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Britain's opposition Outcome Temne War (1801–1807) United Kingdom. Susu tribes. Kingdom of Koya: British–allied victory. Northern shore of Sierra Leone ceded by Koya; Second Anglo-Maratha War (1802–1805) East India Company Maratha Empire: British victory. Extensive territory in India ceded by the Maratha Empire; First Kandyan War (1803 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 December 2024. Treaty ending the Seven Years' War Not to be confused with Treaty of Paris (1783), the treaty that ended the American Revolution. For other treaties of Paris, see Treaty of Paris (disambiguation). Treaty of Paris (1763) The combatants of the Seven Years' War as shown before the outbreak ...
The war in Europe against the French Empire under Napoleon ensured that the British did not consider the War of 1812 against the United States as more than a sideshow. [283] Britain's blockade of French trade had worked and the Royal Navy was the world's dominant nautical power (and remained so for another century).
Britain did not gain or lose anything from the war and exited the war a year before it had ended due to financial trouble; Russian Allied victory: Tsardom of Russia establishes itself as a new power in Europe. Decline of Swedish Empire and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1701 1714 War of the Spanish Succession: England (until 1707)
The colonial conflict mainly between France and Britain took place in India, North America, Europe, the West Indies, the Philippines, and coastal Africa. Over the course of the war, Great Britain gained enormous areas of land and influence at the expense of the French and the Spanish Empires.
All soon declared war on Germany. While Britain continued to regard Ireland as still within the British Commonwealth, Ireland chose to remain legally neutral throughout the war. [178] After the Fall of France in June 1940, Britain and the empire stood alone against Germany, until the German invasion of Greece on 7 April 1941.
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) or the Third Indian War [1] was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in North America involving the colonial empires of Great Britain, France, and Spain; it took place during the reign of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. In the United States, it is regarded as a standalone conflict under this name.
Anglo-French War (1123–1135) – conflict that amalgamated into The Anarchy; Anglo-French War (1158–1189) – first conflict between the Capetian dynasty and the House of Plantagenet; Anglo-French War (1193–1199) – conflict between King Richard the Lionheart and King Philip Augustus; Anglo-French War (1202–1204) – French invasion of ...