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Who captured Gibraltar for Britain during the War of the Spanish Succession?
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Gibraltar
The rock of Gibraltar.
During the War of the Spanish Succession, Sir George Rooke captured Gibraltar for the British in 1704. Following this event, Spain formally ceded the territory to Britain under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.12