| Chronology - 1725 to 1749 Earlier Later
| 1740 |
| APRIL |
| 8 | British 70-gun ships Kent, Lennox and Orford capture the Spanish ship Princesa, 70 off Cape Finisterre |
| | 1742 |
| JUNE |
| 20 | British ship Centurion, 60, captures the Manila galleon Nuestra Seņora de Covadonga |
| | 1744 |
| FEBRUARY |
| 11 | Toulon (Battle of) |
| MARCH |
| 15 | France declares war on Britain and Austria |
| | 1746 |
| JULY |
| 25 | Negapatam (Battle of) |
| OCTOBER |
| 11 | British ship Nottingham, 60 (Philip Saumarez), captures the French ship Mars, 64 |
| 28 | Earthquake and tsunami destroy Callao |
| | 1747 |
| MAY |
| 3 | Cape Finisterre (Battle of) |
| | 1748 |
| OCTOBER |
| 1 | Havana (Battle of) |
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