Conflicts and resolutions of the 18th century
223 battles, sieges, wars, revolts, crises, treaties and peace settlements, in date order.
Battles 81
- Battle of Narva (1700)Battle · 1700The Battle of Narva was fought in 1700 at the start of the Great Northern War, when about 8,000 Swedish troops under Charles XII routed a much larger Russian army…
- Battle of ToubacantiBattle · 1700The Battle of Toubacanti was fought in February 1700 in Darién, present-day Panama, when Scottish colonists of the second Darien expedition under Captain Alexander…
- Battle of FeyiaseBattle · 1701The Battle of Feyiase was fought in 1701 between the Asante and the Denkyira, the dominant Akan power of the region to which the Asante had paid tribute.
Battle of BlenheimBattle · 1704The Battle of Blenheim was fought on 13 August 1704 near the village of Blindheim on the Danube in Bavaria, during the War of the Spanish Succession.
Battle of RamilliesBattle · 1706The Battle of Ramillies was fought on 23 May 1706 near the village of Ramillies in Brabant, in present-day Belgium, during the War of the Spanish Succession.
Battle of AlmansaBattle · 1707The Battle of Almansa was fought on 25 April 1707 near Almansa in south-eastern Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession.
Battle of HolowczynBattle · 1708The Battle of Holowczyn was fought in 1708 in present-day Belarus during the Great Northern War.- Battle of KanzhalBattle · 1708The Battle of Kanzhal was fought in 1708 near Mount Kanzhal in Kabarda, in the North Caucasus.
Battle of OudenardeBattle · 1708The Battle of Oudenarde was fought on 11 July 1708 on the Scheldt in the Spanish Netherlands, where an allied army under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of…
Battle of MalplaquetBattle · 11 September 1709The Battle of Malplaquet was fought on 11 September 1709 near Mons, in Hainaut, during the War of the Spanish Succession.
Battle of PoltavaBattle · 1709The Battle of Poltava was fought in 1709 in present-day Ukraine during the Great Northern War, where the army of Peter I of Russia decisively defeated Charles XII of…- Capitulation at PerevolochnaBattle · 1709The Capitulation at Perevolochna took place in 1709 on the Dnieper River, three days after the Battle of Poltava, when the remains of the Swedish army surrendered to…
Battle of GangutBattle · 1714The Battle of Gangut, fought off the Hanko Peninsula of southern Finland on 7 August 1714 (27 July Old Style), was the first major victory of the Russian navy.
Battle of SheriffmuirBattle · 1715The Battle of Sheriffmuir was fought on 13 November 1715 near Dunblane in Scotland between the Jacobite army of the Earl of Mar and a smaller government army under the…
Battle of DynekilenBattle · 1716The Battle of Dynekilen was fought on 8 July 1716 in a narrow fjord on the Swedish coast near the Norwegian border.
Battle of PetrovaradinBattle · 1716The Battle of Petrovaradin was fought on 5 August 1716 at the fortress of Peterwardein, now part of Novi Sad in Serbia, at the start of the Austro-Turkish War of…- Battle of Cape PassaroBattle · 1718The Battle of Cape Passaro was fought on 11 August 1718 off the south-eastern tip of Sicily, where a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Byng destroyed a Spanish…
Battle of GulnabadBattle · 1722The Battle of Gulnabad was fought in 1722 near Isfahan between an Afghan army led by Mahmud Hotaki and the Safavid army.
Battle of Shakar KhedaBattle · 1724The Battle of Shakar Kheda was fought on 11 October 1724 in Berar, in the Deccan, between Nizam-ul-Mulk, the future Asaf Jah I, and Mubariz Khan, the Mughal governor of…- Battle of BulantyBattle · c. 1727–1728The Battle of Bulanty was a victory of the united forces of the three Kazakh juzes over the Dzungars near the Bulanty River, in what is now central Kazakhstan, around…
- Battle of PalkhedBattle · 1728The Battle of Palkhed was fought in February 1728 near Aurangabad between the Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I and Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad.
- Battle of AnyrakaiBattle · c. 1729–1730The Battle of Anyrakai was fought around 1729–1730 in the Anyrakai Mountains of south-eastern Kazakhstan, near Lake Balkhash, between the Kazakhs and the Dzungars.
Battle of Murche-KhortBattle · 1729The Battle of Murche-Khort was fought in November 1729 north of Isfahan, when Nader, then general of the Safavid claimant Tahmasp II, defeated the Afghan army of the…- Battle of Hoton NorBattle · 1731The Battle of Hoton Nor was fought in the summer of 1731 near the lake of that name in western Mongolia, between the Dzungar Khanate and the Qing dynasty.
Battle of BitontoBattle · 1734The Battle of Bitonto was fought on 25 May 1734 in Apulia during the War of the Polish Succession.
Battle of AckiaBattle · 1736The Battle of Ackia was fought on 26 May 1736 near modern Tupelo, Mississippi, when a French army under Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, governor of Louisiana, with…
Battle of KarnalBattle · 1739The Battle of Karnal was fought in 1739 north of Delhi between Nader Shah of Iran and the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah.- Battle of Porto BelloBattle · 1739The Battle of Porto Bello was a British naval attack in November 1739 on Porto Bello, a Spanish port on the Caribbean coast of Panama.
Battle of ColachelBattle · 1741The Battle of Colachel was fought in August 1741 at the port of Colachel on the south-western coast of India, where the army of Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeated a…- Battle of MollwitzBattle · 1741The Battle of Mollwitz was fought on 10 April 1741 in Silesia, the first major battle of the First Silesian War.
Battle of KesselsdorfBattle · 1745The Battle of Kesselsdorf was fought on 15 December 1745 west of Dresden, in the Second Silesian War.
Battle of CullodenBattle · 1746The Battle of Culloden was fought on 16 April 1746 near Inverness, where the government army under the Duke of Cumberland destroyed the Jacobite army of Charles Edward…
Battle of AssiettaBattle · 1747The Battle of the Assietta was fought on 19 July 1747 on the Assietta ridge in the Cottian Alps west of Turin.
Battle of Lake GeorgeBattle · 1755The Battle of Lake George was fought on 8 September 1755 at the southern end of Lake George in the colony of New York, early in the French and Indian War.
Battle of the MonongahelaBattle · 1755The Battle of the Monongahela was fought on 9 July 1755 near the Monongahela River, east of Fort Duquesne in present-day Pennsylvania.- Battle of Chikhori (1757)Battle · 1757The Battle of Chikhori was fought in 1757 in western Georgia, where King Solomon I of Imereti defeated an Ottoman army supporting his rebellious nobles.
Battle of KolínBattle · 1757The Battle of Kolín was fought on 18 June 1757 in Bohemia, east of Prague, during the Seven Years' War.
Battle of LeuthenBattle · 1757The Battle of Leuthen was fought on 5 December 1757 west of Breslau in Silesia during the Seven Years' War.
Battle of PlasseyBattle · 1757The Battle of Plassey was fought on 23 June 1757 near Palashi in Bengal, where a British East India Company force under Robert Clive defeated the much larger army of…
Battle of CarillonBattle · 1758The Battle of Carillon was fought on 8 July 1758 at Fort Carillon, later Ticonderoga, on Lake Champlain.
Battle of KunersdorfBattle · 1759The Battle of Kunersdorf was fought on 12 August 1759 near Frankfurt an der Oder in the Seven Years' War.- Battle of Lagos (1759)Battle · 1759The Battle of Lagos was a naval battle fought in 1759 off the coast of Portugal during the Seven Years' War.
Battle of MindenBattle · 1759The Battle of Minden was fought on 1 August 1759 near Minden in Westphalia during the Seven Years' War.
Battle of Quiberon BayBattle · 1759The Battle of Quiberon Bay was a naval battle fought in November 1759 off the coast of Brittany during the Seven Years' War.
Battle of the Plains of AbrahamBattle · 1759The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was fought on 13 September 1759 outside Quebec City between British forces under General James Wolfe and French forces under the…
Battle of Sainte-FoyBattle · 1760The Battle of Sainte-Foy was fought on 28 April 1760 just outside Quebec City, when French forces under the Chevalier de Lévis defeated the British garrison under James…- Battle of UdgirBattle · 1760The Battle of Udgir was fought in early 1760 in the Deccan between the Marathas under Sadashivrao Bhau and the army of the Nizam of Hyderabad.
Third Battle of PanipatBattle · 1761The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in 1761 near Panipat in northern India between the Maratha Empire and the invading army of the Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah Durrani…- Battle of RakshasbhuvanBattle · 1763The Battle of Rakshasbhuvan was fought in August 1763 on the Godavari between the Marathas under the young Peshwa Madhavrao I and the army of Nizam Ali Khan of Hyderabad.
Battle of BuxarBattle · 1764The Battle of Buxar was fought in October 1764 in Bihar between the East India Company army under Hector Munro and the combined forces of Mir Qasim of Bengal…- Battle of MaymyoBattle · 1768The Battle of Maymyo was fought in early 1768 near Maymyo, now Pyin Oo Lwin, in Upper Burma during the third Qing invasion of the Sino-Burmese War.
- Battle of KaungtonBattle · 1769The Battle of Kaungton was the final campaign of the Sino-Burmese War, fought in late 1769 around Kaungton on the Irrawaddy near Bhamo.
Battle of Ponte NovuBattle · 1769The Battle of Ponte Novu was fought on 8–9 May 1769 at a bridge over the Golo river in northern Corsica, between the forces of Pasquale Paoli's Corsican Republic and a…- Battle of AlamanceBattle · 16 May 1771The Battle of Alamance was fought on 16 May 1771 in North Carolina, where Governor William Tryon's militia defeated about 2,000 Regulators, backcountry farmers…
Battles of Lexington and ConcordBattle · 19 April 1775The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on 19 April 1775 in Massachusetts, were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
Battle of Sullivan's IslandBattle · 28 June 1776The Battle of Sullivan's Island was fought on 28 June 1776, when a British fleet under Sir Peter Parker attacked the unfinished palmetto-log fort on Sullivan's Island…
Battle of OriskanyBattle · 1777The Battle of Oriskany was fought on 6 August 1777 near Oriskany in central New York during the American Revolutionary War.
Battles of SaratogaBattle · 1777The Battles of Saratoga were two battles fought near Saratoga, New York, in September and October 1777, in which American forces under Horatio Gates defeated a British…
Battle of Pollilur (1780)Battle · 10 September 1780The Battle of Pollilur was fought on 10 September 1780 near Kanchipuram in south-eastern India, during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
Battle of JerseyBattle · 1781The Battle of Jersey was fought on 6 January 1781, when a French force under Baron Philippe de Rullecourt landed at night and seized Saint Helier in an attempt to take…
Battle of MokuʻōhaiBattle · 1782The Battle of Mokuʻōhai was fought in July 1782 near Keʻei in South Kona on the island of Hawaiʻi, between the forces of Kiwalaʻō, heir of Kalaniʻōpuʻu, and his cousin…- Battle of HalaniBattle · 1783The Battle of Halani was fought in Sindh in 1783 between the Talpur Baloch, led by Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur, and the last Kalhora ruler, Abdul Nabi.
Battle of Rạch Gầm–Xoài MútBattle · 1785The Battle of Rạch Gầm–Xoài Mút was fought on the Mekong in present-day Tiền Giang province, southern Vietnam, in January 1785.- Battle of Ngọc Hồi–Đống ĐaBattle · 1789The Battle of Ngọc Hồi–Đống Đa was fought around Thăng Long (Hanoi) in early 1789, when Nguyen Hue, who had just proclaimed himself Emperor Quang Trung, launched a…
Battle of Turnhout (1789)Battle · 1789The Battle of Turnhout was fought on 27 October 1789 in the town of Turnhout, in the Austrian Netherlands, where the patriot army of the Brabant Revolution under Jan…
Battle of JemappesBattle · 6 November 1792The Battle of Jemappes was fought on 6 November 1792 near Mons in the Austrian Netherlands.- Battle of ValmyBattle · 1792The Battle of Valmy, fought on 20 September 1792 in Champagne in north-eastern France, halted the Prussian-led invasion that threatened revolutionary Paris.
Battle of Fleurus (1794)Battle · 1794The Battle of Fleurus was fought on 26 June 1794 near Charleroi in the Austrian Netherlands between the French Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse under Jean-Baptiste Jourdan…
Battle of KhardaBattle · 1795The Battle of Kharda was fought in March 1795 near Kharda in the Deccan between the Maratha Confederacy and the army of Nizam Ali Khan of Hyderabad.
Battle of KrtsanisiBattle · 1795The Battle of Krtsanisi was fought on 11 September 1795 near Tbilisi between the Qajar army of Agha Mohammad Khan and the much smaller Georgian force of Erekle II of…
Battle of MuizenbergBattle · 1795The Battle of Muizenberg was fought near Cape Town from August to September 1795, when a British expedition attacked the Dutch Cape Colony to keep the sea route to…
Battle of NuʻuanuBattle · 1795The Battle of Nuʻuanu was fought on Oʻahu in May 1795, when Kamehameha I, armed with Western guns and advisers, defeated Kalanikūpule, ruler of Oʻahu and Maui.- Battle of BziyukBattle · 1796The Battle of Bziyuk was fought in 1796 in western Circassia, on the Bziyuk river, between the free communities of the Shapsugs and Natukhaj and the forces of the…
- Battle of BziyuqoBattle · 1796The Battle of Bziyuqo was fought in 1796 in western Circassia between the commoners of the Shapsug and Natukhaj tribes and an alliance of Circassian nobles, including…
- Battle of KrusiBattle · 1796The Battle of Krusi was fought on 22 September 1796 near Podgorica between the Montenegrins under Prince-Bishop Petar I Petrović-Njegoš and the army of Kara Mahmud…
Battle of LodiBattle · 1796The Battle of Lodi was fought on 10 May 1796 at the bridge over the Adda at Lodi in Lombardy, when Napoleon Bonaparte's French army stormed the crossing against the…
Battle of CamperdownBattle · 1797The Battle of Camperdown was fought on 11 October 1797 off the Dutch coast near Camperduin between the British North Sea Fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan and the fleet…
Battle of GrauholzBattle · 1798The Battle of Grauholz was fought on 5 March 1798 north-east of Bern, during the French invasion of Switzerland.- Battle of St George's CayeBattle · 1798The Battle of St George's Caye was a series of engagements on 3–10 September 1798 off the coast of Belize, in which British settlers, freed and enslaved people and the…
Battle of the NileBattle · 1798The Battle of the Nile was a naval battle fought on 1–3 August 1798 in Aboukir Bay, near Alexandria in Egypt.
Battle of the PyramidsBattle · 1798The Battle of the Pyramids was fought on 21 July 1798 at Embabeh on the west bank of the Nile, near Cairo, during the French campaign in Egypt.
Sieges 10
Siege of TurinSiege · 1706The Siege of Turin was the French attempt in 1706 to capture the capital of Victor Amadeus II of Savoy during the War of the Spanish Succession.- Siege of Fort NeoherokaSiege · 1713The Siege of Fort Neoheroka was the decisive action of the Tuscarora War in North Carolina.
Siege of FredrikstenSiege · 1718The Siege of Fredriksten was the siege of a Norwegian fortress by Swedish forces in 1718, during King Charles XII's invasion of Norway.- Siege of IsfahanSiege · 1722The Siege of Isfahan was the siege of the Safavid capital by Afghan forces under Mahmud Hotaki in 1722.
Sack of DelhiSiege · 1739The sack of Delhi in 1739 was the plundering of the Mughal capital by the army of Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid Empire, after his victory at the Battle of Karnal.- Siege of Basra (1775–1776)Siege · 1775–1776The Siege of Basra (1775–1776) was the capture of the Ottoman-held port city of Basra by the forces of the Zand Empire under Karim Khan.
Siege of YorktownSiege · 1781The Siege of Yorktown, in Virginia, was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War.- Qajar capture of ShirazSiege · 1791The Qajar capture of Shiraz was the taking of the Zand capital by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar in 1791.
Siege of CalviSiege · 1794The Siege of Calvi was fought from June to August 1794, when British forces and Corsican allies besieged the French garrison of Calvi in north-western Corsica.
Siege of KermanSiege · 1794The Siege of Kerman was the final siege in 1794 in which the Qajar leader Agha Mohammad Khan captured the city of Kerman from Lotf Ali Khan, the last Zand ruler.
Wars & campaigns 54
Great Northern WarWar · 1700–1721The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was fought between Sweden and a coalition led by Russia.
War of the Spanish SuccessionWar · 1701–1714The War of the Spanish Succession was a European conflict fought from 1701 to 1714 over who should inherit the Spanish throne after the death of the childless Charles II.
Rákóczi's War of IndependenceWar · Revolt · 1703–1711Rákóczi's War of Independence was the Hungarian uprising of 1703–1711 against Habsburg rule, led by Prince Francis II Rákóczi.- First Javanese War of SuccessionWar · 1704–1708The First Javanese War of Succession (1704–1708) was fought over the throne of Mataram between Amangkurat III and his uncle Pangeran Puger, who took the title…
War of the EmboabasWar · 1707–1709The War of the Emboabas was a conflict in the gold fields of Minas Gerais, Brazil, between the Paulistas who had discovered the gold and the newcomers from Portugal and…
War of the MascatesWar · 1710–1711The War of the Mascates was a conflict in Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1710–1711 between the sugar planters of Olinda and the Portuguese merchants of Recife, whom the…
Tuscarora WarWar · 1711–1715The Tuscarora War was fought in North Carolina from 1711 to 1715 between the Tuscarora and their allies and British colonists.
Toggenburg WarWar · 1712The Second War of Villmergen was a religious war of 1712 in the Old Swiss Confederacy, arising from a dispute in the Toggenburg between its Protestant subjects and the…- Yamasee WarWar · 1715–1717The Yamasee War of 1715 to 1717 was a conflict between the Province of Carolina and the Yamasee, Muscogee and other Native peoples angered by the abuses of traders and…
Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)War · 1716–1718The Austro-Turkish War of 1716 to 1718 was fought between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire, which Austria entered in support of Venice, then at war with the…- War of the Quadruple AllianceWar · 1718–1720The War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720) was fought by Britain, France, Austria and the Dutch Republic against Spain, which under Philip V and his minister Giulio…
- Second Javanese War of SuccessionWar · 1719–1723The Second Javanese War of Succession (1719–1723) followed the death of Pakubuwana I of Mataram, when brothers and uncles of his son Amangkurat IV rebelled against the…
Chickasaw WarsWar · 1721–1763The Chickasaw Wars were fought in the eighteenth century between the Chickasaw, allied with the British, and the French of Louisiana with their Choctaw allies in the…
Dummer's WarWar · 1722–1725Dummer's War, also called Father Rale's War, was fought in 1722–1725 between New England and the Wabanaki Confederacy, supported by New France, over English settlement…
War of the Polish SuccessionWar · 1733–1735The War of the Polish Succession was fought from 1733 to 1735 over the succession to Augustus II of Poland.
Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–1739)War · 1735–1739The Austro-Russian–Turkish War of 1735–1739 was fought between the Ottoman Empire and Russia, joined in 1737 by Austria.
Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)War · 1735–1739The Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739 was fought by Russia, joined by Austria from 1737, against the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate.
Nader Shah's invasion of IndiaCampaign · 1738–1739Nader Shah's invasion of India was the 1738–1739 campaign in which the founder of the Afsharid Empire crossed the Khyber Pass, defeated the Mughal army and sacked Delhi.
Travancore–Dutch WarWar · 1739–1753The Travancore–Dutch War was fought between the Dutch East India Company and the kingdom of Travancore under Marthanda Varma on the Malabar Coast of south-west India.
War of Jenkins' EarWar · 1739–1748The War of Jenkins' Ear was a conflict between Great Britain and Spain fought mainly in the Caribbean and on the American mainland from 1739.- First Silesian WarWar · 1740–1742The First Silesian War was fought from 1740 to 1742 between Prussia under Frederick II and Habsburg Austria under Maria Theresa.
War of the Austrian SuccessionWar · 1740–1748The War of the Austrian Succession was a European war fought from 1740 to 1748 over Maria Theresa's right to inherit the Habsburg lands after the death of Emperor…
Second Silesian WarWar · 1744–1745The Second Silesian War (1744–1745) was fought between Prussia and Austria, with Saxony, as part of the War of the Austrian Succession.
Carnatic WarsWar · 1746–1763The Carnatic Wars were three conflicts in south-eastern India in which the British and French East India Companies backed rival claimants to the Carnatic and Hyderabad.
Afghan–Sikh WarsWar · 1748–1837The Afghan–Sikh Wars were a series of conflicts between the Durrani Afghans and the Sikhs of the Punjab, from the invasions of Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1748 to the Battle…- Third Javanese War of SuccessionWar · 1749–1757The Third Javanese War of Succession was fought from 1749 to 1757 in the Mataram Sultanate of Java between Pakubuwono III, supported by the Dutch East India Company…
Ten Great CampaignsCampaign · 1755–1792The Ten Great Campaigns were a series of military campaigns conducted under the Qianlong Emperor between 1755 and 1792.
Seven Years' WarWar · 1756–1763The Seven Years' War was a global conflict fought from 1756 to 1763 between Britain, Prussia and their allies and France, Austria, Russia and their allies.
Russo-Circassian WarWar · 1763–1864The Russo-Circassian War was the long struggle of the Circassian peoples of the north-western Caucasus against Russian conquest, usually dated from 1763 to 1864.
Sino-Burmese War (1765–1769)War · 1765–1769The Sino-Burmese War was fought from 1765 to 1769 between Qing China and the Konbaung dynasty of Burma.- Anglo-Mysore WarsWar · 1767–1799The Anglo-Mysore Wars were four wars fought between the kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company and its allies between 1767 and 1799.
First Anglo-Mysore WarWar · 1767–1769The First Anglo-Mysore War (1767–1769) was fought between Hyder Ali's Mysore and the British East India Company, with the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Marathas drawn in…
French conquest of CorsicaWar · 1768–1769The French conquest of Corsica followed the Treaty of Versailles of 1768, by which Genoa ceded its rights over the island to France.- Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)War · 1768–1774The Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 was a conflict between the Russian Empire under Catherine the Great and the Ottoman Empire.
First Carib WarWar · 1772–1773The First Carib War was fought on Saint Vincent between British forces and the Garifuna, or Black Caribs, who resisted British surveyors dividing their land into…
Rohilla WarWar · 1773–1774The Rohilla War of 1773–1774 was a campaign in which Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh, aided by East India Company troops lent by Warren Hastings, invaded Rohilkhand.
American Revolutionary WarWar · 1775–1783The American Revolutionary War was fought between Britain and its rebel colonies in North America, which declared independence as the United States in 1776.- Anglo-Maratha WarsWar · 1775–1818The Anglo-Maratha Wars were three wars fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Confederacy between 1775 and 1818.
Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–1777)War · 1776–1777The Spanish–Portuguese War of 1776–1777 was fought over the borderlands of the Río de la Plata and southern Brazil.
Fourth Anglo-Dutch WarWar · 1780–1784The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War was fought in 1780–1784 between Britain and the Dutch Republic, linked to Dutch trade with the American rebels.
Second Anglo-Mysore WarWar · 1780–1784The Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784) began when Hyder Ali invaded the Carnatic and destroyed a British detachment at Pollilur in 1780.
Northwest Indian WarWar · 1786–1795The Northwest Indian War was fought from 1786 to 1795 between the United States and a confederation of Native American nations of the Northwest Territory, including the…
Sino-Nepalese WarWar · 1788–1792The Sino-Nepalese War (1788–1792) began with Nepalese invasions of Tibet over trade and coinage disputes, culminating in the sack of the Tashilhunpo monastery in 1791.
Third Anglo-Mysore WarWar · 1790–1792The Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790–1792) was provoked by Tipu Sultan's attack on the lines of Travancore, an ally of the British East India Company, in 1789.
War of the First CoalitionWar · 1792–1797The War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) was the first of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought by revolutionary France against Austria, Prussia, Britain, Spain, the…- French revolutionary occupation of the NetherlandsCampaign · 1795The French revolutionary occupation of the Netherlands took place in 1795, when French armies overran the Dutch Republic and established the Batavian Republic.
Second Carib WarWar · 1795–1797The Second Carib War was fought on Saint Vincent from 1795 to 1797 between the British and the Garifuna, or Black Caribs, who were encouraged by revolutionary France.
Second Maroon WarWar · 1795–1796The Second Maroon War of 1795 to 1796 was a conflict in Jamaica between the Maroons of Trelawny Town and the British colonial government under the Earl of Balcarres.
Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)War · 1796–1808The Anglo-Spanish War of 1796–1808 was fought between Britain and Spain, which had changed sides in the French Revolutionary Wars and allied with France by the Treaty…
Italian campaign of 1796–1797Campaign · 1796–1797The Italian campaign of 1796–1797 was Napoleon Bonaparte's first great command, in the War of the First Coalition.
Fourth Anglo-Mysore WarWar · 1798–1799The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War was fought in 1798–1799 between Tipu Sultan of Mysore and the East India Company, allied with the Nizam of Hyderabad.
French invasion of SwitzerlandWar · 1798The French invasion of Switzerland took place in early 1798, when armies of the French Republic overran the Old Swiss Confederacy during the French Revolutionary Wars.
War of the Second CoalitionWar · 1798–1802The War of the Second Coalition was fought between Revolutionary France and an alliance of Britain, Austria, Russia, the Ottoman Empire and others.
War of the KnivesWar · 1799–1800The War of the Knives was a civil war in Saint-Domingue in 1799–1800 between Toussaint Louverture, who controlled the north and west, and André Rigaud, leader of the…
Revolts & revolutions 24
Jacobite rising of 1715Revolt · 1715–1716The Jacobite rising of 1715 was an attempt by James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender, to take the British throne from George I.
Revolt of the Comuneros (Paraguay)Revolt · 1721–1735The Revolt of the Comuneros was a rising of Spanish settlers in the province of Paraguay between 1721 and 1735 against the authority of the viceroy of Peru and the…- Stono RebellionRevolt · 1739The Stono Rebellion was a revolt of enslaved Africans that began on 9 September 1739 near the Stono River in South Carolina.
Jacobite rising of 1745Revolt · 1745–1746The Jacobite rising of 1745 was Charles Edward Stuart's attempt to regain the British thrones for his father James Francis Edward Stuart.
Tacky's RevoltRevolt · 1760Tacky's Revolt was a rising of enslaved Africans in Jamaica in 1760, led by Tacky, a Coromantee man from the Gold Coast.
American RevolutionRevolution · 1765–1783The American Revolution was the rebellion of thirteen British colonies in North America, which declared independence in 1776 and won it in the war that ended with the…- Rebellion of the BarriosRevolt · 1765The Rebellion of the Barrios was an uprising of the neighbourhoods of Quito in 1765 against new Bourbon taxes, especially a royal monopoly on cane liquor and stricter…
Regulator MovementRevolt · 1765–1771The Regulator Movement was an uprising of backcountry farmers in North Carolina, with a parallel movement in South Carolina, in the late 1760s and early 1770s.- Moamoria rebellionRevolt · 1769–1805The Moamoria rebellion was a series of uprisings against the Ahom kings of Assam from 1769 to about 1805.
Orlov revoltRevolt · 1770The Orlov revolt was a Greek uprising in the Peloponnese in 1770, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774, encouraged by the Russian brothers Alexei and Fyodor Orlov…- Puputan BayuRevolt · 1771–1772Puputan Bayu was a rising of the people of Blambangan in eastern Java against the Dutch East India Company in 1771–1772.
- Revolt of the Comuneros (New Granada)Revolt · 1781The Revolt of the Comuneros was a popular uprising in the Viceroyalty of New Granada in 1781, which began at Socorro against new taxes and royal monopolies imposed…
Shays' RebellionRevolt · 1786–1787Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in western Massachusetts in 1786–1787 by indebted farmers, led by the war veteran Daniel Shays, against high taxes and the…
Brabant RevolutionRevolution · 1789–1790The Brabant Revolution was an uprising in the Austrian Netherlands against the centralising and church reforms of Emperor Joseph II.
French RevolutionRevolution · 1789–1799The French Revolution was the period of upheaval in France that began with the meeting of the Estates-General in 1789, abolished the monarchy in 1792 and ended with…
Inconfidência MineiraRevolt · 1789The Inconfidência Mineira was a conspiracy for independence from Portugal among officers, priests, poets and landowners of Vila Rica, Minas Gerais, in 1789.
Liège RevolutionRevolution · 1789–1791The Liège Revolution began in August 1789, when citizens drove out Prince-Bishop Hoensbroeck, installed new magistrates and later proclaimed a republic.
Menashi–Kunashir rebellionRevolt · 1789The Menashi–Kunashir rebellion was an uprising of the Ainu of Kunashir Island and the Menashi district of eastern Hokkaido in 1789.
Storming of the BastilleRevolt · 1789The storming of the Bastille was the capture of the Bastille, a royal fortress and prison in eastern Paris, by armed crowds on 14 July 1789.
Haitian RevolutionRevolution · 1791–1804The Haitian Revolution of 1791–1804 was an uprising of enslaved people in the French colony of Saint-Domingue that led to the abolition of slavery there and the…
Targowica ConfederationRevolt · 1792The Targowica Confederation was an alliance of Polish-Lithuanian magnates formed in 1792 to overturn the reformist Constitution of 3 May 1791.
Kościuszko UprisingRevolt · 1794The Kosciuszko Uprising was a revolt led by Tadeusz Kosciuszko in 1794 against Russian and Prussian domination of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth following the…
White Lotus RebellionRevolt · 1796–1804The White Lotus Rebellion was a large uprising in central China from 1796 to 1804, inspired by White Lotus millenarian teachings and fuelled by poverty, population…- Viva Maria uprisingRevolt · 1799The Viva Maria was a popular uprising against the French occupation of Tuscany in 1799, which began in Arezzo in May under the cry 'Viva Maria'.
Crises & tensions 4
South Sea BubbleCrisis · 1720The South Sea Bubble was a financial crisis in Britain in 1720 caused by speculation in shares of the South Sea Company, which had taken over much of the national debt…
First Partition of PolandCrisis · 1772The First Partition of Poland in 1772 was the annexation of large parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
Second Partition of PolandCrisis · 1793The Second Partition of Poland was the annexation of large parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Russia and Prussia in 1793.
Third Partition of PolandCrisis · 1795The Third Partition of Poland was the final division of the remaining territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth among Russia, Prussia and Austria in 1795.
Treaties 50
- Treaty of Constantinople (1700)Treaty · Peace · 1700The Treaty of Constantinople of July 1700 ended the war of 1686–1700 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.
Great Peace of MontrealTreaty · Peace · 1701The Great Peace of Montreal was a peace treaty signed in August 1701 by the governor of New France, Louis-Hector de Callière, and the representatives of about forty…
Treaty of Hamburg (1701)Treaty · 1701The Treaty of Hamburg (1701) settled the succession dispute that followed the extinction of the Güstrow line of the House of Mecklenburg in 1695.
Treaty of Altranstädt (1706)Treaty · Peace · 1706The Treaty of Altranstädt of 24 September 1706, made near Leipzig during the Great Northern War, ended Saxon participation in the war after Charles XII of Sweden…
Acts of Union 1707Treaty · 1707The Acts of Union 1707 were the parliamentary acts that united the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.
Peace of SzatmárTreaty · Peace · 1711The Peace of Szatmár was concluded in April 1711 between the Habsburg monarchy and the Hungarian insurgents of Francis II Rákóczi, ending the war of independence he had…- Treaty of Aarau (1712)Treaty · Peace · 1712The Treaty of Aarau, concluded in August 1712, ended the Second War of Villmergen between the Protestant cantons of Zürich and Bern and the Catholic cantons.
Treaty of UtrechtTreaty · Peace · 1713The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements of 1713 that ended the War of the Spanish Succession.
Treaty of RastattTreaty · Peace · 7 March 1714The Treaty of Rastatt was signed on 7 March 1714 by France and Emperor Charles VI, ending their war in the War of the Spanish Succession; the Empire as a whole made…- Barrier Treaty (1715)Treaty · 1715The Barrier Treaty of 15 November 1715, signed at Antwerp by Austria and the Dutch Republic with British mediation, settled the status of the Southern Netherlands after…
- Treaty of London (1718)Treaty · 1718The Quadruple Alliance was formed in 1718 by Britain, France and Austria, with the Dutch Republic expected to join, to uphold the Peace of Utrecht against Spain, which…
Treaty of PassarowitzTreaty · Peace · 1718The Treaty of Passarowitz was signed on 21 July 1718 at Passarowitz, now Požarevac in Serbia, between the Ottoman Empire on one side and the Habsburg monarchy and…
Treaty of FrederiksborgTreaty · Peace · 1720The Treaty of Frederiksborg, signed in 1720, ended the Great Northern War between Denmark-Norway and Sweden.- Treaty of The Hague (1720)Treaty · Peace · 1720The Treaty of The Hague (1720) was signed on 17 February 1720, ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
Treaty of NystadTreaty · Peace · 1721The Treaty of Nystad was the peace agreement of 1721 that ended the Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia.- Treaty of WarnaTreaty · Peace · 1731The Treaty of Warna was concluded in 1731 between Shahu, the Maratha king at Satara, and his cousin Sambhaji II of Kolhapur, ending their long rivalry over the Maratha…
Treaty of ReshtTreaty · 1732The Treaty of Resht was an agreement of 1732 between Russia and Iran, by which Russia agreed to return parts of the Caspian provinces it had occupied after the collapse…- Treaty of GanjaTreaty · 1735The Treaty of Ganja was an agreement concluded in 1735 between Russia and Iran, then effectively under the control of Nader.
- Treaty of Vienna (1738)Treaty · Peace · 1738The Treaty of Vienna of 1738 ended the War of the Polish Succession.
Treaty of BelgradeTreaty · Peace · 1739The Treaty of Belgrade, signed in September 1739, ended the war of 1735–1739 in which Austria and Russia fought the Ottoman Empire.
Treaty of Berlin (1742)Treaty · Peace · 1742The Treaty of Berlin was signed on 28 July 1742 between Prussia and Austria, confirming the preliminary Treaty of Breslau of June and ending the First Silesian War.
Treaty of BreslauTreaty · Peace · 1742The Treaty of Breslau was the preliminary peace agreed on 11 June 1742 between Maria Theresa of Austria and Frederick II of Prussia, mediated by Britain, ending the…- Treaty of Dresden (1745)Treaty · Peace · 1745The Peace of Dresden, signed on 25 December 1745 after the Prussian victory at Kesselsdorf, ended the Second Silesian War between Prussia on one side and Austria and…
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)Treaty · Peace · 1748The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, signed in October 1748, ended the War of the Austrian Succession.- Treaty of Madrid (1750)Treaty · 1750The Treaty of Madrid of 1750 between Portugal and Spain replaced the line of the Treaty of Tordesillas with borders in South America based on actual occupation.
Treaty of GiyantiTreaty · Peace · 1755The Treaty of Giyanti, signed on 13 February 1755, divided the Mataram Sultanate of Java into two realms, Surakarta and Yogyakarta.- Treaty of SalatigaTreaty · Peace · 1757The Treaty of Salatiga, signed in March 1757 in Salatiga, Central Java, ended the long rebellion of Raden Mas Said against the Dutch East India Company and the courts…
- Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)Treaty · 1762The Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) was a secret agreement of 3 November 1762 in which France ceded Louisiana west of the Mississippi, together with New Orleans, to its…
Treaty of HubertusburgTreaty · Peace · 1763The Treaty of Hubertusburg was signed on 15 February 1763 at a Saxon hunting lodge by Prussia, Austria and Saxony, ending the Seven Years' War in Central Europe.- Treaty of Paris (1763)Treaty · Peace · 1763The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the Seven Years' War between Britain and France and their allies.
- Treaty of GottorpTreaty · 1768The Treaty of Gottorp, concluded in 1768, settled Hamburg's long dispute with Denmark, whose kings as dukes of Holstein had claimed sovereignty over the city.
- Treaty of MadrasTreaty · Peace · 1769The Treaty of Madras was concluded on 4 April 1769 between Hyder Ali of Mysore and the British East India Company, ending the First Anglo-Mysore War after Hyder's…
- Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo (1773)Treaty · 1773The Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo of 1773 settled the long dispute between Denmark and Russia over the Gottorp lands in Schleswig-Holstein.
- Treaty of Küçük KaynarcaTreaty · Peace · 1774The Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca was signed in 1774 between the Ottoman Empire and Russia after the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774.
- Treaty of Lal DhangTreaty · 1774The Treaty of Lal Dhang was concluded in October 1774 between Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh, and the Rohilla chief Faizullah Khan at the end of the First Rohilla War.
First Treaty of San IldefonsoTreaty · Peace · 1777The First Treaty of San Ildefonso was signed on 1 October 1777 by Spain and Portugal at the royal palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, ending their war over the Río de…
Treaty of GeorgievskTreaty · 1783The Treaty of Georgievsk was signed on 24 July 1783 between the Russian Empire and Erekle II of Kartli-Kakheti.
Treaty of Paris (1783)Treaty · Peace · 1783The Treaty of Paris of 1783 ended the American Revolutionary War.
Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784)Treaty · Peace · 1784The Treaty of Fort Stanwix of 1784 was signed on 22 October 1784 at Fort Stanwix, New York, between the United States and representatives of the Six Nations after the…- Treaty of MangaloreTreaty · Peace · 1784The Treaty of Mangalore was signed on 11 March 1784 between Tipu Sultan of Mysore and the British East India Company, ending the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
- Convention of London (1786)Treaty · 1786The Convention of London was signed by Britain and Spain on 14 July 1786.
Treaty of SeringapatamTreaty · Peace · 1792The Treaty of Seringapatam was signed in March 1792 by Tipu Sultan of Mysore with the British East India Company and its allies, the Marathas and the Nizam of…
Treaty of CanandaiguaTreaty · Peace · 1794The Treaty of Canandaigua was signed on 11 November 1794 at Canandaigua, New York, between the United States, represented by Timothy Pickering, and the Six Nations of…- Peace of Basel (1795)Treaty · Peace · 1795The Peace of Basel was the set of treaties of 1795 by which Prussia, Spain and Hesse-Kassel made peace with revolutionary France.
Treaty of GreenvilleTreaty · Peace · 1795The Treaty of Greenville was signed on 3 August 1795 at Fort Greenville, in present-day Ohio, between the United States and the nations of the Western Confederacy after…
Treaty of The Hague (1795)Treaty · 1795The Treaty of The Hague was signed on 16 May 1795 between the French Republic and the new Batavian Republic.
Armistice of CherascoTreaty · Peace · 1796The Armistice of Cherasco was signed on 28 April 1796 between Napoleon Bonaparte and the Kingdom of Sardinia of Victor Amadeus III, after a two-week French campaign in…
Treaty of Big TreeTreaty · 1797The Treaty of Big Tree was signed in 1797 at Geneseo, New York, between the Seneca and the financier Robert Morris.
Treaty of Campo FormioTreaty · Peace · 1797The Treaty of Campo Formio, signed in October 1797, ended the war between Austria and the French Republic after Napoleon's Italian campaign.
Treaty of TolentinoTreaty · Peace · 1797The Treaty of Tolentino was signed on 19 February 1797 between Pope Pius VI and the French Republic, represented by Napoleon Bonaparte.