Enlightenment · North America · War

1745

Louisbourg Falls to New Englanders

June 17, 1745

An expedition of untrained Massachusetts militia, funded by colonial assemblies and led by a merchant named William Pepperrell, captured the great French fortress of Louisbourg after a six-week siege. Britons at home barely understood what had happened. Americans did. They would remember, bitterly, when the fortress was handed back at Aix-la-Chapelle.

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Before and after in North America

Before: October 28, 1744: Earthquake Destroys Lima
After: October 22, 1746: Princeton University Chartered

Before and after in War

Before: March 15, 1744: King George's War Begins
After: April 16, 1746: Battle of Culloden

Era

Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Siege of Louisbourg (1745)