Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717

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The Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717 was a Bourbon Spain military campaign to seize the island from Habsburg control, helping trigger the wider War of the Quadruple Alliance.


Statements (44)
Predicate Object
instanceOf invasion
military campaign
allianceOpposed Quadruple Alliance
belligerent Austria
Spain
belongsToCategory 1717 in Europe
Battles involving Austria
Battles involving Spain
Invasions of Italy
Military history of Sardinia
cause Habsburg control of Sardinia
Spanish dissatisfaction with loss of Italian territories
chronologyWithin post-War of the Spanish Succession period
combatant Spanish Army
Spanish Navy
conflictOf War of the Quadruple Alliance
conflictScope regional European conflict
conflictType early 18th-century European war
country Kingdom of Spain
followedBy Spanish invasion of Sicily (1718)
follows Treaty of Utrecht
geographicalContext Western Mediterranean
hasEffect triggered War of the Quadruple Alliance
hasParticipant Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sardinia
Kingdom of Spain
historicalPeriod Age of Enlightenment
location Mediterranean Sea
Sardinia
motivatedBy Bourbon Spain revision of Utrecht settlement
objective seizure of Sardinia from Habsburg control
opponent Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED
partOf War of the Quadruple Alliance
politicalContext Bourbon–Habsburg rivalry
precededBy Habsburg acquisition of Sardinia after War of the Spanish Succession
relatedEvent Treaty of Rastatt
War of the Spanish Succession
relatedTo Spanish attempts to recover Italian possessions
result Spanish victory
significance contributed to formation of Quadruple Alliance
sovereignInvolved Philip V of Spain NERFINISHED
startTime 1717
temporalContext 18th century
theatreOfWar Italian Peninsula

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
War of the Quadruple Alliance
hasCause
Austrian campaign in Sicily ("Spanish invasion of Sardinia (1717)")
precededBy

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