✦ History

Seven Years' War

May 17, 1756 – February 15, 1763

Result Anglo-Prussian coalition victory

Ended by Treaty of Paris (1763), Treaty of Hubertusburg

A global conflict in which Britain, Prussia and their allies fought France, Austria, Russia, Spain, Sweden and others across Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. The Anglo-Prussian side prevailed.

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Battles and events 30

May 28, 1754 – October 7, 1763
French and Indian War British victory Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Edward Braddock, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
1756 – 1765
Bengal War British victory; Treaty of Allahabad Shah Alam II, Shuja-ud-Daula, Mirza Najaf Khan
May 20, 1756
Battle of Minorca (1756) French victory Off Minorca, Mediterranean Sea Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, John Byng
August 29, 1756 – February 15, 1763
Third Silesian War Prussian victory Frederick the Great, Maria Theresa, James Francis Edward Keith
June 23, 1757
Battle of Plassey British victory Plassey, Bengal Robert Clive, Eyre Coote, Siraj-ud-Daulah
July 26, 1757
Battle of Hastenbeck French victory near Hastenbeck, southeast of Hamelin, Hanover Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Louis Charles César Le Tellier, Duke of Estrées
September 13, 1757 – May 22, 1762
Pomeranian War Treaty of Hamburg Pyotr Rumyantsev, Carl Heinrich von Wedel, Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg
April 29, 1758
Battle of Cuddalore (1758) Inconclusive Off Cuddalore, Indian Ocean George Pocock, Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché
June 23, 1758
Battle of Krefeld Allied victory Krefeld, present-day North Rhine-Westphalia Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Louis, Count of Clermont
August 26–28, 1758
Battle of Fort Frontenac British victory present-day Kingston, Ontario John Bradstreet
September 11, 1758
Battle of Saint-Cast French victory near Saint-Cast, France Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, Thomas Bligh
October 10, 1758
Battle of Lutterberg (1758) French victory Lutterberg Charles, Prince of Soubise
April 13, 1759
Battle of Bergen (1759) French victory Bergen, Hesse Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Victor François de Broglie, 2nd Duke of Broglie
August 1, 1759
Battle of Minden Allied victory Minden, Minden-Ravensberg, Prussia Charles Cornwallis, George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
August 19, 1759
Battle of Lagos British victory Off Lagos, Atlantic Ocean Edward Boscawen, Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran
September 10, 1759
Battle of Pondicherry Inconclusive Off Pondicherry, Indian Ocean George Pocock, Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché
September 13, 1759
Battle of the Plains of Abraham British victory Plains of Abraham, Quebec, New France William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
November 20, 1759
Battle of Quiberon Bay British victory Quiberon Bay, Bay of Biscay Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, Hubert de Brienne
January 22, 1760
Battle of Wandiwash British victory Vandavasi, Tamil Nadu, India Eyre Coote, Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally
April 7, 1760 – 1761
Tacky's Revolt Revolt suppressed Colony of Jamaica
April 28, 1760
Battle of Sainte-Foy French victory Quebec, Canada, New France François Gaston de Lévis, James Murray
July 14, 1760
Battle of Emsdorf Anglo-Hanoverian victory Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel
July 31, 1760
Battle of Warburg Allied victory Warburg, Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn, present-day Germany Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, John Manners, Marquess of Granby, Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix d'Ollières
October 15, 1760
Battle of Kloster Kampen French victory Kloster Kampen, present-day Germany Comte de Rochambeau, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix
July 15–16, 1761
Battle of Villinghausen Allied victory Vellinghausen, Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn Charles, Prince of Soubise, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Victor François de Broglie, 2nd Duke of Broglie
1762 – 1763
Fantastic War Anglo-Portuguese victory in Europe; stalemate in South America John Burgoyne, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun
1762 – 1763
Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763) British victory; Treaty of Paris John Burgoyne, George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle, George Pocock
May 5, 1762
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1762) Saint Petersburg
June 24, 1762
Battle of Wilhelmsthal Allied victory Castle of Wilhelmsthal near Calden, northwestern Germany Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
July 23, 1762
Battle of Lutterberg (1762) Allied victory Lutterberg, Germany Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony

Key commanders

Great Britain 31

George III military commander George II military commander Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst military commander James Wolfe military commander Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke military commander John Byng military commander Edward Braddock military commander James Abercrombie military commander Edward Boscawen military commander John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun military commander John Burgoyne military commander George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle military commander George Pocock military commander George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend military commander George Augustus Eliott military commander Robert Clive military commander Eyre Coote military commander John Bradstreet military commander Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe military commander George Anson, 1st Baron Anson military commander Thomas Bligh military commander Alexander Dury military commander Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel military commander Charles Cornwallis military commander George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville military commander William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe military commander Robert Monckton military commander James Murray military commander Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel military commander John Manners, Marquess of Granby military commander Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel military commander

France 26

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville military commander Louis XV military commander Louis, Dauphin of France military commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm military commander Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally military commander Charles, Prince of Soubise military commander Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial military commander François Gaston de Lévis military commander Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau military commander François-Marie Le Marchand de Lignery military commander François-Charles de Bourlamaque military commander Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière military commander Louis Charles César Le Tellier, Duke of Estrées military commander Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché military commander Louis, Count of Clermont military commander Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Duke of Aiguillon military commander Victor François de Broglie, 2nd Duke of Broglie military commander Louis Georges Érasme de Contades military commander Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran military commander Charles Michel de Langlade military commander Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor military commander Hubert de Brienne military commander Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix d'Ollières military commander Comte de Rochambeau military commander Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix military commander Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony military commander

Mughal Empire 3

Shah Alam II belligerent leader Shuja-ud-Daula military commander Mirza Najaf Khan military commander

East India Company 3

Hector Munro, 8th Laird of Novar military commander John Caillaud military commander Eyre Coote military commander

Kingdom of Prussia 9

Frederick the Great belligerent leader James Francis Edward Keith military commander Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin military commander Hans von Lehwaldt military commander August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern military commander Hans Karl von Winterfeldt military commander Carl Heinrich von Wedel military commander Heinrich von Manteuffel military commander Wilhelm Sebastian von Belling military commander

Habsburg monarchy 6

Maria Theresa military commander Ernst Gideon von Laudon military commander Leopold Joseph von Daun military commander Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine military commander Maximilian Ulysses Browne military commander Franz Moritz von Lacy military commander

Sweden 3

Pyotr Rumyantsev military commander Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg military commander Augustin Ehrensvärd military commander

Portugal 4

John Burgoyne military commander William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe military commander John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun military commander George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend military commander

Spain 6

Nicolás de Carvajal, Marquis of Sarria military commander Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda military commander Juan de Prado Mayera Portocarrero y Luna military commander Manuel Rojo del Río y Vieyra military commander Simón de Anda y Salazar military commander Alejandro O'Reilly military commander

Bengal Subah 1

Siraj-ud-Daulah military commander

Electorate of Hanover 2

Prince William, Duke of Cumberland military commander Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel military commander