1718 events
Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company repelled a fleet of Spanish and Maltese galleys…
French Wars of Religion: Catholic forces defeated an armed group of Huguenots attempting to capture Besançon, from which
Anglo-Scottish Wars: A dispute between Sir John Forster and Sir John Carmichael led to a Scottish raid on…
The Dutch Revolt broke out when rebels led by Louis of Nassau (pictured) invaded Friesland at the Battle of Heiligerlee
The siege of Inabayama Castle, the final battle in Oda Nobunaga's campaign to conquer Mino Province, began; it…
Ottoman–Habsburg wars: Although Ottoman forces led by Suleiman the Magnificent captured the fortress of Szigetvár in…
St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the contiguous United…
The Scottish Reformation Parliament approved a Protestant confession of faith, initiating the Scottish Reformation and…
Gian Pietro Carafa became Pope Paul IV, beginning a tumultuous four-year papacy during which the Papal States suffered a
Lady Jane Grey (pictured) was proclaimed the successor to King Edward VI of England, beginning her disputed reign as…
The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Castello of Gozo to the Ottoman Empire following a brief siege, leading to the…
The first Book of Common Prayer was legally mandated by Parliament, introducing a fully vernacular Protestant liturgy to
Anglo-Scottish Wars: English forces defeated the Scots at the Battle of Pinkie near Musselburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
The English warship Mary Rose sank outside Portsmouth during the Battle of the Solent; it was raised from the seabed…
During the Rough Wooing, an English army carried out the Burning of Edinburgh
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts: During the Battle of Wofla, the Portuguese commander Cristóvão da Gama was captured by…
King Henry VIII of England had his chief minister Thomas Cromwell executed for treason and heresy.
The Honourable Artillery Company, now the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, was granted a royal charter…
The Honourable Artillery Company, now the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, was granted a royal charter…
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Sapa Inca emperor Manco Inca Yupanqui's army began a ten-month siege of Cusco