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Facts

Date May 20, 1756
Location Balearic Islands • Minorca • Spain
Participants France • England
Context French and Indian War • Seven Years’ War

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The Execution of Admiral Byng
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Timeline

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Battle of Jumonville Glen
May 28, 1754
French and Indian War
Battle of Fort Necessity
July 3, 1754
Battle of the Monongahela
July 9, 1755
The Execution of Admiral Byng
Battle of Minorca
May 20, 1756
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
Battle of Carillon
July 8, 1758
Battle of Quebec
Battle of Quebec
September 13, 1759
Treaty of Paris
February 10, 1763

Key People

John Byng, detail of an oil painting by T. Hudson; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
John Byng
British admiral
Roland-Michel Barrin, marquis de La Galissonnière
commandant-general of New France