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1833 invasion of the Falkland Islands
The United Kingdom mounted an invasion of the Falkland Islands on January 2, 1833, after the destruction of the Argentinian Puerto Soledad settlement by the American corvette Lexington (December 28, 1831) in response to the Argentinian governor Luis Vernet having seized U.S.
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