Battle of Quebec (13 sett 1759 anni – 1 gen 1763 anni)

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Battle of Quebec, also called Battle of the Plains of Abraham, (September 13, 1759), in the French and Indian War, decisive defeat of the French under the marquis de Montcalm by a British force led by Maj. Gen. James Wolfe. Both commanding officers died from wounds sustained during the battle, and within a year French Canada had capitulated to British forces. With the end of hostilities in 1763, France surrendered virtually all of its colonial possessions in North America.

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