global war among European powers (1756–1763)
Documented facts
- Date
- 17 May 1756 (Gregorian) — 15 February 1763 (Gregorian)
- Precision
- Day
- Referenced location
- Europe
- Source coordinates
- 53.5000°, 15.5000°
Referenced participants
- Kingdom of Great Britain ↗
- Kingdom of Ireland ↗
- British America ↗
- Kingdom of Prussia ↗
- Kingdom of Portugal ↗
- Electorate of Hanover ↗
- Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ↗
- Iroquois ↗
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel ↗
- Schaumburg-Lippe ↗
- Kingdom of France ↗
- New France ↗
- Holy Roman Empire ↗
- Habsburg monarchy ↗
- Electorate of Saxony ↗
- Electorate of Bavaria ↗
- Russian Empire ↗
- Spanish Empire ↗
- Swedish Empire ↗
- Abenaki people ↗
- Mughal Empire ↗
- George II of Great Britain ↗
- George III of Great Britain ↗
- Louis XV of France ↗
- Maria Theresa of Austria ↗
- Sultanate of Bengal ↗
- Mosquitia ↗
Documented participation does not establish opposing sides. Alliances absent from the sources are not reconstructed.
People and command
- George II of Great Britain — documented participation · Source ↗
- George III of Great Britain — documented participation · Source ↗
- Louis XV of France — documented participation · Source ↗
- Maria Theresa of Austria — documented participation · Source ↗
- Noël Jourda de Vaux — documented participation · Source ↗
- Armand de Vignerot du Plessis — documented participation · Source ↗
- John Byng — documented participation · Source ↗
- Frederick II of Prussia — documented participation · Source ↗
- Leopold Joseph von Daun — documented participation · Source ↗
- Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville — documented participation · Source ↗
- Louis Armand, Prince of Montbazon — documented participation · Source ↗
- Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis — documented participation · Source ↗
- John Byron — documented participation · Source ↗
- François Chenard de la Giraudais — documented participation · Source ↗
- John Burgoyne — documented participation · Source ↗
- Juan de Prado Mayera Portocarrero y Luna — documented participation · Source ↗
- Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla — documented participation · Source ↗
- Gutierre de Hevia — documented participation · Source ↗
- George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle — documented participation · Source ↗
- George Pocock — documented participation · Source ↗
- Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet — documented participation · Source ↗
- Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet — documented participation · Source ↗
- Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov — documented participation · Source ↗
- Samuel Greig — documented participation · Source ↗
- John Elphinstone — documented participation · Source ↗
- Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau — documented participation · Source ↗
- Bernardo de Gálvez — documented participation · Source ↗
- William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe — documented participation · Source ↗
- Henry Clinton — documented participation · Source ↗
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis — documented participation · Source ↗
- Ethan Allen — documented participation · Source ↗
- Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez — documented participation · Source ↗
- Edward Hughes — documented participation · Source ↗
- Louis Des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, duc de Mahon — documented participation · Source ↗
- Charles de Bernard de Marigny — documented participation · Source ↗
- Juan de Lángara — documented participation · Source ↗
- Antoine Hilarion de Beausset — documented participation · Source ↗
- Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood — documented participation · Source ↗
- Juan Manuel Cagigal y Monserrat — documented participation · Source ↗
- Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe — documented participation · Source ↗
- Robert Linzee — documented participation · Source ↗
- Samuel Graves — documented participation · Source ↗
- Ernst Gideon von Laudon — documented participation · Source ↗
- Joseph von Colloredo-Waldsee — documented participation · Source ↗
- Franz von Lauer — documented participation · Source ↗
- Andreas O'Reilly von Ballinlough — documented participation · Source ↗
- Juan de Courten — documented participation · Source ↗
- Józef Bielak — documented participation · Source ↗
- Mikhail Kakhovsky — documented participation · Source ↗
- Jacques François Dugommier — documented participation · Source ↗
- Pierre François Sauret de La Borie — documented participation · Source ↗
- John Forbes — documented participation · Source ↗
- Francisco de Borja y Poyo — documented participation · Source ↗
- Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux — documented participation · Source ↗
- Charles O'Hara — documented participation · Source ↗
- David Dundas — documented participation · Source ↗
- Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport — documented participation · Source ↗
- Joseph Nikolaus De Vins — documented participation · Source ↗
- François Christophe de Kellermann — documented participation · Source ↗
- Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich — documented participation · Source ↗
- Robert Calder — documented participation · Source ↗
- Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet — documented participation · Source ↗
- Andrey Rosenberg — documented participation · Source ↗
- Michael von Melas — documented participation · Source ↗
- Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze — documented participation · Source ↗
- Paul Kray — documented participation · Source ↗
- Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz — documented participation · Source ↗
- Friedrich Adolf, Count von Kalckreuth — documented participation · Source ↗
- Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière — documented participation · Source ↗
- Jean de Noailles — documented participation · Source ↗
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher — documented participation · Source ↗
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