Historical place archive

Gibraltar in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Gibraltar in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records1 event labels1 people1704–1705

Historical events in Gibraltar

1704

October 1704
Siege of Gibraltar
Rene de Froulay Tesse · War of the Spanish Succession

Tesse helps direct Bourbon attempts to recover Gibraltar after its capture by the Grand Alliance.

1705

March 1705
Siege of Gibraltar
Rene de Froulay Tesse · War of the Spanish Succession

Tesse continues the siege of Gibraltar but fails to recover the fortress for the Bourbons.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match France and Gibraltar. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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