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   August 1 – Battle of Minden: Anglo–Hanoverian forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick defeat the French army of the Duc de Broglie, but due to the disobedience of the English cavalry commander Lord George Sackville, the French are able to withdraw unmolested.

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   1 August – Seven Years' War: At the Battle of Minden, British-Hanoverian forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick defeat the French army of the Duc de Broglie, but due to the disobedience of the English cavalry commander Lord George Sackville, the French are able to withdraw unmolested.

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   What year was 1759?

   • 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1759th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 759th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1750s decade.

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   What happened in 1759?

   • In November 1759, in the fourth year of the Seven Years’ War—called the French and Indian War in North America—British and French ships-of-the-line clashed, firing broadsides among the small islands, rocks, and shoals of Quiberon Bay off the coast of southern Brittany.

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   Was 1759 a'miracle year'?

   • The British would look back in later years at 1759 as the annus mirabilis (miracle year) when the Seven Years’ War turned sharply in their favor. But the spring of 1759 found the British and their German allies in deep trouble in the French campaign against the King George II’s continental possession of Hanover.

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   How did the British defeat the French in 1759?

   • In 1759, during the French and Indian War, British troops landed upstream from Quebec and defeated the French troops on the Plains of Abraham. Wolfe, supported by a naval force under Vice-Admiral Charles Saunders, was appointed commanding officer of the British assault against the fortress city of Quebec.

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   Battle of Quebec, (September 13, 1759), in the French and Indian War, decisive defeat of the French under the marquis de Montcalm by a British force led by Maj. Gen. James Wolfe. Both commanding officers died from wounds sustained during the battle, and within a year French Canada had capitulated

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   The 1759 battle at Quiberon Bay established Britain as the world’s dominant naval power and changed the course of North American history. By Chuck Lyons. June 2020. Naval History Magazine. Featured Article. View Issue. Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Share. Comments.

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   An Anglo-German army sought to drive the French from Hanover in 1759 during the Seven Years’ War. An unorthodox attack unfolded that defied the tactics of the time. This article appears in: September 2019. By David A. Norris.