On this date in 1728, Great Britain and Spain signed the El Pardo treaty at the palace of that name in Madrid. This ended the Anglo-Spanish War which began the previous year. Unfortunately, this treaty only worked over a little over a decade. Fresh war betwen the two countries broke out in 1739.
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_El_Pardo_(1728)
http://books.google.com/books?id=wxITAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA337&lpg=PA337&dq=1728+Convention+of+Pardo&source=bl&ots=yW-G7IWvlx&sig=0QDo6Ar8YgbqyZL0CHZ1se8ZCC4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3KIYU-eeGdXfoATawoHgCw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBA
http://books.google.com/books?id=TDsyAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA337&lpg=PA337&dq=1728+Convention+of+Pardo&source=bl&ots=JLttO–PWy&sig=6CP4zVxF14dkhGACJmrlrnFyIL8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3KIYU-eeGdXfoATawoHgCw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBQ
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