Historical place archive

Ohio Country in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Ohio Country in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1758–1758

Historical events in Ohio Country

1758

1758
Rule of Ohio Country
William Pitt the Elder · 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

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Ohio Country. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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