<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession" id="mwSw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="War of the Austrian Succession">War of the Austrian Succession</a>: A British fleet under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Anson,_1st_Baron_Anson" id="mwTA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Anson, 1st Baron Anson">Admiral George Anson</a> defeats the French at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Cape_Finisterre_(1747)" id="mwTQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)">First Battle of Cape Finisterre</a>.