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MID#1631
Started in December 1860. See the narrative in the 2 United States of America/200
United Kingdom dyad dispute list.
MID#2014
Dispute Number: 2014
Date(s): May 19, 1864
Participants: 2 United States of America/230 Spain
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: With the United States involved in a civil war, several European states
took advantage of the United States’ weakened position by contravening the Monroe
Doctrine and intervening in Latin American affairs. On May 17, 1864, the Spanish
military seized the Chincha Islands off the coast of Peru. Two days later US Secretary
of State Seward issued a statement through an American diplomat in Madrid warning
Spain that the United States would not yield assent to Spain’s actions in the Western
Hemisphere and was no longer indifferent to them. President Lincoln’s State of the
Union on December 6 stated that war between Spain and Peru had been averted by
American actions, but the threat came in May.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from December 6, 1864. End Date changed
from December 6, 1864.
MID#1714
Dispute Number: 1714
Date(s): March 27, 1866 to March 31, 1866
Participants: 2 United States of America, 200 United Kingdom/230 Spain
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: An Anglo-American fleet anchored in Valparaiso, Chile, the country’s
principal port, during a dispute between Spain and Chile. Spain had threatened to
bombard the port. Rather than stop the Spanish fleet as expected, the Anglo-American
force fled when the Spaniards arrived.
Coding changes: Added to the dispute: 200 United Kingdom. Outcome changed from
Unclear.
MID#256
Dispute Number: 256
Date(s): October 31, 1873 to December 18, 1873
Participants: 230 Spain/2 United States of America, 200 United Kingdom
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side A (Negotiated)