Battle of Cartagena de Indias

Date: March 13, 1741 • Location: Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1739–1748.

War of Jenkins' Ear: The British began an assault against Spanish forts in the Caribbean in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias.

The War of Jenkins' Ear was fought between Great Britain and Spain from 1739 to 1748. Most of the fighting took place in New Granada and the Caribbean Sea, with major operations over by 1742. It is considered a related conflict of the 1740 to 1748 War of the Austrian Succession.