Seven Years' War


The Seven Years' War<sup>(i)</sup> (1754 and 1756&ndash;1763), incorporating the Pomeranian War and the French and Indian War, enveloped both European and colonial theatres. The war was described by Winston Churchill as the first world war,[1] as it was the first conflict in human history to be fought around the globe, although most of the combatants were either European nations or their overseas colonies.