18th Century: Spanish Succession, Enlightenment, and Spain's Participation in the independence of British colonies

 
-1702-1714 War of Spanish succession.  Spain loses Netherlands and Gibralter
 
-1714 Siege and reduction of Barcelona by Felipe V

(Felipe V)
 

-1724 Luis I (son of Felipe V) gains throne when his father abdicates, but dies within a year, Felipe V reinstated
 
-1762-1763 English government declares war on Spain over colonies in America
 
-1767 Carlos III expels Jesuits from Spain and Spanish colonies
 
-1782 Count of Floridablanca helps to recover Menorca from England