<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Gibraltar" id="mwVg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great Siege of Gibraltar">Great Siege of Gibraltar</a>.