March 25: After
Bienville decides to fight the Chickasaw on two fronts, French forces from the
Illinois country under Pierre dArtaguette are defeated by the Chickasaw
in the Battle of Ougoula Tchetoka. Some twenty Frenchmen, including dArtaguette,
are captured and burned to death.
May 26: Bienvilles forces are defeated by the Chickasaw in the
Battle of Ackia, near present-day Tupelo.