Fighting

Description:	Wars/Revolutions/Revolts/Uprisings
Category:	Unfinished
Created by:	lilkayc on 2004-04-09

War	Dates	Information
War of the Austrian Succession	1740 to 1748	Began when Prussians invaded Austrian Silesia. Maria Theresa of Hapsburg keeps her throne in Austria, but the power of Germany shifts to Prussia and the Holy Roman Empire declines.
The Jacobites' Struggles and Revolts	1701 to 1746	The Jacobites try to take over the English throne.
Seven Years' War	1756 to 1763	Austria, France, Sweden, Russia, and Spain fight Prussia, Britain, and Hanover for control of Europe. War ends with the Treaty of Paris.
Capture of Acadia	From 1603 (French) to 1750s (British).	Nova Scotia, or Acadia, was captured by the French and later by the British, who sent all of the Acadians out of their land to the colonies.
French and Indian War	1754 to 1763	The French fight the British. Also ended by Treaty of Paris.
King Philip's War	1675 to 1676	Wampanoag tribes rise against settlers. Ends after Wampanoag lose (but 10% of males in Massachusetts were killed).
King William's War	1686 to 1697	English and French settlers fight, but neither achieve much.
Queen Anne's War	1702 to 1713	English take Acadia and destroy St. Augustine (Spanish).
King George's War	1744 to 1748	British capture Louisbourg (French fort) and return it for Madras (in India) in 1748.
Pontiac's Rebellion	1763 to 1766	Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa and a confederacy of Algonquin tribes, attacked places from the Great Lakes to Virginia, killing around 200 settlers. The British made peace with him in 1766 before hiring a Native American to assasinate him in Illinoi in 176
American Revolution	1775 to 1781	British verses Americans (who want freedom from the crown). Ends with the surrender of the English to the Americans. The British recognize the freedom of the newly-formed States in 1783.
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys' attack	1775	Attacked Fort Ticonderoga and win the first colonial victory in the American Revolution.
French Revolution	1790s	(blank)
Massacre of the Mamluks	1811	The Mamluks ruled Egypt from 1249 to 1517 and again during the 1700s. When Mehmet Ali Pasha conquered them in 1811 and controlled Egypt, he invited the commanders to a banquet in Cairo where they were massacred.
Pugachev's Rebellion	1773 to 1774	Rebels took city of Kazan and promised to abolish serfdom, tax, landlords, and military service but Pugachev was defeited.
Russia gains Black Sea Coast	1792	Ottomans no longer control Black Sea and Russia builds powerful navy.
Russia annexes Crimea	1783	Ottomans no longer have control of Crimea (Russians had already taken Azov from them earlier)
Capture of Rangoon	1824	British commander Sir Archibald Campbell leads 11,000 soldiers to capture Burmese capital of Rangoon in revenge for Burmese king's attack on British's Indian lands.
Anglo-Burmese war	1824 to 1826	Britain fights Burma because Burma had supported Britain's enemies living close to Bengal.
Reign of Terror	September 1793 to July 1794	Around 18,000 people guillotined during Reign of Terror.
Storming of Bastille	July 14, 1789	Outbreak of revolution begins when Parisians storm the Bastille, prison where many popular leaders were impisoned by king. "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity."
Napoleonic Wars	1797 to 1815	Napoleon tries to change all of Europe but is finally exiled when Britain opposes him.
Napoleon is exiled to Elba	1814	Napoleon is exiled to Elba, but escapes.
Battle of Waterloo	1815	Napoleon's last battle in Belgium, where he is defeated.
Napoleon's death on St. Helena	1821	Napoleon dies in exile on St. Helena.
Slaves' Revolt	1791 to 1804	National Assembly in Paris gives vote to slaves in Santo Domingo. Plantation owners refuse. 100,000 slaves rebelled. Napoleon sent troops and a long civil war was led by Toussaint l'Ouverture, ex-slave who declares himself ruler of the island in 1801.
"Maroon" Slave Revolt (Jamaican)	1739	(blank)
Nat Turner's revolt in Virginia	1831	Led to new laws to control slaves.
Mutiny of Indian soldiers in British army	1857	Started as a result of a famine. Many were massacred, but the mutiny was stopped by the British.
British East India Company annexes Sind and the Punjab.	1843 to 1849.	(blank)
British East India Company fights the Marathas.	1803 to 1818.	Marathas ruled central India. The B.E.I.C. broke their power.
Revolt in Latin America	1808 to 1825	As a result, many free countries in South America and Central America were created.
Unrest in Britain	1811 to 1832	As a result of terrible factory working conditions and unemployment threats caused by creating of machines.
Peterloo Massacre	1819	In St. Peter's Fields, Manchester, England, unarmed people were killed who had gathered to listen to Henry Hunt, campaigner for political change.
U.S. annexes Texas	1845	(blank)
War of 1812	1812 to 1814	Americans tired to invade Canada unsuccessfully. British burned down Washington D.C. Treaty was signed in 1814, returning all territories.