Battle of the Plains of Abraham

When

13 Sep 1759

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

46.80° N, 71.22° W

Description

1759 battle between British and French near Quebec City, Canada

1759 British–French battle near Quebec City

The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the First Battle of Quebec, was a pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War—whose North American theatre is referred to by Americans as the French and Indian War. The battle, which took place on 13 September 1759, was fought by the British Army and Royal Navy against the French Army on the Promontory of Quebec, a plateau just outside the walls of Quebec City on land tha…

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) – Battle of the Plains of Abraham: Quebec falls to British forces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Briten unter James Wolfe besiegen in der Schlacht auf der Abraham-Ebene die Franzosen unter Louis-Joseph de Montcalm und schaffen damit die Voraussetzung…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille des plaines d'Abraham, les Britanniques sous le commandement du général James Wolfe défont les Français sous le commandement du général Louis-Joseph…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “закончилась битва при Квебеке, Франция сдаётся Британии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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