1718 events
War of the League of Cognac: The French army under Francis de Bourbon was destroyed in Lombardy, Italy, by the Spanish a
Ibrahim Khan Lodi, the last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, was defeated and killed by Babur at the First Battle of Panipat,
Four Years' War: The combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeated a French and Venetian army at the Battle of
Edward Stafford (pictured), whose father had been beheaded for rebelling against King Richard III of England, was himsel
A revolt of citizens in Toledo, Castile, opposed to the rule of the foreign-born Charles I began when the royal governme
Henry Grace à Dieu, the largest warship ever built at the time, was launched from Woolwich Dockyard, England
War of the League of Cambrai: Milanese forces with Swiss mercenaries defeated the French in Novara, forcing them to with
War of the League of Cambrai: English and Imperial forces defeated French cavalry, forcing them to retreat.
Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania achieved one of the greatest Lithuanian victories against the…
A fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral (pictured) anchored off present-day Brazil; he later claimed the land for the
Ottoman wars in Europe: A large Croatian army intercepted Ottoman forces returning to the Sanjak of Bosnia, but was…
Granada War: Forces of Aragon and Castile began a siege of Málaga, a Muslim city in the south of the Iberian Peninsula
Reconquista: After a four-month siege, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain conquered the city of Málaga from the Emirate of…
At the Battle of Bosworth Field, Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under…
In a conspiracy to replace the Medici family as rulers of the Republic of Florence, the Pazzi family attacked Lorenzo de
In a conspiracy to replace the Medici family as rulers of the Republic of Florence, the Pazzi family attacked Lorenzo de
France signed the Treaty of Picquigny with England, freeing Louis XI to deal with the threat posed by Charles the…
France signed the Treaty of Picquigny with England, freeing Louis XI to deal with the threat posed by Charles the…
Cardinal Bessarion (pictured) announced his donation of 746 Greek and Latin codices to the Republic of Venice, forming t
Cardinal Bessarion announced his donation of 746 Greek and Latin codices to the Republic of Venice, forming the Bibliote