Encyclopedia - Seven Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Seven Years' War - Colonial Theatre
For North American events, see French and Indian War. British battled French across India, North America, Europe, the Caribbean isles, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seven Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Seven Years' War - European Theatre
In the European theatre, Prussia was outnumbered, but not outclassed, by her opponents. Prussia was a small state, but as one historian r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seven Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Seven Years' War - Peace
The British-French hostilities were ended in 1763 by the Treaty of Paris, which involved a complex series of land exchanges. France was g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Liegnitz: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Liegnitz
Two military engagements are known as the Battle of Liegnitz after the town of Liegnitz, today Legnica, in south-western Poland: The Bat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Great Meadows: Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Great Meadows
The Battle of the Great Meadows, also known as the Battle of Fort Necessity was a battle of the French and Indian War fought on July 3, 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Jumonville Glen: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Jumonville Glen
The Battle of Jumonville Glen was a battle of the French and Indian War fought on May 28, 1754 near what is present-day Uniontown in West...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Rossbach: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Rossbach
The Battle of Rossbach (November 5, 1757) took place during the Seven Years' War (1756 - 1763) near the village of Rossbach, then in Prus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of St. Jakob An Der Birs: Encyclopedia - Battle Of St. Jakob An Der Birs
The Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs, fought near Basel in Switzerland on 26 August 1444, was a battle of the Old Zürich War. In 1443, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Byng: Encyclopedia - John Byng
John Byng (October 29, 1704 – March 14, 1757), was a former Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland and Admiral of the British Royal Navy. H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seven-year War: Encyclopedia Ii - Seven-year War - The Second Invasion
Soon after the Chinese embassy was given safe conduct home, 200 Japanese ships carrying a force of 140,000 were sent to Korea, under the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seven-year War: Encyclopedia Ii - Seven-year War - Aftermath
The Seven-Year War left deep scars in Korea. Farmlands were devastated, irrigation dikes were destroyed, villages and towns were burned d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seven-year War: Encyclopedia Ii - Seven-year War - Aftermath
The Seven-Year War left deep scars in Korea. Farmlands were devastated, irrigation dikes were destroyed, villages and towns were burned d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seven-year War: Encyclopedia Ii - Seven-year War - The Second Invasion
Soon after the Chinese embassy was given safe conduct home, an enraged Hideyoshi sent 200 Japanese ships to Korea carrying a force of 140...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seven-year War: Encyclopedia Ii - Seven-year War - The First Invasion
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who established his hegemony in Japan in the latter part of the 16th century, had wanted to conquer the Ming China. M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seven-year War: Encyclopedia Ii - Seven-year War - The First Invasion
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who established his hegemony in Japan in the latter part of the 16th century, had wanted to conquer Ming China. Motiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Battles Geographic: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Battles Geographic - Czech Republic
List of battles geographic - Hussite Wars. Battle of Vysehrad - 1419 Battle of Vitkov Hill - 1420 Battle of Lipany - 1434 List of ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Battles Geographic: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Battles Geographic - Croatia
List of battles geographic - Croatian War of Independence. Battle of Vukovar - 1991 Operation Storm - 1995 ... See also:List of bat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yi Sunshin: Encyclopedia Ii - Yi Sunshin - Legacy
Yi Sun-Sin was considered a master naval tactician and his sea campaigns were decisive in hampering Japanese land operations in 1592 and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yi Sunshin: Encyclopedia Ii - Yi Sunshin - The Seven-year War And The Japanese Invasions
This Korean admiral played the most decisive role in fighting off the Japanese invaders in 1592 and 1597. In 1592, Toyotomi Hideyoshi gav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsushima Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsushima Island - Demographics And Culture
The population of the islands is about 41,000, consisting mainly of ethnic Japanese, with minority Filipino and Korean populations. Profe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsushima Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsushima Island - History
Tsushima Island - Early history. Archeological evidence suggests that Tsushima was already inhabited by settlers from the Korean penins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsushima Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsushima Island - Geography
Tsushima is considered a single island by the Japanese government, with an area of 696.26 square kilometres. Aso Bay (浅茅湾) is a dee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French And Indian War: Encyclopedia Ii - French And Indian War - Overview
The French and Indian War, unlike the others, began on North American soil and then spread to Europe, where Britain and France continued ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Guards: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Guards - Seeing The New World
In 1776, the American colonists, in Philadelphia, declared their independence from Great Britain during the American War of Independence....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bloody Valentine War: Encyclopedia Ii - Bloody Valentine War - Treaty Of Junius Seven
By the start of Cosmic Era year 72, the Alliance's nuclear stockpile was destroyed, as was the ZAFT GENESIS superweapon. More importantly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Guards: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Guards - The French Revolutionary Wars
In 1789, the French Revolution began. In 1793, the First Coalition, which included Great Britain and continental European powers, was cre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bloody Valentine War: Encyclopedia Ii - Bloody Valentine War - Bloody Valentine War
Bloody Valentine War - Tragedy of Copernicus February 5/Declaration of War February 11 C.E. 70. The war was declared on 11 February, Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Plains Of Abraham: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Plains Of Abraham - Plains Of Abraham
Montcalm had 13,390 troops and militia available in Quebec City and Beauport a few kilometres away, as well as 200 cavalry, 200 artillery...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 47th Regiment Of Foot: Encyclopedia Ii - 47th Regiment Of Foot - North America
In 1750 theregiment deployed to Nova Scotia, Canada and the following year it was numbered the 47th Regiment of Foot. The regiment took p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Guards: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Guards - Wars Of Succession
In 1704, a further company was created for the regiment, a Highlander company, complete with the many traditional accoutrements of a High...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French And Indian War: Encyclopedia Ii - French And Indian War - Overview
The French and Indian War, unlike the others, began on North American soil and then spread to Europe, where Britain and France continued ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Phillip: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur Phillip - Early Life And Naval Career
He was born in London, the son of Jacob Phillip, a German-born language teacher, and his English wife, Elizabeth, who had remarried after...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second Anglo-dutch War: Encyclopedia Ii - Second Anglo-dutch War - The War
The first encounter between the nations was, as in the First Anglo-Dutch War, at sea. The war started with the Battle of Lowestoft, where...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Boscawen: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Boscawen - War Of The Austrian Succession
Boscawen's reputation continued to grow during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740—1748). At the siege of Cartagena in March 1741,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kolín: Encyclopedia Ii - Kolín - History
Kolin was founded by king Wenceslas I in the 13th century under the name Colonia nova (New Colony). Between 1475-1488, Hynek z Poděbrad,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Byng: Encyclopedia Ii - John Byng - Battle Of Minorca
On the approach of the Seven Years War the island of Minorca, which had been under British possession since 1708 when it was captured dur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Suvorov: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Suvorov - Early Life And Career
Suvorov was born in Moscow into a noble family of Novgorod descent. He entered the army as a boy, served against the Swedes in Finland an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Howe 5th Viscount Howe: Encyclopedia Ii - William Howe 5th Viscount Howe - Early Career
He entered the army when he was seventeen by buying a Cornet's commission in the Duke of Cumberland's Dragoons in 1746. By the next year ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mercer County Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Mercer County Illinois - History
Mercer County is named for Hugh Mercer (1726-1777), a physician and general during the American Revolution. Mercer died from wounds suffe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel Boone: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel Boone - Travels And Exploration
Squire Boone and his family left Pennsylvania in 1750, eventually to settle in Yadkin Valley of North Carolina. While serving with the Br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Germain 1st Viscount Sackville: Encyclopedia Ii - George Germain 1st Viscount Sackville - Political Career
Sackville had been a Member of Parliament at intervals since 1741. He had served terms in both the Dublin and the Westminster bodies, som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Antoine De Bougainville: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Antoine De Bougainville - Seven Years' War French And Indian War
In 1756 he went to Canada as captain of dragoons and aide-de-camp to the Marquis de Montcalm. He took an active part in the capture of Fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Cook: Encyclopedia Ii - James Cook - Start Of Royal Navy Career
During the Seven Years' War, he participated in the siege of Quebec City before the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759. He showed a ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gettysburg Address: Social Studies Dictionary - Gettysburg Address
Definition and meaning of Gettysburg Address   Gettysburg Address During the Civil War, on November 19, 1863, President Abrah...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gettysburg Address: Social Studies Dictionary - Gettysburg Address
Definition and meaning of Gettysburg Address   Gettysburg Address During the Civil War, on November 19, 1863, President Abrah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quebec City Quebec: Encyclopedia Ii - Quebec City Quebec - History
Quebec City is the second oldest existing European settlement in Canada (after St. John's). It was founded by Samuel de Champlain on 3 Ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quebec City: Encyclopedia Ii - Quebec City - History
Quebec City is the second oldest existing European settlement in Canada (after St. John's). It was founded by Samuel de Champlain on 3 Ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingston Ontario: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingston Ontario - History
The French originally settled upon a traditional Mississaugas First Nation site called Kateracoui (Cataraqui in the common transliteratio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second Bloody Valentine War: Encyclopedia Ii - Second Bloody Valentine War - Background
Almost two years have passed since the Bloody Valentine War between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT ended with the Treaty of Junius Seven. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samori: Encyclopedia Ii - Samori - Early Life And Career
Born c. 1830 in Manyambaladugu (in what is now southeastern Guinea), the child of Dyula traders, Samori grew up in a West Africa being tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japanese Battles: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japanese Battles - Pre-history
List of Japanese battles - Jomon Period. List of Japanese battles - Yayoi Period. ... See also:List of Japanese battles, List of Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battles Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Battles Of The American Civil War - Troop Engagements Of The American Civil War
This is a chronological summary and record of every engagement between the troops of the Union and of the Confederacy, showing the total ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japanese Battles: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japanese Battles - Modern Period
List of Japanese battles - Meiji Period. Satsuma Rebellion (1877) Battle of Yalu River (1894) Battle of Port Arthur (1904) Battle of Y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japanese Battles: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japanese Battles - Feudal Japan
List of Japanese battles - Kamakura Period. Mongol Invasions of Japan (1274 & 1281) List of Japanese battles - Muromachi Period....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Japanese Battles: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Japanese Battles - Ancient/classical Japan
List of Japanese battles - Yamato Period. List of Japanese battles - Nara Period. List of Japanese battles - Heian Period. Hogen R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of France - Franks
As the power of Rome weakened the area was taken over by the Franks. Around 500 AD the Franks controlled most of the area covered by mode...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of France - Gauls
"All Gaul is divided into three parts" -Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico Caesar's conquest of Gaul was met with little resistance initiall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of France - Themes In French History
The defense of both its own territory and its citizens overseas in later eras was driven by several military rivalries that often re-asse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of France - List Of Fortifications In France
Military history of France - Roman and Ancient. Military history of France - Middle Ages. Medieval fortified towns include: Aigues-M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of France - French Military Linguistic Influence
French historical military terms have been greatly influential and been adopted or become 'loan-words' to other languages common military...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French And Indian War: Encyclopedia Ii - French And Indian War - Trivia
The Battle of Fort Necessity, one of the opening engagements of the war, marked the first and only instance of George Washington surrende...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French And Indian War: Encyclopedia Ii - French And Indian War - Trivia
The Battle of Fort Necessity, one of the opening engagements of the war, marked the first and only known instance of George Washington su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silesian Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Silesian Wars - 1st Silesian War 1740-1742
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession. After a 2-month campaign, Prussian forces occupied Silesia, which belonged to the Czech Kingd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of France - Middle Ages
It could be said that French military history during this period parallels the rise and eventual fall of the armored Knight. In approxima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Guards: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Guards - A Grand Alliance
In 1686, the regiment was placed on the establishment of the English Army and the word battalion was first used. In 1688, William of Oran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of France - Ancien Régime
The French Renaissance and the beginning of the Ancien Régime, normally marked by the reign of Francis I, saw the nation become far more...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of France - Modern Period
After the exile of Napoleon, France was the beneficiary of a long period of European peace. This allowed it to focus on the expansion of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French And Indian War: Encyclopedia Ii - French And Indian War - Outcome
French and Indian War - Immediate. The war officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on February 10, 1763. The treaty re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Northern War: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Northern War - Conclusion
Though Charles returned from the Ottoman Empire and resumed personal control of the war effort, he had little time to accomplish anything...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Guards: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Guards - Seven Years War
In 1756, war flared up once more between Great Britain and France, though this time the war would reach many parts of the world, in effec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval Warfare - Sails And Empire
The late Middle Ages was important as the time of the development of the cogs and caravels, ships capable of surviving the tough conditio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Military History: Encyclopedia Ii - British Military History - List Of British Military Encounters
British military history - Prehistoric and ancient period. Roman conquest of Britain (43) British military history - Mediæval perio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Military History: Encyclopedia Ii - British Military History - List Of British Military Encounters
British military history - Prehistoric and ancient period. Roman conquest of Britain (43) British military history - Mediæval perio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Northern War: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Northern War - Swedish Victories
From the very beginning of the Great Northern War Sweden suffered from the inability of Charles XII to view the situation from anything b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Military History: Encyclopedia Ii - British Military History - List Of Fortifications In Britain
British military history - Roman & ancient. Hadrian's Wall AD 122 Antonine Wall AD 142 British military history - Mediæval. C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Military History: Encyclopedia Ii - British Military History - List Of British Military Alliances
British military history - Scottish military alliances. Auld Alliance (1165-1560) British military history - English military allian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval Warfare - Above And Below The Surface
The victory of the Royal Navy at the Battle of Taranto was a pivotal point as this was the first true demonstration of naval air power; a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of France - Napoleonic France
The Napoleonic period saw France's influence and power reach immense heights, but just as quickly it collapsed back to its old borders at...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Sainte-foy: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Sainte-foy - Course Of Battle
After retreating from Quebec after the disaster of the Plains of Abraham on September 13, 1759, the French army regrouped in Montreal und...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Northern War: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Northern War - Russian Victories
During the years between 1700 and 1707, two of Sweden's Baltic provinces, Estonia and Ingria, had been seized by the tsar, and a third, L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Prague: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Prague - Prelude
After Frederick had forced the surrender of Saxony in the 1756 campaign, he spent the winter devising new plans for a defense of his smal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 47th Regiment Of Foot: Encyclopedia Ii - 47th Regiment Of Foot - Napoleonic Wars
In 1803 the 2nd Battalion was raised again and the following year deployed to Ireland. In 1806 the 1st Battalion arrived in the Cape of G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Military History: Encyclopedia Ii - British Military History - List Of British Military Encounters
British military history - Prehistoric and ancient period. Roman conquest of Britain (43) British military history - Mediæval perio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hwacha: Encyclopedia Ii - Hwacha - Description
A atillery used to fire multiple anti-personnel firearms (such as Shin Ki Chon rockets or smaller cannons) at once. However, what made Hw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleonic Wars - Gunboat War
See: Gunboat War (1807–1814) Denmark-Norway originally declared itself neutral in the Napoleonic Wars, but engaged in trade that profit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ironclad Warship: Encyclopedia Ii - Ironclad Warship - Premodern Ironclads
Oda Nobunaga, a Japanese daimyo, had six partial iron-covered Ōatakebune (大安宅船) made in 1576. These ships were called "Tekkousen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ironclad Warship: Encyclopedia Ii - Ironclad Warship - Pre-19th Century Ironclads
Possibly the first ironclad warships were the turtle ships (Kobukson or Geobukseon 거북선) of Korea. These are first mentioned in reco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval Warfare - From Wood To Steel
Trafalgar ushered in the Pax Britannica of the 19th century, marked by general peace in the world's oceans, under the ensigns of the Roya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scots Guards: Encyclopedia Ii - Scots Guards - The Early Years
The regiment traces its origins back to 1642 when, by order of King Charles I, the regiment was raised by Archibald Campbell, 1st Marques...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magellan-class Battleship: Encyclopedia Ii - Magellan-class Battleship - The Original Magellan-class
Developed in conjuction with the Salamis-Class Cruiser as part of the Earth Federation's "'70s Armament Reinforcement Plan", the Magellan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 47th Regiment Of Foot: Encyclopedia Ii - 47th Regiment Of Foot - The Wars Of Empire
In 1817 the 47th took part in the 3rd Mahratta War, the last war between the British and the Mahratta Empire, and which ensured that Brit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Royal Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Royal Navy - Interwar And World War Ii 1919–1946
The British economy was exhausted by the war, and the Navy was drastically reduced over the next few years by the effects of the Ten-Year...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Minorca: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Minorca - Background
The French had been menacing the British-held garrison on Minorca, which had come under British control as a result of the War of the Spa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Christoph Graf Von Schwerin: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Christoph Graf Von Schwerin - Biography
He was born in Pomerania, and at an early age entered the Dutch army, with which he served at the Schellenberg and at Blenheim. In 1707 h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Anglo-dutch War: Encyclopedia Ii - First Anglo-dutch War - Background
(Dates in this article are given in the Gregorian calendar, then 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar in use in England.) In the 16th cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Grant General: Encyclopedia Ii - James Grant General - Early Career
Grant was born on the family estate of Ballindalloch in Scotland. He began his military career by purchasing a commission as captain in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naval Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Naval Warfare - Modern Naval Tactics
As with all other forms of battle modern naval tactics are reliant on fire and movement. The effective delivery of firepower results from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Royal Navy: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Royal Navy - Wars With France 1690–1815
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 rearranged the political map of Europe, and led to a series of wars with France that lasted well over a c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seven Years' War: Encyclopedia Ii - Seven Years' War - Causes
The Seven Years' War may be viewed as a continuation of the War of the Austrian Succession. During that conflict, King Frederick II of Pr...   » Read the article

Article - American History Sitemap I - S
This is a sitemap for American History - S . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article