Capture of Pensacola (1719)

The Capture of Pensacola took place in May 1719 during the War of the Quadruple Alliance when a French force led by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville took and occupied the settlement of Pensacola in the Spanish colony of Florida. The French occupied Pensacola until August 1719, when a large Spanish force arrived and compelled the small French garrison to surrender.[1][2] This Spanish occupation only lasted until September 1, when a French fleet arrived to reassert French control.[1]

Capture of Pensacola
Part of War of the Quadruple Alliance

Bay of Pensacola
DateMay 1719
Location
Pensacola
Result Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
French Spanish
Commanders and leaders
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

The war ended status quo ante bellum and Pensacola was officially returned to Spanish control, though the French garrison did not withdraw until 1726.

References
  1. Bense p.14
  2. Marley p.242

Bibliography
  • Bense, Judith A. Archaeology of colonial Pensacola. University Press of Florida, 1999.
  • Claiborne, John. Mississippi, as a province, territory, and state. Contains a somewhat detailed account of the affair.
  • Marley, David. Wars of the Americas: a chronology of armed conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present. ABC-Clio, 1998.

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