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Seven Years' War: The British capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.
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Seven Years' War
Global war among European powers (1756–1763)
The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a Great Power conflict fought primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and South Asia. The warring states were Great Britain and Prussia fighting against France and Austria, the respective coalitions…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Manila (1762)
Part of the Seven Years' War
The Battle of Manila was fought during the Seven Years' War, from 24 September 1762 to 6 October 1762, between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Spain in and around Manila, the capital of the Philippines, a Spanish colony at that time. The British won, leading to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)