of Havana (1762)
Guillermo José de la Vega y Varona (acting Spanish commander at Morro) → notableEvent → Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
subject surface form: Guillermo José de la Vega y Varona
this entity surface form: British siege of Havana (1762)
Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla → conflict → Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Havana
Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla → participantIn → Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
this entity surface form: defense of Havana (1762)
Juan de Prado Malleza Portocarrero y Luna → notableEvent → Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British capture of Havana
Juan de Prado Malleza Portocarrero y Luna → notableEvent → Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
Juan de Prado Malleza Portocarrero y Luna → participantIn → Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defense of Havana (1762)
Sir George Pocock → notableBattle → Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
Havana Bay → wasSiteOf → Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Havana (1762)
Seven Years' War in the Caribbean → includedEvent → Siege of Havana (1762) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British capture of Havana (1762)