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The Seven Years’ War — Worldwide conflict from 1756 to 1763, closed by the Treaty of Paris
The first truly worldwide conflict, fought on four continents; France lost most of its position in India, and the Treaty of Paris closed its first colonial empire. (Editorial synthesis)
The Seven Years’ War began in 1756. (source: Larousse)
The Seven Years’ War ended on 10 February 1763. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The Seven Years’ War ended in the loss of Canada and of vast French colonial possessions to England. (source: Larousse)
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