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Battle of Minorca: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date May 20, 1756
Location Balearic Islands ā€¢ Minorca ā€¢ Spain
Participants France ā€¢ England
Context French and Indian War ā€¢ Seven Yearsā€™ War

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Timeline

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Battle of Jumonville Glen
May 28, 1754
French and Indian War
Battle of Fort Necessity
July 3, 1754
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Battle of the Monongahela
July 9, 1755
The Execution of Admiral Byng
Battle of Minorca
May 20, 1756
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
Battle of Carillon
July 8, 1758
Battle of Quebec
Battle of Quebec
September 13, 1759
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Treaty of Paris
February 10, 1763

Key People

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Roland-Michel Barrin, marquis de La GalissonniĆØre
commandant-general of New France
John Byng, detail of an oil painting by T. Hudson; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
John Byng
British admiral