Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Yaƙin Nasara na Mutanen Espanya, Faransanci ya ɗauki tsibirin a 1707 ba tare da wani aikin soja ba, amma a 1708 Biritaniya ta kama shi, wanda aka amince da ikonsa a cikin Yarjejeniyar Utrecht (1713). Faransanci ya dawo a 1756, ya doke Birtaniya a teku, kuma ya kama Fort St Philip
Ka yi haƙuri. A shekara ta 1763, a ƙarshen Yaƙin Shekaru Bakwai, Faransa ta mayar da tsibirin ga Britaniya. A lokacin yakin neman 'yancin kai na Amurka, Faransanci ya goyi bayan Spain kuma ya mamaye Minorca a 1781. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na Spain har sai da Birtaniya suka sake kama shi a 1798, a lokacin yakin juyin juya halin Faransa. Burtaniya ta mayar da Minorca zuwa Spain a karkashin Yarjejeniyar Amiens (1802), bayan da ta zaɓi Malta a matsayin tushen Bahar Rum.