Seven Year's War

Seven Years' War

Clockwise from top left: the Battle of Plassey (23 June 1757); the Battle of Carillon (6–8 July 1758); the Battle of Zorndorf (25 August 1758); the Battle of Kunersdorf (12 August 1759).

Date	17 May 1756 – 15 February 1763 (1756-05-17 – 1763-02-15) (6 years, 8 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia
Result	Anglo-Prusso-Portuguese Coalition victory* Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1762)* Treaty of Hamburg (1762)* Treaty of Paris (1763)* Treaty of Hubertusburg (1763)
Territorial changes	Status quo ante bellum in Europe. Transfer of colonial possessions between Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal. France cedes its possessions east of the Mississippi River, Ontario (except Saint-Pierre and Miquelon), the island of Grenada, and the Northern Circars in India to Great Britain. France cedes Louisiana and its territory west of the Mississippi River to Spain. Spain cedes Florida to Great Britain. Four "neutral" Caribbean islands divided between Britain (St. Vincent, Tobago, Dominica) and France (St. Lucia)

Belligerents

Russia (until 1762)
Spain

(from 1762)

Sweden (1757–62)

Commanders and leaders

George II (personal union) (until 1760)
George III (personal union) (from 1760)
William Pitt
Frederick II

Shah Alam II (from 1759)

Casualties and losses

180,000 dead
80,000 deserted
33,000 civilians killed

350,000

French losses

Total losses
- 200,000 dead, wounded or missing
- 80,000 captured
- 70,000 deserted

373,588

Austrian losses

Total losses
- 32,622 killed in action
- 93,404 died of wounds or disease
- 19,592 missing
- 17,388 disabled
- 70,000 slightly wounded
- 78,360 captured
- 62,222 deserted

Status quo ante bellum in Europe. Transfer of colonial possessions between Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal.