Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763)
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The Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763) was a late phase of the Seven Years' War in which Britain and Spain fought primarily over colonial possessions, notably resulting in British captures such as Havana and Manila.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5627476 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763) Context triple: [George Brydges Rodney, conflict, Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763)]
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A.
Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, rooted in colonial and maritime rivalry in the Caribbean and the Americas and later subsumed into the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
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B.
Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) was a conflict during the American Revolutionary War in which Spain joined France and the American colonies against Britain, focusing on naval battles and territorial struggles in Europe and the Americas.
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C.
Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) was a naval and colonial conflict during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in which Spain, aligned with France, fought against Britain, leading to major sea battles, blockades, and the disruption of Spanish maritime trade and empire.
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D.
Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729) was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, chiefly marked by the British siege of Gibraltar and rooted in ongoing commercial and territorial rivalries following the War of the Spanish Succession.
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E.
Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630) was a brief early phase of renewed conflict between England and Spain during the Thirty Years' War, marked by failed English expeditions and largely inconclusive military engagements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763) Target entity description: The Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763) was a late phase of the Seven Years' War in which Britain and Spain fought primarily over colonial possessions, notably resulting in British captures such as Havana and Manila.
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A.
Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, rooted in colonial and maritime rivalry in the Caribbean and the Americas and later subsumed into the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
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B.
Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) was a conflict during the American Revolutionary War in which Spain joined France and the American colonies against Britain, focusing on naval battles and territorial struggles in Europe and the Americas.
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C.
Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) was a naval and colonial conflict during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in which Spain, aligned with France, fought against Britain, leading to major sea battles, blockades, and the disruption of Spanish maritime trade and empire.
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D.
Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729) was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, chiefly marked by the British siege of Gibraltar and rooted in ongoing commercial and territorial rivalries following the War of the Spanish Succession.
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E.
Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630) was a brief early phase of renewed conflict between England and Spain during the Thirty Years' War, marked by failed English expeditions and largely inconclusive military engagements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conflict
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war ⓘ |
| cause |
Bourbon Family Compact of 1761
NERFINISHED
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Spanish entry into the Seven Years' War on the side of France ⓘ |
| combatantCommander |
George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
NERFINISHED
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Nicolás de Carvajal, Marquis of Sarria NERFINISHED ⓘ Pedro Antonio de Cevallos NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricardo Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir George Pocock NERFINISHED ⓘ William Draper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictResult | status quo ante bellum in Asia and Caribbean except for Florida cession ⓘ |
| conflictType |
colonial war
ⓘ
theatre of the Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
France
ⓘ
Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1763 ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
Treaty of Hubertusburg (context of wider war)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1763) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| location |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainBelligerent |
Kingdom of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponentOf |
Kingdom of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bourbon Family Compact
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seven Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | British victory ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Battle of Havana (1762)
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Havana naval operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Manila (1762) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Valencia de Alcántara NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Vila Velha NERFINISHED ⓘ British capture of Havana ⓘ British capture of Manila NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Almeida (1762) NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1762 ⓘ |
| territorialChange |
Britain returned Havana to Spain
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Britain returned Manila to Spain ⓘ Spain ceded Florida to Great Britain ⓘ Spain received Louisiana from France (in wider settlement) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763) Description of subject: The Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763) was a late phase of the Seven Years' War in which Britain and Spain fought primarily over colonial possessions, notably resulting in British captures such as Havana and Manila.
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