✦ History

Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)

August 18, 1796 – July 1808

Result Treaty of Amiens

Spain, now allied with France, fought Britain at sea and in the colonies. Britain won at Cape St Vincent and Trafalgar, and the war ended when Spain turned against Napoleon in 1808.

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Battles and events 4

July 22–25, 1797
Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797) Spanish victory Santa Cruz de Tenerife Horatio Nelson, Antonio Gutiérrez de Otero y Santayana
November 7–15, 1798
Capture of Minorca (1798) British victory Menorca Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet
March 25, 1802 – May 18, 1803
Treaty of Amiens Amiens Charles Cornwallis, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Joseph Bonaparte
1806 – 1807
British invasions of the River Plate Spanish victory Buenos Aires Home Riggs Popham

Key commanders

Great Britain 5

George III belligerent leader Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington belligerent leader Horatio Nelson military commander Cuthbert Collingwood belligerent leader John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent belligerent leader

Spain 8

Napoleon military commander Charles IV of Spain belligerent leader Pierre-Charles Villeneuve belligerent leader Federico Gravina belligerent leader José de Córdoba y Ramos military commander Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras military commander Jose de Mazarredo y Salazar military commander Antonio Gutiérrez de Otero y Santayana military commander

United Kingdom 1

Home Riggs Popham military commander

Kingdom of Great Britain 2

Horatio Nelson military commander Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet military commander

Other 3

Charles Cornwallis British signatory Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool foreign secretary who conducted the negotiations Joseph Bonaparte French signatory