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American Revolutionary War (1775–83) - events| 27 July 1778 | UK, France | A French fleet under Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers, wins a narrow victory over a British fleet under Augustus Keppel off Ushant, in the English Channel. This crucial British defeat enables units of the French Brest fleet to be sent to America and the West Indies. | | 16 June 1779 | UK, Spain, France | Spain declares war on Britain, following an undertaking by France to assist in recovering Gibraltar and Florida. Spanish forces begin a siege of Gibraltar. | | 10 March 1780 | Russia, France, Spain, Austria-HM, Prussia, Denmark, Sweden | Russia creates the League of Armed Neutrality to prevent British ships from searching neutral vessels for contraband of war. The confederacy is subsequently joined by France, Spain, Austria, Prussia, Denmark, and Sweden. | | 20 November 1780 | UK, United Netherlands | Britain declares war on the United Netherlands to prevent it joining the League of Armed Neutrality created by Russia on 10 March. |
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