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jun 9, 1770 - Some 1,600 Spanish marines, sent by the Spanish governor of Buenos Aires in five frigates, seize Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands

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The small British force present promptly surrenders.

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jun 9, 1770
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~ 255 years ago