Capture of Pensacola (1719)

Capture of Pensacola Part of War of the Quadruple Alliance Date May 1719 Location Pensacola Result Status quo ante bellum Belligerents French Spanish Commanders and leaders Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

The Capture of Pensacola took place in May 1719 during the War of the Quadruple Alliance when a French force led by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville took and occupied the settlement of Pensacola in the Spanish colony of Florida. The French occupied Pensacola until August 1719, when a large Spanish force arrived and compelled the small French garrison to surrender.^[1][2] This Spanish occupation only lasted until September 1, when a French fleet arrived to reassert French control.^[1]

The war ended status quo ante bellum and Pensacola was officially returned to Spanish control, though the French garrison did not withdraw until 1726.

References

1. Bense p.14
2. Marley p.242

Bibliography

• Bense, Judith A. Archaeology of colonial Pensacola. University Press of Florida, 1999.
• Claiborne, John. Mississippi, as a province, territory, and state. Contains a somewhat detailed account of the affair.
• Marley, David. Wars of the Americas: a chronology of armed conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present. ABC-Clio, 1998.

Coordinates: 30°20′52″N 87°17′50″W / 30.34778°N 87.29722°W