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Events on Tuesday 21 September 1779 1
1779Capture of Baton RougeBernardo de Gálvez takes British West Florida postBernardo de Gálvez, Spanish governor of Louisiana, campaigned up the Mississippi after Spain entered the war. He bombarded and captured the British fort at Baton Rouge. Its surrender included Fort Panmure at Natchez, giving Spain control of the lower Mississippi.