The French and Indian War (Seven Years War)
1750s 1760s
1754
American Theater
The Seven Years (French and Indian) War unofficially begins.
3 July - Battle of Fort Necessity
The Albany Congress begins.
Benjamin Franklin writes the Albany Plan of Union.
European Theater
1755
American Theater
The French and Indian War Officially begins in America.
9 July - Braddock's Defeat
30 July - Shawano Indians wipe out the New River Settlemen in Virginia
16 October - Penns Creek Massacre in Pennsylvania
European Theater
1756
American Theater
25 June - Vaul's Fort in Virginia Destroyed
12-14 August - The Battle of Fort Chouaguen
The 7 Years War (French and Indian) begins in Europe.
Treaty of Westminster; alliance between Britain and Prussia
Treaty of Versailles; alliance btween France and Austria.
European Theater
9 September - Prussian Occupation of Dresden, Germany
1 October - Battle of Lobositz (Bohemia)
15 October - Saxon Capitulation at Pirna, Germany
1757
American Theater
August - Battle of Fort William Henry (Lake George)
European Theater
6 May - Battle of Prag (Bohemia)
18 June - Battle of Kolin (Bohemia)
26 July - Battle of Hastenbeck (Niedersachsen)
30 August - Battle of Groί Jδgersdorf (East Prussia), Russia
7 September - Battle of Moys (Liegnitz, Silesia), Poland
8 September - Convention of Kloster-Zeven
5 November - Battle of Rossbach (Sachsen-Anhalt), Germany
22 November - Battle of Breslau (East Prussia), Poland
24 November - Austrian Capture of Breslau (East Prussia), Poland
5 December - Battle of Leuthen (Liegnitz, Silesia), Poland
1758
American Theater
8 July Battle at Heights of Carillon
June - July Siege of Louisburg
24-27 August - Battle at Ft. Frontenac
14 September - Battle at Ft. Duquesne
European Theater
16 April - Prussian Capture of Schweidnitz (Silesia), Poland
May - 1 July - Siege of Olmόtz (Moravia), Czech Republik
23 June - Battle of Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Germany
30 June - Ambush at Domstadl (Moravia), Czech Republik
25 August - Battle of Zorndorf (Neumark), Poland
14 October - Battle of Hochkirch (Saxony), Germany
6 November - Prussian Relief of Neiίe (Silesia), Poland
15 November - Prussian Relief of Kosel (Silesia), Poland
1759
American Theater
June - September - The Siege of Quebec
6 June - Battle at Oswego
26 June - Battle of Niagara
31 July Battle of Montmorency
13 September Battle at the Plains of Abraham. British captures Quebec, death of generals Montcalm and Wolfe.
European Theater
13 April - Battle of Bergen (Frankfurt/Hesse), Germany
23 July - Battle of Kay (Brandenburg), Poland
1 August - Battle of Minden (Niedersachsen), Germany
12 August - Battle of Kunersdorf (East Prussia), Russia
20-21 November - Battle of Maxen (Dresden, Saxony), Germany
1750s 1760s
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