A French invasion of Great Britain was planned to take place in 1759 during the Seven Years' War, but due to various factors (including naval defeats at...

An invasion of Great Britain was planned by France in 1744 shortly after the declaration of war between them as part of the War of the Austrian Succession...

Planned Invasion may refer to: Planned French invasion of Britain (1759), an abandoned invasion of Britain in 1759 Napoleon's invasion of the United Kingdom...

Scotland, both then part of the Kingdom of Great Britain) led by Bonnie Prince Charlie. The (1759) planned French invasion halted when defeated by Royal...

planned invasion of the United Kingdom at the start of the War of the Third Coalition, although never carried out, was a major influence on British naval...

Prussians. The central plank of France's war against Britain in 1759 was a plan to invade Britain, authored by the French chief minister Duc de Choiseul...

boat-building hobbyists. In Britain they came to popular notice during the planned French invasion of Britain in 1759, when a large-number of flat-bottomed boats...

1759 – Planned French invasion of Britain (1759) (Seven Years' War) Battle of Quiberon Bay – 1759 – Planned French invasion of Britain (1759) (Seven Years'...

culmination of British efforts to eliminate French naval superiority, which could have given the French the ability to carry out their planned invasion of Great...

his shattered forces. The French planned to invade the British Isles during 1759 by accumulating troops near the mouth of the Loire and concentrating...

the planned French invasion of Britain (1759) was to destroy British power overseas and to restore the Jacobite claimaints. It drew in a large part of French...

again planned significant campaigns against New France and sent funds to Britain's mainland ally of Prussia, while the French Navy failed in the 1759 naval...

its aim of destroying many of the invasion barges being gathered there for the planned French invasion of Great Britain. By the summer of 1759 the duc...

for the French, in 1759 the situation reversed and they suffered defeats on several continents. In an effort to reverse their losses, France finished...

November 1759. The last battle foiled a French invasion project planned by the Duc de Choiseul to defeat Britain during the Seven Years' War, hence the...

1825) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1816 until his death. Before that he had been, since 1759, King of Naples as Ferdinand IV and King of Sicily as Ferdinand...

different continents. In 1759, the British enjoyed victories over the French in Europe, Canada and India, severely weakening the French position around the...

July 1759 was part of a campaign to remove French control of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions, making possible a western invasion of the French province...

1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at...

between Britain and France in North America in 1754, the French leadership saw that the limited population, troops and resources available in French Canada...

War, a British fleet under Admiral Boscawen defeated a French fleet in Portuguese waters in front of Lagos, Algarve, in 1759. Three French ships of the line...

French king, Louis XV, planned a direct invasion of Britain, which, if successful, would have decided the war in their favour. An army of 17,000 was collected...

a planned French invasion in 1759, Charles was unable to restore the Stuart monarchy. With the Jacobite cause lost, Charles spent the remainder of his...

The Burmese–Siamese War (1759–1760) (Burmese: ယိုးဒယား-မြန်မာစစ် (၁၇၅၉–၁၇၆၀); Thai: สงครามพม่า-สยาม (พ.ศ. 2302–2303)) was the first military conflict...

took over command of the Western Squadron again. Anson oversaw Britain's naval response to a more serious French invasion attempt in 1759. He instituted...

1759, the French government briefly considered a scheme to have James (then aged 70) crowned King of Ireland as part of their plans to invade Britain...

Volunteer Corps was a British voluntary part-time organization for the purpose of home defence in the event of invasion, during the French Revolutionary and...

1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into...

"miracle year" ("Annus Mirabilis") of 1759. The British had entered the year anxious about a French invasion, but by the end of the year, they were victorious...

year 1759 in Great Britain. This year was dubbed an "Annus Mirabilis" due to a succession of military victories in the Seven Years' War against French-led...