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Lagos, Battle of

Years: 1759 - 1759

The naval Battle of Lagos between Britain and France takes place over two days, on August 18 and 19, 1759, during the Seven Years' War off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and is named after Lagos, Portugal.

For the British, it is part of the Annus Mirabilis of 1759.

“History is a vast early warning system.”

― Norman Cousins, Saturday Review, April 15, 1978