The French and Indian War (Seven Years War)
1750s 1760s
1760
American Theater
George III becomes King of England (dies 1820)
Rousseau publishes the Social Contract
Catherine II, The Great becomes ruler of Russia. (dies 1796)
28 April - Battle of Ste. Foy
8 July - Battle at Restigouche
European Theater
23 June - Battle of Landeshut (Silesia), Poland
10 July - Battle of Corbach (Kassel, Hesse), Germany
15 July - Battle of Emsdorff (Homberg an der Ohm, Hesse), Germany
31 July - Battle of Warburg (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Germany
15 August - Battle of Liegnitz (Silesia), Poland
9-12 October - Russian Occupation of Berlin, Germany
3 November - Battle of Torgau (Sachsen-Anhalt), Germany
1761
American Theater
10 June - Indians attack Colonel James Grant's force near Fort Prince George but they were
driven off.
19 November - Treaty of Charleston between the Cherokee's and the Colonists is concluded.
European Theater
15-16 July - Battle of Villinghausen
16 July - Battle of Kirch-Denkern (Breslau, Silesia), Poland
20 August - 25 September - Camp at Bunzelwitz (Schweidnitz, Silesia), Poland
1 October - Austrian Capture of Schweidnitz (Silesia), Poland
16 December - Russian Capture of Kolberg (Pomerania), Poland
1762
American Theater
European Theater
16 March - Armistice of Stargard (Pomerania), Poland
5 May - Peace Treaty of St. Petersburg, between Russia and Prussia
24 June - Battle of Wilhelmstahl (Kassel, Hesse), Germany
21 July - Battle of Burkersdorf (Silesia), Poland
16 August - Battle of Reichenbach (Silesia), Poland
9 October - Prussian Capture of Schweidnitz (Silesia), Poland
29 October - Battle of Freiberg (Saxony), Germany
31 October - Prussian Capture of Kassel (Hesse), Germany
1763
American Theater
The Seven Years war ends with the Treaties of Paris and Hubertusburg.
Pontiac's Rebellion
European Theater
10 February - Peace Treaty of Paris, between France and England
15 February - Peace Treaty of Hubertusburg, between Austria and Prussia
1750s 1760s
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