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The War of Jenkins' Ear (named for a 1731 incident in which a Spanish commander sliced off the ear of British merchant captain Robert Jenkins and told him to take it to his king, George II) broke out in 1739 between Spain and Great Britain, but was restrained to the Caribbean Sea and conflict between Spanish Florida and the neighboring British Province of Georgia.
The Battle at Port-la-Joye (also known as the Port-la-Joye Massacre [3]) was a battle in King George's War that took place with British against French troops and Mi'kmaq militia on the banks of present-day Hillsborough River, Prince Edward Island in the summer of 1746.
The Raid on Saratoga was an attack by a French and Indian force on the settlement of Saratoga, New York on November 28, 1745, during King George's War.Led by Paul Marin de la Malgue, the allied force of 600 burned the settlement, killing about 30 and taking 60 to 100 prisoners, in addition.
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Around 1:00 am on 27 June, the Allies left Aschaffenburg in three columns, and marched along the north bank of the Main, heading for Hanau. [14] The French position at Dettingen was extremely strong; De Gramont's infantry held a line anchored on the village, and running to the Spessart Heights, with the cavalry on level ground to their left.
Son of George I and Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle: Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach Herrenhausen Gardens 22 August 1705 [b] 8 children until 20 November 1737 25 October 1760 Kensington Palace Aged 76 Son of George I George III [7] George William Frederick 25 October 1760 [h] – 29 January 1820 (59 years, 97 days) Until 1801: 1801 ...
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The Northeast Coast campaign (1745) occurred during King George's War from 19 July until 5 September 1745. [7] Three weeks after the British Siege of Louisbourg (1745), the Wabanaki Confederacy of Acadia retaliated by attacking New England settlements along the coast of present-day Maine below the Kennebec River, the former border of Acadia.