Colonial America at War

The 1680s

23 documented colonial engagements fought during the 1680s, across 7 of today's states and 3 conflicts.

Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe (1770). Public domain.
23
Engagements
1680 to 1689
Years
7
States

Where these engagements were fought

All 23 are placed on the map. Select a marker to see the engagement.

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Red markers are surveyed battlefields with a mapped boundary; navy markers are point-located engagements. Select a marker to open its page.

Notable engagements

EngagementStateYearOutcomeForces or losses
Raid on DoverNH1689Pennacook victoryPennacook: Unknown; Residents of Dover: 23 killed, 29…
Pueblo RevoltNM1680Pueblo victory~400 Spanish colonists killed
Killing at YarmouthME16882 killed
Raid on SacoME16894 killed
Battle of FalmouthME168921 of Church's men killed
Cocheco massacre (Waldron's)NH168923 killed, 29 captured, 6 houses and mills burned
Huckin's garrison attack, Oyster RiverNH168918 killed
Battle of Brackett's Woods, FalmouthME168911 English killed, 10 wounded
Attack on Colon (St. Simons Island)GA1680300 warriors
Otermin's battle at Isleta PuebloNM1681Otermin 146 Spanish + 146 native soldiers

Plus 13 further documented engagements in the the 1680s record.

By conflict

King William's War
The 1688-1697 North American front of the Nine Years' War: Schenectady, the Maine and New Hampshire garrison fights, and the Massachusetts assaults on Acadia.
12 ENGAGEMENTS β†’
Anglo-Spanish Wars in the Southeast
The long Anglo-Spanish struggle over Florida and Georgia, from the mission raids to Bloody Marsh and the sieges of St. Augustine.
5 ENGAGEMENTS β†’
Pueblo Revolt & the Spanish Southwest
The 1680 Pueblo Revolt and the wider Spanish-Indigenous conflict in New Mexico, from Acoma and Tiguex to the reconquest.
5 ENGAGEMENTS β†’

Engagements and locations are compiled from published sources: Wikipedia (text rewritten and cited as a reference, CC BY-SA 4.0); Sylvester, Indian Wars of New England (1910) (public domain).