1779

1514-1823 · Year 266 of 310

Ottoman–Persian Wars

1526-1791 · Year 254 of 266

Ottoman–Habsburg Wars

The Ottoman–Habsburg wars were fought from the 16th to the 18th centuries between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy, which was at times supported by the Kingdom of…

1568-1918 · Year 212 of 351

Russo-Turkish Wars

The Russo-Turkish wars or the Russo-Ottoman wars began in 1568 and continued intermittently until 1918. They consisted of twelve conflicts in total, making them one of the…

1609-1924 · Year 171 of 316

American Indian Wars

1651-1828 · Year 129 of 178

Russo-Persian Wars

1652-1784 · Year 128 of 133

Anglo-Dutch Wars

The Anglo–Dutch wars were a series of four conflicts fought between the Dutch Republic and the states of England and Great Britain between 1652 and 1784. The first three wars…

1688-1815 · Year 92 of 128

Second Hundred Years' War

1763-1864 · Year 17 of 102

Caucasian War

The Caucasian War or the Caucasus War was a 19th-century military conflict between the Russian Empire and various peoples of the North Caucasus who resisted subjugation during…

1763-1864 · Year 17 of 102

Russian–Circassian War

The Russo-Circassian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Circassia, or termed by the Circassians as the Great War with the Tsar took place in the North Caucasus between…

1767-1799 · Year 13 of 33

Anglo-Mysore wars

The Anglo-Mysore wars were a series of four wars fought during the last three decades of the 18th century between the Kingdom of Mysore on the one hand, and the British East…

1775–1783 · Year 5 of 9

American Revolution

A colonial rebellion became a war for independence and then a wider Atlantic struggle after French intervention reshaped British strategy.

1775-1782 · Year 5 of 8

First Anglo-Maratha War

The First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782) was the first conflict fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Empire in India. The war, fought in between Surat and…

1776-1794 · Year 4 of 19

Cherokee–American wars

The Cherokee–American wars, also known as the Chickamauga Wars, were a series of raids, campaigns, ambushes, minor skirmishes, and several full-scale frontier battles in the Old…

1778-1783 · Year 2 of 6

Anglo-French War of 1778–1783

The Anglo-French War, also known as the War of 1778 or the Bourbon War in Britain, was a military conflict fought between France and Great Britain, sometimes with their…

1778-1779 · Closing year

War of the Bavarian Succession

The War of the Bavarian Succession was a dispute between the Austrian Habsburg monarchy and an alliance of Saxony and Prussia over succession to the Electorate of Bavaria after…

1779-1783 · Opening year

Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783)

Spain, through its alliance with France and as part of its conflict with Britain, played an important role in the independence of the United States. Spain declared war on Britain…

1779-1879 · Opening year

Xhosa Wars

The Xhosa Wars were a series of nine wars between the Xhosa Kingdom and the British Empire as well as Trekboers from the Dutch colonial empire in what is now the Eastern Cape in…