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      • The invasions took place between 1806 and 1807, as part of the Napoleonic Wars, at a time when Spain was an ally of Napoleonic France. In Argentine historiography, the two successive defeats of the British expeditionary forces are known collectively as the "Reconquista" and the "Defensa", respectively.
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  2. The British invasions of the River Plate were two unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colony of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, located around the Río de la Plata in South America – in present-day Argentina and Uruguay.

  3. The British invasions of the Río de la Plata were a series of unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colonies located around the La Plata Basin. The invasions took place between 1806 and 1807, as part of the Napoleonic Wars , when Spain was an ally of France .

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  4. Efforts by a British expeditionary force (1806–1807) to take Buenos Aires from Spain are known as the Río de la Plata British Invasions. In 1804 Spain aligned with Napoleonic France, only to have its navy devastated at Trafalgar in 1805.

  5. By 1780 the British government approved a project of colonel William Fullarton to take the Americas with attacks from both the Atlantic (from Europe) and the Pacific (from India). This project was cancelled. In 1789 war between Great Britain and Spain seemed imminent after the Nootka Crisis.

    • 1806-1807
    • Spanish victory[1] [2]
  6. The Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata, also known as Paraná War, was a five-year naval blockade imposed by France and the United Kingdom on the Argentine Confederation during the Uruguayan Civil War. [1] It was imposed by the Royal Navy and French Navy in 1845 against the Río de la Plata Basin to support the Colorado Party in ...

    • 1845-50
    • Río de la Plata Basin
  7. Sep 3, 2023 · by World History Edu · September 3, 2023. The British invasions of the River Plate, also known as the British invasions of Buenos Aires, were a pair of unsuccessful British military expeditions in 1806 and 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars. The objective of both invasions was to capture the Spanish colonial city of Buenos Aires, which was part ...

  8. Years of international tension and aggressive expansion by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany culminated in the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later.

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