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Was a global conflict that involved most of the European great powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. At the end of the war the main winner was Great Britain, that obtained territories in North America, the Caribbean and India, becoming the most powerful maritime and colonial of the European powers.
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Was a theater of war of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes.
June 1755: Colonel Robert Monckton, a British military officer, captured Fort Beauséjour in June 1755 during the Seven Years' War. This victory cut off the French Fortress Louisbourg from land-based reinforcements, marking a significant strategic success for Great Britain in the conflict.
August 1757: In early August 1757, French General Montcalm and his 7,000 troops besieged Fort William Henry, leading to its capitulation. The British forces agreed to withdraw under parole, handing over the territory to France.
May 1754: Following the battle, George Washington, a young Virginia militia officer, pulled back several miles and established Fort Necessity. The fort was attacked by French forces, leading to Washington's surrender and the territory falling under Great Britain's military occupation in 1754.
July 1754: The Canadians attacked Fort Necessity under the command of Louis Coulon de Villiers, brother of Joseph Coulon de Jumonville. George Washington, a young British officer, surrendered after a brief battle on July 3, 1754, and negotiated a withdrawal under arms with the Iroquois Confederation.
August 1757: The French forces, led by General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and his subordinate Louis Antoine de Bougainville, remained at Fort William Henry for several days after its surrender by the British in 1757. They destroyed the remaining British fortifications before departing on August 18th to return to Fort Carillon.
August 1756: During the week of August 10, 1756, a force of French regulars and Canadian militia under General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm captured and occupied the British fortifications at Fort Oswego, leading to France gaining military control of the territory.
April 1754: In 1754, Governor Dinwiddie sent William Trent with 40 men to construct a fort at Fort Duquesne. This action sparked the beginning of the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France for control of the Ohio River Valley.
April 1754: In 1754, George Washington led forces to Fort Duquesne, where they were allowed to withdraw by Contrecœur. The fort was later completed and became a strategic stronghold in the French and Indian War.
January 1759: In 1758, during the French and Indian War, British forces under General John Bradstreet reoccupied Fort Oswego, which had been abandoned since 1756. The territory was previously controlled by the French but was now under British control.
1.1.Conquest of New France (1758-1760)
Was a British military campaign in New France during the Seven Years' War.
September 1759: Quebec city capitulated to Britain after the Battle of the Plains Abraham, securing British predominance in North America.
September 1760: In 1760, French military leaders Lévis and Vaudreuil surrendered the French colony of Canada to British forces. This marked the end of the French and Indian War in North America, with the British emerging victorious after the capitulation of Montreal.
July 1758: Louisbourg was a strategic French fortress located in present-day Nova Scotia, Canada. Major-General James Wolfe was a British Army officer known for his role in the capture of Quebec City during the Seven Years' War. The capture of Louisbourg was a significant victory for the British in their efforts to gain control of North America.
September 1762: In 1762, during the Seven Years' War, French forces captured St. John's in Newfoundland. General Amherst, a British military leader, sent his nephew William Amherst to recapture the territory. The Battle of Signal Hill in September 1762 resulted in the British regaining control of Newfoundland.
June 1762: The French forces, led by the Comte d'Haussonville, successfully captured St. John's in 1762, forcing the British to surrender. This event was part of the wider conflict between France and Britain known as the Seven Years' War.
Was the theatre of war of the Seven Years' War in the Indian Subcontinent.
January 1760: The French, led by General Thomas Arthur de Lally, captured Cuddalore from the British East India Company during the Seven Years' War in 1759. This military occupation was part of the larger conflict between France and Britain for control over colonial territories in India.
2.1.Capture of Calcutta
The Mughal Empire captured British-held Calcutta during the Seven Years' War.
June 1756: The Siege of Calcutta was a battle between the Bengal Subah and the British East India Company on 20 June 1756. The Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, aimed to seize Calcutta to punish the Company for the unauthorised construction of fortifications at Fort William.
2.2.Third Carnatic War
The outbreak of the Seven Years' War in Europe in 1756 resulted in renewed conflict between French and British forces in India.
January 1761: British occupation of Pondichéry.
April 1765: In 1765, Pondichéry was restored to France as part of the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years' War. This territory was a French colony in India, and its return was negotiated by French diplomat Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis.
February 1761: Mahé, a French colony in India, fell to British forces led by Admiral George Pocock and Colonel William Draper on 17 Feb 1761 during the Seven Years' War. This marked the beginning of British military occupation in the region.
February 1765: Karikal was a French colonial territory in India. The territory was restored to French control on 18 Feb 1765 after being temporarily occupied by the British East India Company during the Seven Years' War. This event was significant in the history of French India and the colonial rivalry between France and Britain.
May 1765: French conquest of Yanaon.
May 1765: French conquest of Mahé.
June 1765: French conquest of Chandernagore.
Was the French invasion of British-held Minorca during the Seven Years' War.
June 1756: The French opened the campaign against the British with an attack on Menorca in the Mediterranean. A British attempt at relief was foiled at the Battle of Minorca, and the island was captured on 28 June.
Was the last of three wars between Austria and Prussia for the control of Silesia. It was also part of the Seven Years' War.
4.1.Saxon Theatre (Polish-Soviet War)
Was the theatre of War in the Electorate of Saxony, which was invaded by Prussia, during the Third Silesian War.
October 1757: In late October 1757, during the Seven Years' War, the Prussian army under King Frederick II retreated from Dresden to Leipzig to defend against the advancing Austrian and Saxon forces. This strategic move was crucial in protecting Prussia's heartland from potential invasion.
September 1757: The Austrians under Daun and Prince Charles, advancing into Upper Lusatia, defeated a Prussian force under Bevern and Hans Karl von Winterfeldt at the Battle of Moys.
November 1757: After this series of manoeuvres, on 5 November, a Prussian corps under Frederick located and engaged Soubise's much larger force near the village of Rossbach in Saxony. The ensuing Battle of Rossbach ended in a stunning Prussian victory, in which Frederick lost fewer than 1,000 men, while the Franco-German force under Soubise lost around 10,000.This victory secured Prussia's control of Saxony for a time.
September 1756: Prussians occupied Dresden against little resistance.
October 1762: After the Battle of Freiberg it controlled most of Saxony outside of Dresden. Austria still held Dresden and the southeastern edge of Saxony.
September 1758: In 1758, during the Seven Years' War, Austrian forces led by Field Marshal Daun captured Dresden, the capital of Saxony, from the Prussian army. The surrender of Dresden on 4 September was a significant blow to the Prussian forces, who had been preparing for a major battle at Kunersdorf.
September 1758: And quickly occupying most of the electorate.
October 1756: The Saxon army was briefly besieged at Pirna and surrendered on 14 October, after which its men were forcibly incorporated into the Prussian army under Prussian officers.
July 1760: Frederick the Great of Prussia led his army back into Saxony and besieged Dresden.
July 1760: Daun's army marched westward and forced the Prussians to lift the siege and withdraw.
4.2.Bohemian Theatre (Third War)
Was the Bohemian theatre of the Third Silesian War.
April 1757: In 1757, during the Seven Years' War, the Prussian forces under Field Marshal von Bevern defeated the Austrian corps led by Count Königsegg in the Battle of Reichenberg. This victory resulted in the territory of Reichenberg falling under Prussian military occupation.
June 1757: The resulting Battle of Kolín on 18 June ended in a decisive Austrian victory; the Prussian position was ruined, and the invaders were forced to lift the siege and withdraw from Bohemia altogether, pursued by Daun's army, which was enlarged by the Prague garrison.
May 1757: The invading columns reunited north of Prague, while the retreating Austrians reformed under the command of Prince Charles of Lorraine to the city's east, and on 6 May the two armies fought the Battle of Prague.
April 1758: Frederick the Great, King of Prussia led a field army into Moravia, reaching Olmütz.
June 1758: On June 30 Austrian forces commanded by General Ernst von Laudon intercepted a massive supply convoy from Silesia bound for the Prussian army at Olmütz and destroyed it in the Battle of Domstadtl. After this loss, the Prussians were forced to break off the siege and withdraw from Moravia, abandoning their final major invasion of Austrian territory during the war.
4.3.Russian invasion of East Prussia (Third Silesian War)
Was the Russian invasion of East Prussia during the Third Silesian War.
July 1757: In mid-1757 a Russian force of 75,000 troops under Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin invaded East Prussia and took the fortress at Memel.
August 1757: In 1757, during the Seven Years' War, the Russian forces, led by Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin, defeated a smaller Prussian army commanded by Field Marshal Lehwaldt in the Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf.
January 1758: In 1757, during the Seven Years' War, the Russian forces under Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin were unable to capture Königsberg from the Kingdom of Prussia. The Russians had exhausted their supplies at Memel and Gross-Jägersdorf, leading to their retreat from East Prussia.
February 1758: In January 1758 a Russian army commanded by Count William Fermor again invaded East Prussia, where the few remaining Prussian troops put up little resistance. Frederick abandoned the province to Russian occupation, judging it strategically expendable and preferring to concentrate on achieving another decisive victory in the Silesian theatre to force the Austrians to the peace table.
4.4.Russian invasion of Brandenburg (Third Silesian War)
Was the Russian invasion of Brandenburg during the Third Silesian War.
August 1758: Advancing Russians, who had by then reached the borders of Brandenburg, besieged and burned Küstrin.
December 1761: The town of Kolberg, located in modern-day Poland, was besieged by Russian forces in 1761 during the Seven Years' War. The Prussian garrison, led by Lieutenant Colonel August von Gneisenau, was forced to surrender due to the town's weakened defenses.
October 1757: Cavalrymen of the Holy Roman Empire attacked and briefly occupied Berlin, the capital of Prussia.
July 1758: The Russians continued to press into Neumark. On 23 July the new Russian commander, Count Pyotr Saltykov, led 47,000 men in defeating 26,000 Prussians commanded by General Carl Heinrich von Wedel at the Battle of Kay.
October 1760: With Prussian forces concentrated in Silesia and Saxony, Brandenburg was left largely undefended. In early October a Russian corps under General Gottlob Heinrich Tottleben advanced through Neumark and joined Lacy's Austrians in briefly occupying Berlin.
August 1758: Russian Field Marshal Saltykov reached and occupied Frankfurt an der Oder.
October 1757: The Holy Roman Empire army leaves Berlin.
October 1758: Despite the coalition's overwhelming superiority of force in Brandenburg, Russia withdrew from Prussian territory (but not from East Prussia).
October 1760: A rumour that Frederick the Great was marching to the rescue of Berlin with his superior forces prompted the commanders to withdraw from the city as they had completed their major objectives. The occupiers withdrew from the city on 12 October. he Russians rejoined their main army in the vicinity of Frankfurt.
4.5.Silesian Theatre (Third War)
Was the Silesian theatre of the Third Silesian War.
December 1757: Despite his troops' fatigue from the rapid march, Frederick engaged the superior Austrian force on 5 December and won another unexpected victory in the Battle of Leuthen.The Prussians pursued Prince Charles's defeated army all the way back to Bohemia.
August 1760: Laudon's corps, moving ahead of Daun's main army, attacked Frederick's position near Liegnitz on 15 August. The resulting Battle of Liegnitz ended in a Prussian victory, with the Prussians defeating Laudon before Daun's larger force could arrive to support him. This reversal disrupted the Austrians' manoeuvres and restored Prussian control of Lower Silesia, as Daun moved his army back into Saxony.
October 1761: The allies, led by Russian Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin, Austrian Field Marshal Leopold Joseph von Daun, and Swedish Field Marshal Carl Gustav Armfeldt, achieved a modest victory by capturing the fortress at Schweidnitz on 1 October 1761. This forced the Prussians, under the command of King Frederick the Great, to retreat to winter quarters in northern Silesia and Brandenburg.
June 1760: Battle of Landeshut.
July 1760: Parchwitz conquered by austria.
July 1760: Liegnitz conquered by austria.
July 1760: Glatz was taken by the Austrians on 29 July.
March 1760: After an inconclusive engagement with the Prussian garrison near Neustat on 15 March, Laudon's Austrians gradually advanced through Lower Silesia.
April 1758: Schweidnitz, the last Austrian-occupied stronghold in Silesia, surrendered.
November 1757: While Frederick's army manoeuvred in western Saxony and Thuringia, the Austrian army of Prince Charles and Daun pressed eastward into Lower Silesia. In November they reached Breslau, where they were opposed by the Silesian garrison under Bevern. The Austrians had overwhelming numbers, and in the Battle of Breslau on 22 November they drove the Prussians from the field. the commander of the garrison surrendered Breslau to the Austrians on 25 November in return for safe passage.
December 1757: Breslau were besieged until their surrender on 19-20 December, bringing the bulk of Silesia back under Prussian control.
October 1762: Daun's forces withdrew to Glatz, and the Prussians besieged Schweidnitz, recapturing it at length on 9 October.
4.6.Russia switches sided
On 5 January 1762 the ailing Russian Empress Elizabeth died. Her nephew and successor, Tsar Peter III, was an ardent admirer of Frederick the Great of Prussia, and he reversed Russia's foreign policy and ordered a ceasefire with Prussia. Peter agreed to an armistice with Prussia in March and lifted the Russian occupation of East Prussia and Pomerania.
April 1762: On January 5, 1762, Russian Empress Elizabeth passed away. Her nephew and successor, Tsar Peter III, an ardent admirer of Prussian King Frederick, immediately reversed Elizabeth's foreign policy and ordered a ceasefire with Prussia. In March, Peter agreed to an armistice with Prussia and lifted the Russian occupation of East Prussia and Pomerania.
July 1762: Since France had never formally declared war on Prussia, he agreed to a ceasefire with Frederick and evacuated Prussia's territories in the Rhineland, ending France's involvement in the war in Germany.
May 1762: The province of East Prussia was returned by the Russians to the Kingdom of Prussia by treaty in 1762.
4.7.Treaty of Hubertusburg
Was the treaty that ended the Third Silesian War, and, together with the Treaty of Paris (1763) it ended also the Seven Years' War.
February 1763: At the end of the Third Silesian War, the warring parties agreed restore the status quo ante bellum. Austria withdrew from Glatz, restoring full Prussian control of Silesia, in exchange for Prussia's evacuation of Saxony.
Was the theatre of war in central Germany of the Seven Years' War.
5.1.French Invasion (German Theatre of the Seven Years' War)
Was a French large-scale invasion of Germany during the Seven Years' War.
July 1757: The Prussian port of Emden fell to the French.
September 1757: On 10 September at Klosterzeven the British and French signed the Convention of Klosterzeven which secured the immediate end of hostilities. The terms called for several conditions. The national contingents from Brunswick and Hesse would return to their homelands. Half the Hanoverian force would be interned at Stade, while the remainder were to withdraw across the River Elbe. Most of Hanover would be under French occupation, except for a demilitarised zone. The French would evacuate the Duchy of Bremen, provided the British withdrew their ships from the River Weser.
August 1757: In 1757, during the Seven Years' War, the French under Marshal Louis Charles d'Estrées seized Kassel, securing their right flank. This military occupation was part of the larger conflict between France and Britain for control over Europe and overseas territories.
August 1757: During the Seven Years' War, French Marshal Louis Charles César Le Tellier led the siege of Geldern, which was defended by Prussian General von Spörcken. The prolonged siege resulted in the French army being delayed in their campaign.
August 1757: The French army captured the city of Hanover on 11 August.
November 1757: French marshal Louis François Armand de Richelieu moved his forces to take up winter quarters around Halberstadt.
November 1757: The Prussian army leaves Rossbach.
August 1757: Under Richelieu the French continued their drive, taking Minden.
5.2.Counteroffensive against the French invasion of Germany
Was the Prussian and British counteroffensive against the French invasion of Germany during the Seven Years' War.
April 1758: The British and Hanoverian forces drove the French back across the River Rhine so that by the spring Hanover had been liberated.
April 1758: During the Seven Years' War, Ferdinand of Brunswick led the Allied forces, including British and Hanoverian troops, to re-capture the port of Emden from the French in 1758. This victory was a significant turning point in the war.
June 1758: The duke then crossed the Rhine, beating the numerically superior forces of Louis of Bourbon-Condé in the Battle of Krefeld on June 23 and occupying Düsseldorf.
July 1758: Despites having defeated the French, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel decided to leave Düsseldorf.
5.3.Rhineland Theatre (Seven Years' War)
Was the theatre of War in the Rhineland during the Seven Years' War.
July 1760: The Battle of Warburg was fought on 31 July 1760 during the Seven Years' War. The battle was a victory for the Hanoverians and the British against the French army.
July 1760: French general de Broglie launched an offensive in the direction of Hesse, defeating Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel's forces on July 10 at the Battle of Korbach.
April 1759: The French under General Victor-François de Broglie obtained a victory against British, Hanoverian, Hessian, and Brunswick forces in the Battle of Bergen.
August 1759: On 1 August 1759, the Anglo-German army of Ferdinand Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg, routed the French during the Battle of Minden.
Was a theatre of war of the Seven Years' War. The term is used to describe the fighting between Sweden and Prussia between 1757 and 1762 in Swedish Pomerania, Prussian Pomerania, northern Brandenburg and eastern Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
December 1760: Then many officers left to participate in parliament and the resulting shortage of officers forced Lantingshausen to return to Swedish Pomerania, where he remained for the whole winter without being attacked by the Prussians.
April 1759: In 1759, during the Seven Years' War, the Swedish commander Carl August Ehrensvärd was forced to retreat to Stralsund by a superior Prussian force. This resulted in the loss of the garrisons at Demmin, Anklam, and Peenemünde to Prussia through military occupation.
September 1760: However, despite these successes and despite the Prussian army's attention mainly being elsewhere, Lantingshausen and his 15,000 troops were under-supplied and only able to invade Prussia in August, mainly in order to find supplies. He pushed forward to Prenzlow (now Prenzlau) in Brandenburg with his main force of 6,000 troops, leaving Augustin Ehrensvard with a detachment in Pasewalk.
June 1759: The Russian advance in May liberated Swedish Pomerania.
October 1759: The Swedish army captured Usedom and Wollin.
September 1757: Swedish Major Carl Constantin De Carnall was able to reach Fehrbellin with 800 men to defend it from about 5,000 Prussians at a battle fought there on 28 September.
October 1757: After the failure of the Austrian invasion of Saxony, Hamilton left Neuruppin on 10 October and headed for the River Oder, in the hopes of joining up with the Russians. He failed in this and the Swedish force had to go into winter quarters, with Hamilton returning to Swedish Pomerania. .
December 1759: In 1759, during the Seven Years' War, Russian Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin was unable to besiege Stettin due to lack of cooperation from his allies. As a result, he withdrew into Swedish Pomerania, specifically in Usedom and Wollin, which then became part of the Kingdom of Prussia.
January 1760: Swedish troops penetrated as far as Anklam.
Was the African theatre of the Seven Years' War.
7.1.Capture of Senegal
Was a British naval expedition against the French island of Gorée off the coast of Senegal during the Seven Years' War.
May 1758: In 1758, during the Seven Years' War, British General Jeffrey Amherst led the military occupation of Saint-Louis, Senegal. The French garrison, under Governor Jean-Baptiste du Casse, was caught off guard and the fort surrendered to the British forces led by Colonel William Marsh on May 1, 1758. Local traders in the area then pledged their loyalty to the British.
November 1758: In 1758, during the Seven Years' War, the French trading station on the Gambia was captured by British forces led by Admiral Augustus Keppel and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Boyd. This military occupation of the whole French Senegalese coast was part of Britain's strategy to gain control of key trading posts in West Africa.
January 1759: The Capture of Gorée occurred in December 1758 when a British naval expedition led by Augustus Keppel against the French island of Gorée off the coast of Senegal.
Was the British invasion of French Guadeloupe during the Seven Years' War.
May 1759: The French forces on the island of Guadeloupe surrendered to the British after months of fighting, leading to a military occupation by Great Britain.
Was a conflict between British forces in North America and Cherokee bands during the French and Indian War.
Was a British military expedition to capture the Caribbean island of Dominica in June 1761, as part of the Seven Years' War.
June 1761: In 1761, during the Seven Years' War, British forces led by Admiral George Rodney and General Robert Monckton arrived in Dominica. The French settlers in Dominica surrendered to the British on June 7, leading to the territory coming under British military occupation.
Was the British invasion of French Martinique during the Seven Years' War.
March 1762: Between 26 February and 3 March, British detachments arrived at the islands Saint Lucia, Grenada and Saint Vincent, all of which fell without resistance.
February 1762: The rest of the island of Martinique is conquered by British forces.
February 1762: On 3 February 1762, Fort Royal in Martinique surrendered to British forces.
Was a war between Spain and Portugal during the Seven Years' War that took place in the Iberian Peninsula and in South America.
January 1764: The Portuguese conquered most of the valley of Rio Negro, expelling the Spaniards from S. Gabriel and S. josé de Maribatanas (1763).
12.1.Peninsular action (main theatre of the Fantastic War)
Was the theatre of war in the Iberian Peninsula of the Fantastic war between Spain and Portugal.
June 1762: After suffering several setbacks, the Spanish army was forced to withdraw from Portugal, abandoning all their conquests with the only exception of the city of Chaves.
May 1762: Torre de Moncorvo conquered by spain.
May 1762: Miranda, the only fortified and provisioned fortress of the province, was besieged on 6 May 1762, but an accidental and huge powder explosion (20 tons) killed four hundred and opened two breaches in the ramparts, forcing the surrender on 9 May 1762.
May 1762: Bragança conquered by spain.
September 1762: At first the Franco-Spanish army occupied several fortresses with ruined walls and without regular troops: Alfaiates, Castelo Rodrigo, Penamacor, Monsanto, Salvaterra do Extremo, Segura.
September 1762: Castelo Branco is occupied by Spanish forces on 18 September 1762.
October 1762: Vila Velha conquered by spain.
October 1762: Portuguese reconquest of Penamacor and Monsanto.
November 1762: When the Anglo-Portuguese army encircled the Spanish forces in Castelo Branco, the Spanish force fled to Spain, abandoning the town.
August 1762: In 1762, during the Seven Years' War, General John Burgoyne led a force of 2,800 Anglo-Portuguese troops to attack and capture Valencia de Alcántara, which was under Spanish control. This military action was part of Portugal's involvement in the war on the side of Britain against Spain.
August 1762: The Siege of Almeida in 1762 was part of the Seven Years' War, with a Spanish force capturing the city from Portuguese defenders. The siege was led by Spanish General Alejandro O'Reilly, resulting in the city falling on 25 August.
May 1762: Chaves conquered by spain.
12.2.South America Theatre of War (Fantastic War)
Was the theatre of war in South America of the Fantastic war between Spain and Portugal.
April 1763: Santa Teresa conquered by spain.
January 1764: In 1763, during the Spanish-Portuguese War, the Portuguese settlements of São José do Norte and S. Pedro do Sul were abandoned without resistance to Spanish forces led by Pedro Antonio de Cevallos. This event marked the transfer of the territory to Spanish America.
Was a military conflict fought between Britain and Spain as part of the Seven Years' War.
October 1762: The British forces, led by Admiral Samuel Cornish and Brigadier General William Draper, successfully captured Manila from the Spanish in 1762 during the Seven Years' War. The Battle of Manila resulted in significant plunder being taken from the city.
August 1762: British forces captured Havana.
Was a treaty signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Great Britain and Prussia's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War.
September 1783: The territories of Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo were restored to the Dutch with the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
February 1763: Treaty of Paris (1763): Britain restored Manila and Havana to Spain.
February 1763: Treaty of Paris (1763): Britain restored Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Gorée, and the Indian factories to France.
February 1763: France recognized the sovereignty of Britain over Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tobago. France lost all of its territory in mainland North America but had retained fishing rights off Newfoundland and the two small islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
February 1763: Spain was forced to return to Portugal the small cities of Almeida and Chaves on the Hispano-Portuguese frontier.
February 1763: With the Treaty of Paris (1763) the Anglo-Portuguese army left the territories it had occupied in Spain.
February 1763: Colonia do Sacramento was given back to Portugal.
February 1763: Treaty of Paris (1763): the forts of Santa Teresa and San Miguel, Santa Tecla, San Miguel, Santa Teresa and Rio Grande de São Pedro remained in Spanish hands.
February 1763: Treaty of Paris (1763): France and Spain restored all their conquests to Britain and Portugal.
February 1763: Grenada was ceded to the British under the Treaty of Paris.
February 1763: The French formally ceded Prince Edward island, and most of New France to the British in the Treaty of Paris.
February 1763: Great Britain established West and East Florida in 1763 out of land acquired from France and Spain after the French and Indian War.
February 1763: Treaty of Paris (1763): France ceded the eastern half of French Louisiana to Britain, that is, the area from the Mississippi River to the Appalachian Mountains.
February 1763: Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1763), which put an end to the Seven Years' War, France ceded all its North American possessions, but Britain returned Saint-Pierre and Miquelon to France.
February 1763: East Florida was founded as a colony by the British colonial government in 1763, with its capital at St. Augustine, which had been the capital of Spanish La Florida.
Was a secret agreement of 1762 in which the Kingdom of France ceded Louisiana to Spain, which did not take possession of it until 1769.
January 1770: The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed by King Louis XV of France and King Charles III of Spain. The transfer of Louisiana to Spain was part of a secret agreement to compensate Spain for its loss of Florida to Britain. Spain officially took possession of Western Louisiana in 1769.
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