French capture and destroy a British fort at Canso, Nova Scotia
1744
15 March - French unsuccessfully attack Port Royal, Nova Scotia
1745
16 June - Fort Louisbourg captured by New Englanders under William Peppercell and an English fleet under Sir Peter Warren
1745
28/29 November - French burn Saratoga, NY
1746
French fleet attempts to retake Louisbourg and attack Boston, but the fleet is scattered by a storm
1747
French fleet sent to retake Louisbourg is intercepted and defeated by a British squadron
1748
18 October - Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends King George's War, restoring the status quo ante in the colonies; general recognition of Pragmatic Sanction and of Francis I as Holy Roman Emperor
