battle, early modern

Battle of Placentia

Name: Battle of Placentia
Location: Canada

Battle of Placentia was a battle fought in 1692 in what is now Canada. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 50 against 500.

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Fought1692

WhereCanada47.246N, 53.961W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeFrench victory

BelligerentsKingdom of FranceagainstEngland

Casualties and losses1 WIAand6 KIA

Record

Date	1692 (year precision)
Place	Canada 47.246N, 53.961W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	50	500
Casualties and losses	1 WIA	6 KIA
Commanders	Philippe Pastour de Costebelle Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce de Lahontan, Baron de Lahontan Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Newfoundland Expedition 1702, 56 km W
Siege of St. John's 1705, 101 km E
Battle of St. John's 1709, 102 km E
Battle of Signal Hill 1762, 103 km E
Action of 8 June 1755 1755, 137 km S

Elsewhere in 1692

Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue France
Battle of Steenkerque Belgium
Siege of Namur Belgium
Battle of Moulouya Morocco
Action at La Hogue France

Battle of Placentia is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 128 in present-day Canada.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q21070959, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Placentia (1692), revision 1370586187, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.