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The War of Jenkins' Ear (Spanish: Guerra del Asiento, lit. 'War of the Agreement') was a conflict lasting from 1739 to 1748 between Britain and Spain. The majority of the fighting took place in New Granada and the Caribbean Sea, with major operations largely ended by 1742. It was related to the 1740 to 1748 War of the Austrian ...
- 22 October 1739 – 18 October 1748
- Status quo ante bellum [1](see aftermath)
War of Jenkins’ Ear, war between Great Britain and Spain that began in October 1739 and eventually merged into the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48). It was precipitated by an incident that took place in 1738 when Captain Robert Jenkins appeared before a committee of the House of Commons and.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
We shall never know, but the ‘ear’ was to start a war between Spain and England in 1739, and consequently the war is remembered as the War of Jenkins’ Ear. Without doubt this ‘ear’ must be the most famous one in history.
22 set 2023 · The War of Jenkins’ Ear was an armed conflict that occurred from 1739 to 1748 between Great Britain and Spain, primarily fought in the Caribbean and along the border of Georgia and Florida. It was sparked by a dispute over alleged Spanish mistreatment of a British seaman, Robert Jenkins, who claimed his ear was severed by Spanish ...
- Randal Rust
The War of Jenkins’ Ear. Despite its ridiculous name, the War of Jenkins’ Ear was a deadly serious conflict between the two greatest sea powers of the day—Great Britain and Spain. At stake were all the riches of the New World. This article appears in: April 2012.
17 mag 2018 · JENKINS' EAR, WAR OF (1739–1743), was a struggle between England and Spain. It preceded the War of the Austrian Succession (known in North America as King George's War), which lasted until 1748. The war was named for Robert Jenkins, a British seaman who lost an ear in a brush with the Spaniards off the coast of Florida.
14 feb 2003 · Although the War of Jenkins’ Ear remains a minor episode in early American history, it has much significance for colonial Georgia. The conflict between the Spanish and English over the land between South Carolina and Florida lasted for nearly two centuries, but once formal hostilities began in 1739—only six years after Georgia ...
