<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwdg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: France <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Dominica_(1778)" id="mwdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Invasion of Dominica (1778)">invades Dominica</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies" id="mweA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British West Indies">British West Indies</a>, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.