{"slug": "spanish-treasure-fleet", "label": "Spanish treasure fleet", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_treasure_fleet", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702252", "qid": "Q702252", "description": "convoy system used by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to 1790", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1615, 1715], "span_label": ["1615 CE", "1715 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}], "related": [{"slug": "dutch-republic", "label": "Dutch Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "eighty-years-war", "label": "Eighty Years' War", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cuba", "label": "Cuba", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "florida", "label": "Florida", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "havana", "label": "Havana", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-great-britain", "label": "Kingdom of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "war-of-the-spanish-succession", "label": "War of the Spanish Succession", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cartagena-colombia", "label": "Cartagena, Colombia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cadiz", "label": "Cádiz", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "robert-blake-admiral", "label": "Robert Blake (admiral)", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1615, "year_label": "1615 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 30", "text": "August 30 – A Spanish treasure fleet of 41 ships is struck in the Gulf of Mexico by a powerful storm that sinks the ship San Miguel", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365922608#July–September", "title": "1615", "revid": 1365922608, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1628, "year_label": "1628 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7–8 – Eighty Years' War – Battle in the Bay of Matanzas: Dutch admiral Piet Hein captures 16 ships of the Spanish treasure fleet. The immense booty taken brings in over 11 million guilders, part of which is used to fund the entire army of the Dutch Republic for eight months.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890088#July–September", "title": "1628", "revid": 1352890088, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1657, "year_label": "1657 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – Anglo-Spanish War – Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: English Admiral Robert Blake attempts to seize a Spanish treasure fleet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656979#April–June", "title": "1657", "revid": 1366656979, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1702, "year_label": "1702 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Vigo Bay – Anglo-Dutch naval forces under English Admiral Sir George Rooke capture the defended Spanish port of Cádiz and take or destroy all the Spanish treasure fleet and escorting French warships there.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362986314#October–December", "title": "1702", "revid": 1362986314, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1708, "year_label": "1708 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – War of the Spanish Succession: Wager's Action, a naval confrontation, takes place between a British squadron under Charles Wager and the Spanish treasure fleet off Cartagena in the Caribbean Sea. Spanish galleon San José explodes and sinks with the loss of almost all her 600 crew and an estimated 8.8 million ounces troy weight in gold; her wreck is located in 2015.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360122845#January–June", "title": "1708", "revid": 1360122845, "section": "Events › January–June"}}, {"year": 1715, "year_label": "1715 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – 1715 Treasure Fleet: A Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships, under General Don Juan Ubilla, leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida (some centuries later, treasure salvage is found from these wrecks).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355668843#July–September", "title": "1715", "revid": 1355668843, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}