Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 23 January 1996. Corrected and updated 20.03.2005
 

GIBRALTAR,

and MINORCA

Military History & Institutions
Major Government Sites
Military News
General Reference
Military History
Regiments and Corps
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Wars, Campaigns and Operations
Biography (& Memorials & Vets)
Uniforms, Badges, Medals
Flags, Colours, Standards, Guidons
Music, Drill and Ceremonial
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Research Collections and Guides
Discussion Groups & Societies
Bibliography
Other Web Catalogues
Brief Constitutional & Military History of Gibraltar & Minorca
       
Note: for a fuller imperial constitutional history see British Empire and Commonwealth
   

Gibraltar constitutional history:  Gibraltar was captured by British from Spain in 1704, and held through several major sieges. It became a Colony in 1830. Britain has consistently rejected Spanish claims to the strategic territory.

Minorca constitutional history: Minorca was captured by the British in 1709 during the War of the Spanish Succession, and retained under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. The island was captured by the French in 1756 and ceded back to Britain in 1763 at the end of the Seven Years' War. Britain returned Minorca to Spain in 1783 as part of the settlement of the American War of Independence.

1793 French Revolutionary Wars
1802.03.25 Treaty of Amiens, ending French Revolutionary wars
1803.05 Napoleonic Wars
1814.05.30 Treaty of Paris, ending Napoleonic wars
     
1914-18 First World War
 
1939-45 Second World War
 
   
       
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
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for wars, campaigns and operations, see below
 
 

 
 
 

 
Index of Formations
Index of Wars
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
  • Uniforms
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  • Badges & Insignia
  • Medals and Decorations
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