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The Battle of Machias, the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, commenced in and around the port of
Thomas Gage, the governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, offered a general pardon to colonists who remained loyal
American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston, Massachusetts
In an act of defiance against the Navigation Acts, American colonists led by Abraham Whipple (pictured) attacked and bur
Seven Years' War: France began an unsuccessful attempt to retake Quebec City, which had been captured by Britain
French and Indian War: Troops led by French brigadier general François-Charles de Bourlamaque attempted to blow up…
French and Indian War: French forces defeated the British at Fort Carillon in the British colony of New York.
Third Silesian War: The Austrian victory at the Battle of Kolín forced Prussian leader Frederick the Great to give up th
After a two-week siege, the French commander of Fort Beauséjour in present-day New Brunswick, Canada, surrendered to Bri
French and Indian War: Led by 22-year-old George Washington, a company of Virginia colonial militiamen ambushed a force
French and Indian War: Led by 22-year-old George Washington, a company of Virginia colonial militiamen ambushed a force
French and Indian War: George Washington surrendered Fort Necessity in Pennsylvania, the only military surrender in…
War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeated those of the Pragmatic Allies at the Battle of Fontenoy in the Au
War of the Austrian Succession: French victory at the Battle of Melle enabled their subsequent capture of Ghent from…
War of the Austrian Succession: Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Bohemia after Austrian forces drove Fr
War of the Austrian Succession: In the last time that a British monarch led troops in battle, Allied forces commanded by
War of Jenkins' Ear: Spanish troops stormed the British-held strategically crucial position of Fort Mose in Spanish Flor
Great Northern War: Swedish forces under Charles XII were defeated by Russian troops led by Peter the Great at the…
Under the terms of the Acts of Union, the Kingdoms of England and Scotland merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain,
War of the Spanish Succession: The Grand Alliance armies routed the Franco-Spanish-Bavarian army in Ramillies, present-d