The War of the Quadruple Alliance, 1718 to 1720, was a conflict between Spain and a coalition of Austria, Great Britain, France, and Savoy, with the addition of the Dutch Republic in 1719. Military op
The Battle of Cape Passaro, 11 August 1718, Richard Paton
Philip V of Spain, whose attempts to regain lost territories in Italy sparked war in 1718
The Battle of Glen Shiel, 1719
Jacobite rising of 1719
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The Jacobite Rising of 1719 was a failed attempt to restore the exiled James Francis Edward Stuart to the throne of Great Britain. Part of a series of Jacobite risings between 1689 and 1745, it was su
War of the Quadruple Alliance
…of the Dutch Republic in 1719. Military operations focused primarily on Sicily and Spain, with minor engagements in North America. The Spanish-backed Jacobite rising of 1719 in Scotland is considered a related conflict. Seeking to recover territories ceded under the 1713 Peace of Utrecht, Spanish troops landed on Sicily in…
Charles XII of Sweden; his death in November 1718 ended Swedish participation, and the purpose of the Scottish rising
Eilean Donan, modern day