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Siege of Puerto Luis

Great Britain · Government / Whig Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1831Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1831

Charles Grey Grey, 2nd28 December 1831

Puerto Luis · Government / Whig Party Government

Britain takes control of the islands by force with the invasion of the Falkland Islands following the destruction of the Argentine settlement at Puerto Luis by the American sloop USS Lexington

Names involved

Charles Grey Grey, 2nd

Provenance

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