List of wars involving the Kingdom of Great Britain in the 18th century

This is a list of military conflicts, involving the Kingdom of Great Britain in the 18th century.

For the criteria of what may be permitted on this list, see List of wars involving the United Kingdom.

Key

18th-century wars

Conflict Allies Opponent(s) Outcome The Great Northern War(1700–1721) Anti-Swedish coalition victory Treaty of Nystad: Russia gains the three dominions Estonia, Livonia and Ingria as well as parts of Kexholm and Viborg. Treaties of Stockholm: Prussia gains parts of Swedish Pomerania; Hanover gains Bremen-Verden. Treaty of Frederiksborg: Holstein–Gottorp loses its part of the Duchy of Schleswig to Denmark-Norway. Treaty of the Pruth: Azov area is ceded back to the Ottoman Empire. Russia demolishes strategic castles such as Taganrog. Charles XII of Sweden gets safe passage from Turkey to Sweden in 1711. The War of the Spanish Succession(1701–1714) including Queen Anne's War Austria

(Until 1707) (After 1707)

Portugal Spain BavariaBritish victory Treaty of Utrecht Philip V recognized as King of Spain by the Grand Alliance Territory in Canada and the West Indies ceded from France Territory in Europe ceded from Spain Indecisive or failure for Britain's various allies Tuscarora War(1711–1715) North Carolina South Carolina Apalachee Catawba Cherokee YamaseeTuscarora Coree Cothechney Machapunga Mattamuskeet Neusiok Pamlico Seneca WeetockBritish-Allied victory Tuscaroras migrate to New York and join the Iroquois Confederacy Native American enslavement began to decline, while African American enslavement began to increase Yamasee War (1715–1717) Colonial militia of South Carolina Colonial militia of North Carolina Colonial militia of VirginiaCatawba (from 1715)Cherokee (from 1716)YamaseeOchese CreeksCatawba (until 1715)Cherokee (until 1716) WaxhawSanteeBritish-Allied Victory Power of the Yamasee broken South Carolina colonists establish uncontested control of the coast The Catawba become the dominant tribe in the interior Native American enslavement began to decline, while African American enslavement began to increase Post-Spanish Succession Caribbean piracy (1715–1730) Anglo-American-Caribbean privateers Republic of PiratesBritish victory Civil war:(1715–1716) Jacobite rising of 1715 including The Jacobite uprising in Cornwall JacobitesBritish victory Jacobite restoration attempt defeated The War of the Quadruple Alliance including The Nineteen Uprising in Great Britain(1717–1720)

Spain JacobitesBritish-Allied victory: Royal navy won a battle; a small-scale Jacobite invasion was defeated Treaty of The Hague: Spanish attempt at expansion fails.Chickasaw Wars(1721–1763)ChickasawChoctawIlliniBritish-Allied victory: Treaty of Paris Dummer's War(1721–1725) New England ColoniesMohawkWabanaki ConfederacyBritish victory Britain recognises the rights of the region's indigenous inhabitants. Anglo-Spanish War(1727–1729) SpainInconclusive or other outcome Treaty of Seville Status quo ante bellum First Maroon War(1728–1739) Colony of JamaicaWindward MaroonsLeeward MaroonsInconclusive or other outcome British government offers peace treaties Cudjoe agrees to stop attacks, not take part in new escapees and help capture escaping slaves British give Leeward Maroons their freedom, own land, the right to hunt wild pigs and have their own government Luso-Maratha War(1729–1732) Portuguese Empire Maratha EmpireInconclusive or other outcome Status quo ante bellum Rebellion of Sheikh Ahmad Madani(1730–1734) Safavid Empire Nader's personal domains Forces Loyal to Sheikh Ahmad MadaniForces Loyal to Sheikh JabbaraForces Loyal to Sheikh Rashid bin Sa'id of BasaiduRebelling Arab tribes Hotak remnants and Afghan raiders British-Allied victory Persian Gulf Arabs reincorporated into Safavid Empire. Affair of Porto Novo(1733–1734) East India Company French East India Company Swedish East India CompanyBritish-Allied victory The War of Jenkins' Ear(1739–1748) Location: New Granada, Caribbean, Florida,Georgia, North Carolina, Pacific and Atlantic Spain Spanish EmpireInconclusive/other outcome Status quo ante bellum British offensive in the Caribbean theatre defeated British invasion of Florida repulsed Spanish invasion of Georgia repulsed Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) leading to Treaty of Madrid (1750) The War of the Austrian Succession(1740–1748) including King George's War The War of Jenkins' Ear The First Carnatic War Austria

Hanover

East India Company

Spain Spanish Empire Bavaria

Naples and Sicily

Sweden French East India CompanyFrench–allied victory in Europe but British victory outside of Europe Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle: Civil War: Jacobite rising of 1745(1745–1746) JacobitesBritish victory Jacobite restoration attempt defeated Father Le Loutre's War(1749–1755) Wabanaki ConfederacyBritish victory The Second Carnatic War(1749–1754) East India CompanyForces of Nasir Jang Mir AhmadForces of Mohamed Ali Khan Walajan French East India CompanyForces of Chanda ShahibForces of Muhyi ad-Din Muzaffar Jang HidayatBritish–allied victory Treaty of Pondicherry Pro-British Mohamed Ali Khan Walajan became Nawab of the CarnaticFirst Polygar War(1755) East India CompanyPolygarsInconclusive Battle of Vijaydurg(1756) Great Britain East India Company Colaba StateBritish–allied victory Seven Years' War(1756–1763) including Third Carnatic War French and Indian War Pomeranian War Third Silesian War Anglo-Spanish War Fantastic War East India Company British America

Hanover Iroquois Confederacy Portugal Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Hesse-Kassel Schaumburg-Lippe Cherokee Nation (before 1758) Catawba Mingo Lenape (from 1758) Wyandot of Ohio Country (British supported faction)

French East India Company

Spain Spanish Empire

Mughal Empire Bengal Subah Wabanaki Confederacy Miꞌkmaq Algonquin Ojibwe Odawa Shawnee Lenape (until 1758) Wyandot of Fort Detroit (French supported faction)British–allied victory Treaty of Paris Extensive North American lands (incl. all of Canada) ceded from France Caribbean colonies ceded from France Senegal River colony (excluding Gorée) ceded from France Florida ceded from Spain French trading posts in India administered by British Sumatra ceded from France Anglo-Cherokee War(1758–1761) CherokeeBritish victory Pro–British Attakullakulla becomes Cherokee leader Battle of Chinsurah(1759) East India Company Bengal Subah British–allied victory Tacky's War(1760–1761) Colony of Jamaica Jamaican Maroons Jamaican CromantyBritish–allied victory Slave revolt suppressedSannyasi rebellion(1763-1800) East India CompanyIndian RebelsBritish victorySiege and occupation of serampore(1763)British victory Serampore temporarily occupied by Great Britain Pontiac's War(1763–1766)Native American Coalition: Odawa Potawatomi Ojibwe Mingo Seneca people Wyandot people Miami people Kickapoo people Illinois PeopleInconclusive or other outcome British policy change British suzerainty over First Nation Tribes Niagara Falls area ceded from Seneca NationBengal War(1763–1765) East India Company Mughal EmpireBritish victory Treaty of Allahabad Third Battle of Katwa(19 July 1763) East India Company Bengal SubahBritish victory War of the Regulation(1766-1771) North CarolinaRegulatorsBritish victory Rebellion crushed Survivors were either forced to sign loyalty oaths, had their houses burned, or fled to the West in exile This war was a predecessor to the American Revolution First Anglo-Mysore War(1767–1769) East India Company

Hyderabad State Kingdom of MysoreMysorean victory Hyderabad cedes territory to Mysore First Carib War(1769–1773) Carib rebelsInconclusive or other outcome First Rohilla War(1773–1774) Oudh State East India Company Kingdom of RohilkhandBritish–allied victory Lord Dunmore’s War(1774) Colony of VirginiaShawneesMingos British Victory Treaty of Camp Charlotte Native Americans surrendered their hunting rights south of the Ohio First Anglo-Maratha War(1775–1783) East India Company Maratha victory Treaty of Salbai. Maratha support for Britain against Mysore American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) Anglo-French War (1778–1783) Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783)

Iroquois Cherokee Hanover Loyalists

Spain

Oneida tribe Tuscarora tribe Watauga Association Catawba tribeCivil War / American Allied victory The American Revolution started as a civil war within the British Empire. It became a larger international war in 1778 once France joined. Treaty of Paris: 13 North American colonies recognised as the independent United States of America Territory in North America ceded to the newly independent United States of America Senegal River colony returned to France French recognises British suzerainty over the Gambia river Territory in India returned to France British retention and creation of British North America Menorca ceded to Spain East & West Florida ceded to Spain Fourth Anglo-Dutch War(1780–1784) FranceBritish victory Second Anglo-Mysore War(1780–1784)

Kingdom of MysoreStatus quo ante bellum Treaty of Mangalore Banaras Uprising(1781) Indian RebelsBritish victoryRevolt in Bihar(1781)Zamindars and chiefsBritish victory Third Anglo-Mysore War(1789–1792)

Hyderabad State Travancore Kingdom of Mysore Arakkal Kingdom Nawab of SavanurBritish–allied victory Treaty of Seringapatam Half of Mysore territory ceded to the East India CompanyIbn Ufaisan's invasion (1792) Kuwait Emirate of DiriyahBritish–allied victory Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion (1793) Kuwait Emirate of Diriyah British–allied victory Saudi retreat from Kuwait. War of the First Coalition(1793–1797) Dutch Republic(until 1795)Left the war after signing the Treaty of The Hague (1795) with France.Including the Army of Condé (until 1797)Nominally the Holy Roman Empire, under Austrian rule, also encompassed many other Italian states, such as the Duchy of Modena and the Duchy of Massa. Left the war after signing the Treaty of Campo Formio with France. Hesse-Kassel (until 1795)Left the war after signing the Peace of Basel with France. Württemberg (until 1796)Left the war after signing the Peace of Paris with France. Baden (until 1796) Papal States (until 1797)Left the war after signing the Treaty of Tolentino with France. (until 1796) (until 1795) Sardinia (until 1796)Left the war after signing the Treaty of Paris with France. Spain (until 1795) (until 1796) Other Italian states Switzerland Kingdom of France (until 1792) French Republic (from 1792) French satellites:Including the Polish Legions formed in French-allied Italy in 1797, following the abolition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Third Partition in 1795. (from 1795)The French Revolutionary Army and Dutch revolutionaries overthrew the Dutch Republic and established the Batavian Republic as a puppet state in its place. Sister republicsVarious conquered Italian states, including the Cisalpine Republic from 1797 Spain (from 1796, naval only)French victory French annexation of the Austrian Netherlands, the Left Bank of the Rhine, Savoy and other smaller territories Santo Domingo to France Several French "sister republics" established End of millennial Venetian independence Treaty of The Hague, Treaty of Paris, Peaces of Basel, Treaty of Tolentino, Treaty of Campo Formio Establishment and survival of the French Republic Napoleon becomes a political actor Hostilities resume in 1798 with the formation of a Second Coalition against France Second Rohilla War(1794) Rampur StateBritish–allied victory Fédon's Rebellion(1795–1796) Grenadan revolutionariesBritish victory Second Carib War(1795–1797) Carib rebels French RepublicBritish victory Second Maroon War(1795–1796) British Jamaica Jamaican Maroons British victory Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars(1795–1816) Burrberongal Tribe from 1801: DharugEoraTharawalGandangara Irish-convict sympathisersBritish victory Displacement of Aborigines from their land Anglo-Spanish War(1796–1808)