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unusual facts about Seven Years War



Augustin de La Balme

Augustin Mottin de la Balme was a French cavalry officer who served in Europe during the Seven Years War and in the United States during the American Revolution.

Carlisle Barracks

A brief 1756 encampment at Carlisle preceded the more permanent settlement in May 1757, when Colonel John Stanwix marched upstream with British regulars and provincials during the Seven Years War (also known as the French and Indian War).

General Amherst High School

The school is named after Jeffery Amherst, who was commander of the British armed forces in North America during the Seven Years War.

Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres

Colonel Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres (22 November 1721 – 27 October 1824 (or 24 October 1824 ) was a cartographer who served in the Seven Years War, in part, as the aide-de-camp to General James Wolfe.

Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck

Knesebeck was born on the family estate Karwe, close to Neuruppin in the Margraviate of Brandenburg, as the son of an officer who had served under King Frederick the Great in the Seven Years War.

Patrick Tonyn

Patrick Tonyn became a captain in the 6th Dragoons in 1751, with which regiment he served in Germany in 1758 during the Seven Years War where, in 1759, the regiment fought at Minden and Wetter with great distinction.

Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec

The village and buildings were burned in an attack by Rogers' Rangers, an irregular British provincial force, during the Seven Years War (also known as the French and Indian War) on October 4, 1759.

St. Philippe, Illinois

Following their victory in the French and Indian War (also known as the Seven Years War), the British gained possession of French lands east of the Mississippi, excluding New Orleans.

Tom Pocock

Tom Pocock's family included such luminaries as: Vice-Admiral Sir George Pocock, K.B. (who was the captor of Havana in the Seven Years War), the marine painter Nicholas Pocock as well as his aunt Doris Pocock who was an author of girls' school stories.

William Fermor

In 1758 he was appointed to command the Russian forces which had invaded Prussia during the Seven Years War.


see also

1760 in Great Britain

21–26 February - Seven Years' War: At the Battle of Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland, a force of French troops under the command of privateer François Thurot captures and holds the town and castle of Carrickfergus before retiring; the force is defeated (and Thurot killed) in a naval action in the Irish Sea on 28 February.

Battle of Niagara

The Battle of Fort Niagara of the Seven Years' War, taking place in July 1759

Juan dela Cruz Palaris

However, the Seven Years' War ended on February 10, 1763 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1763) in Paris, France.

Möllendorff Dinner Service

The service, which originally consisted of over 960 pieces, was presented to the Prussian Major-General (later Field-Marshal) Wichard Joachim Heinrich von Möllendorf (1724–1816), as a reward for his military achievements during Frederick II's Seven Years' War (1756–63) against Austria for possession of Silesia.

Seven Year War

Northern Seven Years' War (1563–1570), also known as the Nordic Seven Years' War, Sweden against Denmark and allies

Tauentzien

Friedrich Bogislav von Tauentzien (1710-1791), Prussian general of the Seven Years' War

The Conquest

The Conquest of 1760, where England acquired parts of New France during the French and Indian War or Seven Years War

Zorndorf

Battle of Zorndorf, fought there in 1758 between Prussia and Russia during the Seven Years' War