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Chapter 50: 1760 part 9 (Summary)
Summary 1760
January 9th – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan Victory, Marathan army retreats intact to Delhi.
January 28th – Colony of New Hampshire creates grants in Vermont[/FONT]
January 31st – Nine Years War: Second Siege of Madras begins[/FONT]
February 3rd to 6th – Nine Years War: Battle of Carrickfergus
French privateer captain Francois Thurot briefly captures the town of Carrickfergus, Ireland
February 25th – Nine Years War - Anglo-Cherokee War:
General Hugh Waddell repels a Cherokee attack on Fort Dobbs
March 20th – Great Fire of Boston
March 30th - Comte Thomas Arthur Lally dies during the Second siege of Madras
April 2nd: Nine Years War: Second Siege of Madras ends.
Madras surrenders to British forces
May 26th - Nine Years War: Weser River Battles in Hanover begin
French army led by de Broglie begin campaign through southern Hanover and along the Weser River against the British-Hanover army led by Brunswick and Granby
May 28th - Nine Years War: Battle of Ile de Orleans
French fleet defeat British survey fleet near Quebec City
May 30th to 31st - Nine Years War: Battle of Bautzen
Fredrick the Great leads Prussian forces to defeat the Austro-Saxon army led by Siskovits
June: New England planters begin arriving on the southern Acadian (Nova Scotia) coast
June: Tacky's War a mass slave revolt begins in Jamaica
June 1st - June 8th - Nine Years War: Siege of Breslau, Liegnitz, and Wohlau begins
June 10th - Nine Years War: Battle of Wittstock
Prussian forces under Zeiten and Manteuffel defeat the Mecklenburg army in western Brandenburg.
June 14th - Nine Years War: Second Siege of Kolberg begins
June 15th to 19th - Nine Years War: Battle of Quebec
British fleet defeats French fleet in the harbor of Quebec City
June 19th - Nine Years War: Siege of Quebec City begins
June 20th to 21st - Nine Years War: Battle of Ticonderoga
General Jeffery Amherst and Colonel George Washington defeat French General Bourlamaque and capture Ticonderoga
June 22nd - Nine Years War: Battle of Templin
Prussian forces led by Zeiten and Manteuffel defeat the Swedish-Mecklenburg army led by Lantinghausen in northern Brandenburg
June 27th - Nine Years War: Second Siege of Stettin begins
June 30th - Nine Years War: Raid on Prague
Seyditz leads Prussian cavalry to disrupt Austrian supply lines and Raids the city of Prague
July: Tacky's War:
The mass slave revolt in Jamaica is finally put down by colonial authorities.
July 3rd - A lightning strike burns the Portsmouth Royal Dockyard and destroying a ship under construction.
July 6th: Nine Years War: Battle of Pertuis d’Antioche
A French Fleet defeats British ships while escaping the blockade
July 17th - Nine Years War: Second Siege of Stettin ends
Prussian forces abandon the siege of Stettin to try to relieve the Siege of Kolberg
July 23rd - Nine Years War: Second Siege of Kolberg ends
Russians abandon the siege of Kolberg after a Prussian attack led by Zeiten and Manteuffel.
August 1st - Nine Years War: Weser River Battles end
French army led by de Broglie stop at Hamelin in Hanover after taking control of southern Hanover and Prussian Provinces west of the Weser River.
August 2nd - Nine Years War: Siege of Hamelin begins
September 3rd - Nine Years War: Battle of the Plains of Abraham
British General Mordaunt and Colonel James Wolfe defeat French General Moncalm
September 5th – Nine Years War: Siege of Pondicherry begins
September 6th - Nine Years War: Battle of Vandivasi[/FONT]
French and Indian force led by Bussey defeats British-Indian force led by Coote. Sir Eyre Coote is killed in action.
September 8th - Nine Years War: Siege of Quebec City ends
Quebec City surrenders to British forces
September 12th - Nine Years War: Siege of Liegnitz ends
City of Liegnitz surrenders to Austrian forces led by Von Daun]
September 14th - Nine Years War: Naval Action of September 14th
French ship Mutine is captured by the British
September 14th - Nine Years War: Battle of Pondicherry Beach
French forces led by Bussy briefly repel British landing party preparing to besiege Pondicherry
September 14th - 16th: Nine Years War: Siege of Breslau and Wohlau ends
City of Breslau and Wohlau surrenders to Austrian forces led by Von Daun
September 17th - Nine Years War: Battle of Diester Hills
French forces led by de Broglie defeat British-Hanover forces led by Brunswick and Granby who were attempting to lift the siege of Hamelin.
September 18th - The town of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico is founded.
September 24th - Nine Years War: Siege of Hamelin ends
City of Hamelin, Hanover surrenders to French forces led by de Broglie
October 1st - Nine Years War: Battle of Wennigsen
French scouting force is defeated by British-Hanover force
October 31st - Nine Years War: Battle of Glogau
Prussian force led by Fredrick the Great, Zeiten, Seyditz and Manteuffel defeat the Austrian army led by Von Daun and Siskovits
Hans Joachim von Zieten and Joseph von Siskovits are killed in action.
November 1st to December 2nd: Recapture of Liegnitz and Wohlau
Fredrick recaptures the recently surrendered cities of Liegnitz and Wohlau after Austrian occupation forces finally surrender.
December 30th - Nine Years War: Battle of Veerampattinam
French fleet led by Comte d'Ache defeat British fleet led by Admiral Pocock
December 30th - Nine Years War: Siege of Pondicherry ends
British forces abandon the siege of Pondicherry after defeat at the Battle of Veerampattinam