Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1710) 1710
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 19 September 1710 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1710 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Brazil | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | South America | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | War of the Spanish Succession | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Portugal | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | -22.9098, -43.1763 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The 1710 Battle of Rio de Janeiro was a failed raid by a French privateering fleet on the Portuguese colonial city of Rio de Janeiro in August 1710, during the War of the Spanish Succession. The raid was a complete failure; its commander, Jean-François Duclerc, and more than 600 men were captured. French anger over the Portuguese failure to properly hold, release, or exchange the prisoners contributed to a second, successful raid, the following year.
Duclerc was killed while in Portuguese captivity on 18 March 1711; his killers (and their reason for killing him) are unknown.
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