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Capture of Fort Duquesne

Great Britain · Warfare / Seven Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1758Date range
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Chronological records

1758

William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st1758

Fort Duquesne · Warfare / Seven Years War

The Forbes Expedition captures Fort Duquesne and founds Pittsburgh giving the British control of the Ohio Country, the principal cause of the war

Names involved

William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st

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