<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession" id="mwQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="War of the Spanish Succession">War of the Spanish Succession</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar" id="mwQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral" id="mwRA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> Sir <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rooke" id="mwRQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Rooke">George Rooke</a> and allied with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" id="mwRg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor">Archduke Charles</a>.