Colonial America at War

The 1690s

31 documented colonial engagements fought during the 1690s, across 5 of today's states and 2 conflicts.

Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe (1770). Public domain.
31
Engagements
1690 to 1697
Years
5
States

Where these engagements were fought

All 31 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
Schenectady massacreNY1690French-Indian victoryKahnawake; Algonquin: None; New York; Mohawk: 60 killed…
Raid on GrotonMA1694French and Indian victoryEngland; 23px Province of Massachusetts Bay: Killed 20…
Raid on Oyster RiverNH1694French and Wabanaki Confederacy victory23px Province of New Hampshire: 104 inhabitants were killed…
Battle of Brackett's WoodME1690Massachusetts Bay Colony; English allied Natives: 21…
Raid on Salmon FallsNH1690Acadia; Abenaki; Mi'kmaq; Maliseet: Unknown; 23px; alt="The…
Lt. Wilson's fight at CochecoNH1692Indian party all but one killed or wounded
Second Pueblo Revolt of 1696NM16965 missionaries and 34 settlers killed
Attack on Church at Cape ElizabethME16907 killed, 24 wounded
Raid on Rye BeachNH169021 killed or captured
Recapture of Santa Fe (1693)NM169370 Pueblo warriors executed
Oyster River MassacreNH1694104 killed, 27 captured
Two men shot at ExeterNH16952 killed

Plus 19 further documented engagements in the the 1690s 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.
27 ENGAGEMENTS →
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.
3 ENGAGEMENTS →

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).