European theatre of the American Revolutionary War

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The European theatre of the American Revolutionary War encompassed the campaigns, battles, and naval conflicts fought among European powers—primarily Britain, France, and Spain—across Europe and surrounding waters in support of or opposition to the American cause.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
theatre of war ⓘ
conflict Anglo-French War (1778–1783) ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) ⓘ
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1780) ⓘ
Battle of Cape Henry ⓘ
Battle of Cape Ortegal (1780) ⓘ
Battle of Cape Spartel ⓘ
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) ⓘ
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1781) ⓘ
Battle of Dogger Bank (1781) ⓘ
Battle of Jersey ⓘ
Battle of Martinique (1780) ⓘ
Battle of Porto Praya ⓘ
Battle of Ushant (1778) ⓘ
Battle of Ushant (1781) ⓘ
Battle of the Chesapeake ⓘ
Battle of the Saintes ⓘ
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
Great Siege of Gibraltar ⓘ
Invasion of Jersey (1781) ⓘ
Invasion of Minorca (1781) ⓘ
Siege of Minorca (1781–1782) ⓘ
endTime 1783 ⓘ
followedBy European theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
hasCause Franco-American alliance of 1778 ⓘ
League of Armed Neutrality (1780) ⓘ
Spanish entry into the war in 1779 ⓘ
hasEffect contribution to American victory in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
diversion of British military resources from North America ⓘ
weakening of British naval supremacy in European waters ⓘ
hasParticipant Armed Neutrality of the North ⓘ
Catherine the Great ⓘ
Denmark–Norway ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
location Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Bay of Biscay ⓘ
Channel Islands ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ
Gibraltar ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Minorca ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
opponent Dutch Navy ⓘ
French Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
Spanish Navy ⓘ
partOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
startTime 1778 ⓘ

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

Great Siege of Gibraltar → theatreOfWar → European theatre of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Defence of Gibraltar 1779–1783 → theatreOfWar → European theatre of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Battle of Ushant (1778) → theatre → European theatre of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) → theatre → European theatre of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Battle of Jersey → militaryTheater → European theatre of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
French invasion of Jersey → militaryTheater → European theatre of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Grand Assault of 13 September 1782 → theatre → European theatre of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
siege of Fort St. Philip (1781–1782) → theatre → European theatre of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ