| Chronology - 1750 to 1774 Earlier Later
| 1756 |
| MAY |
| 20 | Minorca (Battle of) |
| | 1757 |
| JULY |
| 8 | British ship Experiment, 20 (John Strachan), captures the French privateer Telemaque, 20 |
| | 1758 |
| JUNE |
| 8 - 7/26 | Siege of Louisbourg |
| AUGUST |
| 3 | Negapatam (Battle of) |
| NOVEMBER |
| 2 | British ship Antelope, 50 (Thomas Saumarez), captures the French ship Belliqueux, 64 |
| 3 | British ship Buckingham, 70 (Tyrell), engages the French ship Florissant, 74, and two frigates |
| | 1759 |
| FEBRUARY |
| 21 | British frigate Vestal, 32 (Samuel Hood), captures the French frigate Bellone, 32 |
| APRIL |
| 4 | British ship Achilles, 60, captures the French privateer Comte de St. Florentine, 60 |
| MAY |
| 18 | British frigate Venus, 36, captures the French frigate Arethusa, 36 |
| AUGUST |
| 18 | Lagos (Battle of) |
| SEPTEMBER |
| 10 | Porto Novo (Battle of) |
| NOVEMBER |
| 20 | Quiberon Bay (Battle of) |
| | 1763 |
| FEBRUARY |
| 10 | Peace of Paris |
| | 1768 |
| AUGUST |
| 26 | Endeavour (James Cook) sails from Plymouth |
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