1775–1783 war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies, which won independence as the United States of America
Documented facts
- Date
- 19 April 1775 (Gregorian) — 3 September 1783 (Gregorian)
- Precision
- Day
- Referenced location
- Eastern United States
- Source coordinates
- 38.0000°, -82.0000°
Referenced participants
- United States ↗
- Kingdom of France ↗
- Kingdom of Spain ↗
- Dutch Republic ↗
- Vermont Republic ↗
- Kingdom of Great Britain ↗
- Indigenous peoples of the United States in North America ↗
- Spain ↗
- Mosquitia ↗
Documented participation does not establish opposing sides. Alliances absent from the sources are not reconstructed.
People and command
- Peyton Randolph — documented command · Source ↗
- John Hancock — documented command · Source ↗
- Benjamin Franklin — documented command · Source ↗
- George Washington — documented command · Source ↗
- Horatio Gates — documented command · Source ↗
- Nathanael Greene — documented command · Source ↗
- Henry Knox — documented command · Source ↗
- John Sullivan — documented command · Source ↗
- Benedict Arnold — documented command · Source ↗
- George Rogers Clark — documented command · Source ↗
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette — documented command · Source ↗
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette — documented command · Source ↗
- Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau — documented command · Source ↗
- Bernardo de Gálvez — documented command · Source ↗
- George III of Great Britain — documented command · Source ↗
- Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford — documented command · Source ↗
- William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne — documented command · Source ↗
- George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville — documented command · Source ↗
- Thomas Gage — documented command · Source ↗
- William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe — documented command · Source ↗
- Henry Clinton — documented command · Source ↗
- John Burgoyne — documented command · Source ↗
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis — documented command · Source ↗
- Benedict Arnold — documented command · Source ↗
- Henry Hamilton — documented command · Source ↗
- Banastre Tarleton — documented command · Source ↗
- George Washington — documented participation · Source ↗
- John Byron — documented participation · Source ↗
- John Burgoyne — documented participation · Source ↗
- George Augustus Eliott — documented participation · Source ↗
- Joseph Goreham — documented participation · Source ↗
- Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet — documented participation · Source ↗
- William Tryon — documented participation · Source ↗
- Francisco de Miranda — documented participation · Source ↗
- Horatio Gates — documented participation · Source ↗
- Nathanael Greene — documented participation · Source ↗
- Henry Knox — documented participation · Source ↗
- John Sullivan — documented participation · Source ↗
- Benedict Arnold — documented participation · Source ↗
- George Rogers Clark — documented participation · Source ↗
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette — documented participation · Source ↗
- Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau — documented participation · Source ↗
- Bernardo de Gálvez — documented participation · Source ↗
- Thomas Gage — documented participation · Source ↗
- William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe — documented participation · Source ↗
- Henry Clinton — documented participation · Source ↗
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis — documented participation · Source ↗
- Banastre Tarleton — documented participation · Source ↗
- William Woodford — documented participation · Source ↗
- James Moore — documented participation · Source ↗
- Alexander Lillington — documented participation · Source ↗
- Samuel Holden Parsons — documented participation · Source ↗
- Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez — documented participation · Source ↗
- Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel — documented participation · Source ↗
- Alexander Leslie — documented participation · Source ↗
- Charles Lee — documented participation · Source ↗
- Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen — documented participation · Source ↗
- Roger Curtis — documented participation · Source ↗
- Francis Peirson — documented participation · Source ↗
- Sir Charles Pole, 1st Baronet — documented participation · Source ↗
- Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood — documented participation · Source ↗
- Louis-Antoine de Bougainville — documented participation · Source ↗
- ХьорэщиӀо Нэльсын — documented participation · Source ↗
- Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse — documented participation · Source ↗
- Samuel Graves — documented participation · Source ↗
- José de Urrutia — documented participation · Source ↗
- Tadeusz Kościuszko — documented participation · Source ↗
- Laurent Jean François Truguet — documented participation · Source ↗
- William Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham — documented participation · Source ↗
- Pierre Martin — documented participation · Source ↗
- Robert Barlow — documented participation · Source ↗
- Jerónimo Girón-Moctezuma, Marquis de las Amarillas — documented participation · Source ↗
- Claude-Anne de Rouvroy de Saint Simon — documented participation · Source ↗
- Jean René César de Saint-Julien de Chabon — documented participation · Source ↗
- Charles O'Hara — documented participation · Source ↗
- Sidney Smith — documented participation · Source ↗
- Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave — documented participation · Source ↗
- Francesco Caracciolo — documented participation · Source ↗
- Jean-Honoré de Trogoff de Kerlessy — documented participation · Source ↗
- Andre Rigaud — documented participation · Source ↗
- John Ford — documented participation · Source ↗
- Charles Stuart — documented participation · Source ↗
- John Moore — documented participation · Source ↗
- Louis André Bon — documented participation · Source ↗
- Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport — documented participation · Source ↗
- José de Córdoba y Ramos — documented participation · Source ↗
- Pierre-Charles Villeneuve — documented participation · Source ↗
- Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume — documented participation · Source ↗
- Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood — documented participation · Source ↗
- Robert Calder — documented participation · Source ↗
- Joseph de Richery — documented participation · Source ↗
- Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet — documented participation · Source ↗
- Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Harburn — documented participation · Source ↗
- Claude-François Renart d'Amblimont — documented participation · Source ↗
- George Martin — documented participation · Source ↗
- Stephen Decatur Sr. — documented participation · Source ↗
- Manley Dixon — documented participation · Source ↗
- William Hargood — documented participation · Source ↗
- John Perkins — documented participation · Source ↗
- Richard Dale — documented participation · Source ↗
- Edward Preble — documented participation · Source ↗
- Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois — documented participation · Source ↗
- Charles Brisbane — documented participation · Source ↗
- Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez — documented participation · Source ↗
- Jean-Louis Ferrand — documented participation · Source ↗
- Julien Cosmao — documented participation · Source ↗
- Charles René Magon de Médine — documented participation · Source ↗
- Jean-Marthe-Adrien l'Hermite — documented participation · Source ↗
- Samuel Auchmuty — documented participation · Source ↗
- Alexander Mackenzie Fraser — documented participation · Source ↗
- François Étienne de Rosily-Mesros — documented participation · Source ↗
- Walter Bathurst — documented participation · Source ↗
- Pierre Belon Lapisse — documented participation · Source ↗
- Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny — documented participation · Source ↗
- Brent Spencer — documented participation · Source ↗
- Sir Alexander Campbell, 1st Baronet — documented participation · Source ↗
- Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet — documented participation · Source ↗
- Andrew Hay — documented participation · Source ↗
- James Hillyar — documented participation · Source ↗
- Frédéric-Séraphin de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet — documented participation · Source ↗
- William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart — documented participation · Source ↗
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