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The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War
The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757)
Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marsha
Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Da
A French army under Marshal d'Estrées defeats a smaller British-German army under the duke of Cumberland in the battle…
Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf: Russian force under Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin beats a smaller Prussian…
Seven Years' War formally begins when Great Britain declares war on France
The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France
Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians
British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
Under the direction of Charles Lawrence, the British begin to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the…
French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel Geo
French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57)