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Conflict Americas

Pontiac's War

1763 CE – 1766 CE · 3 years

Loose confederation of Native American nations attacked British forts and settlements across the Great Lakes after the French and Indian War, leading to the Royal Proclamation of 1763.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Odawa, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Huron, and allied nations
  • British Empire

Key moments

Defining events in the Pontiac's War.

  1. 1763 Siege of Fort Detroit
  2. 1763 Battle of Bloody Run
  3. 1763 Battle of Bushy Run

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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1764 CE – still standing

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1766 CE – still standing

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Vice-Royalty of New Spain

Attested 1530 CE – 1815 CE

Trade route · Americas

Atlantic Return (Sugar & Tobacco)

1600 CE – 1850 CE

Landmark · Americas

Grand Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1763 CE and 1766 CE.

1763 CE Touro Synagogue 1764 CE Battle of Buxar 1765 CE Sino-Burmese War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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