Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident)

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The Battle of Jenkins' Ear was a notorious 1731 naval incident between Britain and Spain, in which Spanish coast guards allegedly mutilated British captain Robert Jenkins, later used as a pretext for the War of Jenkins' Ear.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
naval incident ⓘ
allegedPerpetrator Spanish coast guards ⓘ
Spanish guarda costa commander Julio León Fandiño ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jenkins ear incident ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ
wider War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
conflictBetween British merchant shipping ⓘ
Spanish coast guard ⓘ
linked to: Guardia Civil
context competition for trade in the Caribbean ⓘ
enforcement of Spanish monopoly over colonial trade ⓘ
countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
date 1731 ⓘ
hasCause Spanish efforts to suppress British smuggling in the Caribbean ⓘ
enforcement of the Spanish guarda costa system ⓘ
hasEffect deterioration of Anglo-Spanish relations ⓘ
propaganda use in Britain ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance served as a rallying story for British hawks advocating war with Spain ⓘ
hasPartOfName Battle of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ
historicalAuthenticity details of the mutilation are disputed by some historians ⓘ
influenced British parliamentary debates on war with Spain ⓘ
British public opinion against Spain ⓘ
legalContext Treaty of Utrecht (1713) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Utrecht

asiento contract granted to Britain ⓘ
location Caribbean Sea ⓘ
near Havana trade routes ⓘ
off the coast of Spanish Florida ⓘ
mainSubject Robert Jenkins ⓘ
mediaCoverage widely reported in British pamphlets and newspapers ⓘ
notableAction alleged mutilation of Robert Jenkins by cutting off his ear ⓘ
boarding of a British merchant ship by Spanish coast guards ⓘ
notableAftermath Robert Jenkins reportedly displayed his severed ear before the British Parliament ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Spanish maritime disputes ⓘ
pointInTime April 1731 ⓘ
relatedTo Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) ⓘ
Asiento de Negros ⓘ
British smuggling in the Spanish Empire ⓘ
War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ
result heightened anti-Spanish sentiment in Britain ⓘ
symbolizedBy severed ear of Robert Jenkins ⓘ
timeGapBeforeWar about eight years before the War of Jenkins' Ear began in 1739 ⓘ
typeOfViolence maritime violence ⓘ
mutilation ⓘ
usedAsPretextFor War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ
victim Robert Jenkins ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War of Jenkins' Ear → hasPart → Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident) ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) → notableBattle → Battle of Jenkins’ Ear (incident) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident)
Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) → relatedTo → War of Jenkins’ Ear incident involving Robert Jenkins ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident)
Robert Jenkins → notableFor → the incident that became known as the War of Jenkins’ Ear ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident)