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Women in 18th-century warfare
Summary
Active warfare throughout recorded history has always predominantly involved male combatants; however, women have also contributed to military activities including as combatants. The following list describes women known to have participated in military actions in the 18th century.
For women in warfare in the United States at this time, please see Timeline of women in war in the United States, Pre-1945.
1700–1721: An unnamed woman serves in the Swedish army in the Great Northern War; after the war, she is seen wearing men's clothing on the streets of Stockholm until the 1740s, where she was known as "The Rider".
1700s: Tomasa Tito Condemayta acts as a military strategist and leader of a woman's battalion during Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II.
1700s: Maria Ursula d'Abreu e Lencastro joined the Portuguese navy dressed as a man under the name Balthazar do Conto Cardoso, sailed for Portugal, joined the army, and took part in battles in India.
1700s: Ingela Gathenhielm serves as a privateer for King Charles XII of Sweden Great Northern War.
1700s: Mary Read serves as a soldier before becoming a pirate.
1700s: Margareta von Ascheberg acting colonel of her dead husband's regiment during the Great Northern War.
1700: During the Battle of Narva, Swedish forces manage to capture some of the Russian soldiers besieging Narva, and discover them to be women dressed as males.
1700: Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Cassel organize the defense of Copenhagen against invasion.
1700–1709: Tarabai, an empress of the Maratha empire in India, becomes the Empress regent of her son and successfully fights and defeats the Mughals.
1700–1712: Maria Ursula d'Abreu e Lencastro fights in the Portuguese army in India.
1702: Anna Isabella Gonzaga, Duchess of Mantua, defends Mantua during the War of the Spanish succession as regent during the absence of her spouse.
1702: Marij Jacobs Weijers serves in the Dutch army dressed as a male.
1705: Mai Bhago leads Sikh soldiers against the Mughals.
1705–1708: Catharina Margaretha Linck serves as a soldier in the armies of Hanover, Prussia, Hesse, and Poland.
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