It's often been remarked that the 18th Century was "an age of war". But.. just
how warlike was the 18th century? The following time-line will give a hint.
Constantly updated, of course, as new information arrives.
1701-1721 Great Northern War
1701-1714 War of the Spanish Succession
1702-1705 Camisard Rebellion
1703-1711 Kuruc Rebellion
1705-1706 Bavarian Rebellion
1710-1711 2nd Russo-Turkish War
1712 2nd War of Villmergen
1713 Gorizia Peasant Revolt
1715-1716 1st Jacobite Rebellion
1716-1718 1st Austro-Turkish War
1718-1720 War of the Quadruple Alliance
1726-1727 The Frisian Apple War
1729-1732 1st Corsican War
1733-1735 War of the Polish Succession
1737-1741 Portugese-Maratha War
1733-1743 2nd Corsican War
1735-1739 3rd Russo-Turkish War
1737-1739 2nd Austro-Turkish War
1740-1748 War of the Austrian Succession
1741-1743 1st Russo-Swedish War
1744 Transylvanian Revolt
1745-1746 2nd Jacobite Rebellion
1745-1753 3rd Corsican War
1755-1768 4th Corsican War
1756-1763 Seven Years War
1760-1763 Pontiac's Rebellion
1765-1766 Peasant Rebellion in Hungary
1768-1772 War of the Confederation of Bar
1770-1771 Anglo-Spanish Conflict
1768-1774 4th Russo-Turkish War
1773-1774 Pugachev's Rebellion
1774-1775 Siege of Melilla
1774-1783 American War of Inependence
1775-1776 Bohemian Peasant Rebellion
1775 Maltese Priest's Rebellion
1776-1777 Spanish-Portugese Conflict
1778-1779 War of the Bavarian Succession
1780-1784 4th Anglo-Dutch War
1784-1785 Transylvanian Peasants' Rebellion
1787 Frisian-Dutch War
1788-1790 2nd Russo-Swedish War
1787-1791 5th Russo-Turkish War
1788-1791 3rd Austro-Turkish War
1789-1790 Brabant Revolution
1789-1799 French Revolution
1792-1797 First War of the Coalition
1793-1796 Vendee Insurrection
1794 Polish Insurrection
1798 Flemish Peasants' War
1798 Luxembourg Peasants' War
1798 Irish Rebellion
1798 Nidwalden Revolt
1799-1801 Second War of the Coalition
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Wars of the 18th Century - A Timeline