March 13 – The British
Royal Navy takes 180 warships, frigates and transport vessels, led by Admiral Edward Vernon, to threaten
Cartagena, Colombia, with more than 27,000 crew against the 3,600 defenders.[6]
October 12 – George II, as Elector of Hanover, signs the Neustadt Protocol with France, but fails to inform his British government until after his return from Germany.[14]
^Drake, James D. (2008). "Cartagena, Expedition against". In Tucker, Spencer (ed.). The Encyclopedia of North American Colonial Conflicts to 1775. Harper Collins.
^Bown, Stephen R. (2005). Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail. Macmillan.
^Axworthy, Michael (2010). Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant. I.B. Tauris.
^Simms, Brendan; Riotte, Torsten (2007). The Hanoverian Dimension in British History, 1714–1837. Cambridge University Press. p. 1041.
^Whaley, Joachim (2012). Germany and the Holy Roman Empire: Volume II: The Peace of Westphalia to the Dissolution of the Reich, 1648-1806. Oxford University Press. p. 354.
^Thompson, Andrew C. (2011). George II: King and Elector. Yale University Press. p. 140.
^Tucker, Spencer (2010). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 739.
^Agnew, Hugh LeCaine (2004). The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. Hoover Press. p. 1871.
^Shishigina, Anna (2005). "Chirikov, Alexei". In Nuttall, Mark (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge. p. 333.
March 13 – The British
Royal Navy takes 180 warships, frigates and transport vessels, led by Admiral Edward Vernon, to threaten
Cartagena, Colombia, with more than 27,000 crew against the 3,600 defenders.[6]
October 12 – George II, as Elector of Hanover, signs the Neustadt Protocol with France, but fails to inform his British government until after his return from Germany.[14]
^Drake, James D. (2008). "Cartagena, Expedition against". In Tucker, Spencer (ed.). The Encyclopedia of North American Colonial Conflicts to 1775. Harper Collins.
^Bown, Stephen R. (2005). Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail. Macmillan.
^Axworthy, Michael (2010). Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant. I.B. Tauris.
^Simms, Brendan; Riotte, Torsten (2007). The Hanoverian Dimension in British History, 1714–1837. Cambridge University Press. p. 1041.
^Whaley, Joachim (2012). Germany and the Holy Roman Empire: Volume II: The Peace of Westphalia to the Dissolution of the Reich, 1648-1806. Oxford University Press. p. 354.
^Thompson, Andrew C. (2011). George II: King and Elector. Yale University Press. p. 140.
^Tucker, Spencer (2010). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 739.
^Agnew, Hugh LeCaine (2004). The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. Hoover Press. p. 1871.
^Shishigina, Anna (2005). "Chirikov, Alexei". In Nuttall, Mark (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge. p. 333.