Modern era · 1859

Pig War

The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, between Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and the Washington Territory (present-day State of Washington).

Pig War
Pig War · Pfly, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
15 Jun 1859
Where
San Juan Islands
Era
Modern

Topics

Before and after

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