<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: Spain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_and_the_American_Revolutionary_War#Declaration_of_war" id="mwXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Spain and the American Revolutionary War">declares war</a> on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Gibraltar" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great Siege of Gibraltar">Great Siege of Gibraltar</a> begins.