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  2. List of wars: 1500–1799 - Wikipedia

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    Based on statistics from Our World in Data (starting in 1400), 1525 (the end of the German Peasants' War) was, at its time, the deadliest year in terms of conflict deaths with 160k deaths, until it was surpassed by 1618 which saw 316k deaths.

  3. American Revolutionary War - Wikipedia

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    The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

  4. List of conflicts in Europe - Wikipedia

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    1540 Salt War; 1542–1546 Italian War of 1542–1546 – 47,000 killed in action [1] 1542–1543 Dacke War; 1543 Siege of Esztergom; 1543–1550 Rough Wooing; 1546–1547 Schmalkaldic War; 1549 Kett's Rebellion; 1549 Prayer Book Rebellion; 1550 Battle of Sauðafell; 1551–1559 Italian War of 1551–1559 – 75,000 killed in action [1] 1552 ...

  5. American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    (1765–1775) United Colonies (1775–1781) United States (1781–1783) Outcome: Independence of the United States of America from Great Britain; Dissolution of British America, formation of British North America and Spanish Florida; End of the First British Empire; Began the Age of Revolution; World's first federal republic founded on the ...

  6. 1775 - Wikipedia

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    1775 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1775th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 775th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 18th century, and the 6th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1775, the ...

  7. List of wars involving the United States - Wikipedia

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    US-allied victory - The American Revolution started as a civil war within the British Empire. [nb 1] It became a larger international war in 1778 once France joined. [nb 2] Treaty of Paris (1783) Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America and the Thirteen Colonies. President of the Continental Congress in American ...

  8. 1775 in France - Wikipedia

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    Events from the year 1775 in France. Incumbents. Monarch: Louis XVI [1] Events. April–May – Flour War: riots against bread prices. [2] 11 June – ...

  9. Seven Years' War - Wikipedia

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    The supply system that would allow the Russians to advance into the Balkans during the war with the Ottomans in 1787–1792, Marshal Alexander Suvorov to campaign effectively in Italy and Switzerland in 1798–1799, and for the Russians to fight across Germany and France in 1813–1814 to take Paris was created directly in response to the ...