Robert Jenkins28 March 1738
Claims he had an ear cut off by Spanish coastguards in the Caribbean in 1731
Great Britain · Warfare / Jenkins Ear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Claims he had an ear cut off by Spanish coastguards in the Caribbean in 1731
Provoked by Jenkins ear being cut off by Spanish coastguards. Pre-cursor to the War of Austrian Succession
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