Events in Gibraltar History
- 0711-04-30 Islamic conquest of Iberia: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus)
- 1607-04-25 Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish Portuguese fleet
- 1704-07-24 English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
- 1704-08-03 English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar
- 1704-08-04 War of Spanish Succession, English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
- 1713-03-27 Spain loses Menorca and Gibraltar to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht
Great Siege of Gibraltar
1779-06-16 Spain declares war on Great Britain in support of France and the USA, starting the Great Siege of Gibraltar which goes on to last 3 years, 7 months and 2 weeks
Grand Assault on Gibraltar
1782-09-13 The Grand Assault on Gibraltar by the allied French and Spanish fleets including ten floating batteries and land forces is heavily defeated by the British garrison with all of the floating batteries destroyed and allied casualties of 1,473 compared to only 83 for the British
- 1783-02-07 Great Siege of Gibraltar, launched by France and Spain against the British colony during the American War of Independence is lifted after 3 years and 7 months
- 1828-02-18 More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar
- 1891-03-17 British Steamer "Utopia" sinks off Gibraltar killing 574
- 1895-03-11 Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks in Straits of Gibraltar, over 400 die
- 1941-11-13 U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal near Gibraltar
- 1942-08-11 Lt Gen Montgomery makes landing on Gibraltar
- 1954-02-02 Snow falls on Gibraltar
- 1967-09-10 Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British & not Spanish
- 1968-05-06 Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards
- 1969-05-30 Gibraltar adopts constitution
Franco Closes Gibraltar Border
1969-06-08 General Franco closes Spain's frontier with Gibraltar
- 1982-12-15 Spain reopens border with Gibraltar
- 1985-05-26 Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die
- 1988-03-06 3 IRA suspects shot dead in Gibraltar by SAS officers
- 2007-08-12 Bulk carrier M/V New Flame collides with oil tanker Torm Gertrud at the southernmost tip of Gibraltar, ending up partially submerged.
Famous People from Gibraltar
- 1717-12-25 George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, Scottish general (Seven Years' War) and Governor of Gibraltar (1777-90) who commanded the garrison during the Great Siege Gibraltar, born in Wells House, Roxburghshire, Scotland (d. 1790)
- 1909-06-24 William Penney, British physicist (developed Britain's 1st atom bomb), born in Gibraltar (d. 1991)
- 1915-08-21 Joshua Hassan, Gibraltarian lawyer and politician (Chief Minister of Gibraltar, 1964-69, and 1972-87), born in Gibraltar (d. 1997)
- 1930-04-23 Michael Bowen, British clergyman (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Southwark. 1977-2003; Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, 1971–77), born in Gibraltar (d. 2019)
- 1948-08-22 Eleonora Brown, Italian actress (The Sailor from Gibraltar), born in Naples, Italy
- 1960-11-28 John Galliano, British fashion designer, born in Gibraltar
- 1962-03-06 Alison Nicholas, English golfer (US Open 1997), born in Gibraltar
Famous British People
Ada Lovelace
Alan Sugar
Alan Turing
Aldous Huxley
Alec Guinness
Alec Issigonis