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When was the Seven Years' War?

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The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) involved all of the major European powers of the period. It enveloped both European and colonial theatres -- Prussia, Electorate Brunswick-Lüneburg, and United Kingdom of Great Britain were pitted against Austria, France, the Russian Empire, Sweden, and Saxony. Portugal (on the side of Great Britain) and Spain (on the side of France) were later drawn into the conflict, and a force from the neutral Netherlands was attacked in India.

 


 

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