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| c. 1690 |
| | France by now has six fortified trading settlements around the coast of India, of which Pondicherry is the most important | |
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| 1697 |
| | In the Treaty of Rijswijk, Spain cedes the western half of Hispaniola to France, which names its new colony Saint-Domingue | |
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| 1701 |
| | The War of the Spanish Succession breaks out between French and Austrian claimants to the Spanish throne | |
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| 1741 |
| | French and Bavarian armies join the war against Austria, marching through upper Austria into Bohemia | |
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| 1741 |
| | French and Bavarian forces enter Prague, one of the most important cities in the Austrian empire | |
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| 1745 |
| | New England militiamen achieve an unexpected success in capturing the fortress of Louisbourg from the French | |
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| 1746 |
| | The French commander Maurice de Saxe succeeds in occupying the entire Austrian Netherlands | |
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| 1749 |
| | A French official travels down the Ohio valley, placing markers to claim it for France | |
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| 1751 |
| | Robert Clive prevails over the French after holding out during the seven-week siege of Arcot in southern India | |
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| 1752 |
| | The French seize or evict every English-speaking trader in the region of the upper Ohio | |
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