Seven Years War

Date

17 May 1756 – 15 February 1763

Location

Across the World

Causes

Austria trying to get Silesia back

Result

Anglo-Prussian Victory

Territorial changes

France cedes Grenada, Tobago, St. Vincent. New France, and all French Indian clay to the UK.

France cedes Louisiana to Spain (only to get it back),and Spain cedes Florida to the UK.

Belligerents
British Empireball Kingdom of Prussiaball Iroquois Confederacyball Kingdom of Portugalball (1762-) Electorate of Hanoverball Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttelball Landgraviate of Hesse-Kasselball Principality of Schaumburg-Lippeball Russian Empireball (since 1762)	Kingdom of Franceball Austrian Empireball Electorate of Saxonyball Electorate of Bavariaball Russian Empireball (until 1762) Spanish Empireball (until 1762) Swedish Empireball (1757-62) Mughalball (since 1757) Abenakiball

~~World war 0~~ The Seven Years War (1756-1763) was ~~real WWI~~ a war that involved every major European nation and was fought across the world.

History

The Seven Years War started when Habsburg Monarchyball tried regaining Silesian clay from Kingdom of Prussiaball. UKball allied with Kingdom of Prussiaball, which led to Kingdom of Franceball allying with Austrian Empireball. This lead to basically everyone joining and fighting in Europe. Thanks to colonialism, Native American countryballs and even Mughalball joined the war.

Ancient and Old Wars (4000 BCE-1870)
V • E ⚔ War, war never changes... ⚔
Ancient/Classical (3000 BCE-500 CE)	Trojan War • Wars of Alexander the Great • Punic Wars • Han-Xiongnu War • Three Kingdoms Period • Sack of Rome
Medieval (500 CE-1500)	Early Muslim Conquests • Norman Conquest of England • Crusades • Mongol Invasion • Fall of Constantinople • War of the Bucket • Hundred Years War • Genpei War
Early modern (1500-1870)	American Indian Wars • Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War • Seven Years War • American Revolutionary War • Napoleonic Wars • Uruguayan Civil War • War of 1812 • Opium Wars • American Civil War • Austro-Prussian War • French intervention in Mexico • Texas Revolution • Mexican-American War • Paraguayan War
Contemporary (1870-2024)
Pre-World War I Era (1870-1914)	Franco-Prussian War • Boxer Rebellion • Boer Wars • War of the Pacific • The Congo Genocide • Anglo-Zanzibar War • Spanish-American War • Russo-Japanese War • Balkan Wars
World Wars and the Interwar Period (1914-1945)	World War I • Armenian Genocide • Russian Revolution • Russian Civil War • Irish War of Independence • Polish-Czechoslovak War • Chaco War • Emu War • Spanish Civil War • Winter War • Turkish War of Independence • World War II
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Post-Cold War (1991-2024)	Yugoslav Wars • First Congo War • Second Congo War • Afghan War • War on Terror • Iraq War • Boko Haram insurgency • Arab Spring (Syrian Civil War) • Crisis in Venezuela • War in Iraq (2013-2017) • War in Donbass • Yemeni Civil War (2015-present) • Nicaragua Protests (2018-present) • Tigray Military Intervention • 2020-2021 Belarusian protests • 2021 Russian Protests • 2021 Myanmar protests • 2021 Greek protests • 2020 Artsakh War • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine • Blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh (2022-2023) • 2023 Israel–Hamas war • War in Sudan (2023−present) • Red Sea crisis (2023-present)

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