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One of the longest sieges in British history lasted 1779-1783, with France & Spain failing to take this dot at the SW tip of Europe |
Gibraltar
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$800 |
J |
HISTORY |
2025-09-26 |
#9400 |
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Back in 1896, an insurance company started telling us it had the reliability of this landmark |
Gibraltar
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$400 |
J |
BUSINESS HISTORY |
2015-04-22 |
#7053 |
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1713's Treaty of Utrecht concluding the War of the Spanish Succession granted this small 2.3-square-mile area to Great Britain |
Gibraltar
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FJ |
THE BRITISH EMPIRE |
2014-02-21 |
#6780 |
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In 1704 the British captured this outpost from Spain & made it a crown colony; Spain has sought its return since |
Gibraltar
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$1,600 |
DJ |
SPANISH HISTORY |
2007-04-05 |
#5204 |
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In 1830 this peninsula connected to southern Spain was made a British crown colony |
Gibraltar
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$600 |
DJ |
HISTORY |
1995-09-27 |
#2543 |
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British forces captured this rocky fortress from Spain in 1704 & have held it ever since |
Gibraltar
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$600 |
DJ |
HISTORY |
1994-09-13 |
#2302 |
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Sapin lost this to Great Britain in the Succession Wars of 1701-14 & still wants it back |
Gibraltar
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$600 |
DJ |
SPANISH HISTORY |
1990-06-27 |
#1358 |