A Year In History: 1756

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This Year in History:

1756

Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

May 17

England declares war on France, officially entering the Seven Year’s War

England declares war on France, officially launching them into the Seven Years’ War, a global conflict played out in North America as the French and Indian War. However, fighting and skirmishes between England and France had been going on in North America for several years. In the early 1750s, French expansion into the Ohio River […]