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The events in the early chapters of Voltaire's Candide are based on the Seven Years' War; according to Jean Starobinski ("Voltaire's Double-Barreled Musket", in Blessings in Disguise (California, 1993). p. 85), all the atrocities described in Chapter 3 are true to life.
The Seven Years' War, 1754–1763, spanned four continents, affecting Europe, the Americas, West Africa, and India and the Philippines, in Asia.. The conflict split Europe into two coalitions: Kingdom of Great Britain, Prussia, Portugal, Hanover, and other small German states on one side versus the Kingdom of France, Austria-led Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Spain, several small German states ...
The timeline of wars has been split up in the following periods: List of wars: before 1000; List of wars: 1000–1499; List of wars: 1500–1799; List of wars: 1800–1899; List of wars: 1900–1944; List of wars: 1945–1989; List of wars: 1990–2002; List of wars: 2003–present
Seven Years' War (1756–63), among European powers and their colonies, encompassing the French and Indian War. Great Britain in the Seven Years' War; France in the Seven Years' War; Northern Seven Years' War (1563–70), also known as the Nordic Seven Years' War, Sweden against Denmark-Norway and allies; Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98 ...
As the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and the Manchu conquest of China (1618–1683) continued, 1618 was surpassed by 1619 (359k deaths), 1625 (443k deaths), 1627 (453k deaths), 1628 (456k deaths) and 1629 (456.8k deaths). 1629 was later surpassed by 1756 (457.5k deaths), at the start of the Seven Years' War.
Below is a timeline showing some of the key events in the year that has passed since many Israelis' sense of security was shattered on that Saturday morning. October 7, 2023
7 October 2024: Israel marks a year since Hamas attacks Israel goes silent to mark a year since the 2023 Hamas attacks - and attention again falls on the hostages who remain in captivity.
"Seven Years" refers to events in Europe, from the official declaration of war in 1756—two years after the French and Indian War had started—to the signing of the peace treaty in 1763. The French and Indian War in America, by contrast, was largely concluded in six years from the Battle of Jumonville Glen in 1754 to the capture of Montreal ...