1761 CE: Haidar Ali usurps the throne of the Kingdom of Mysore.

1767 CE - 1769 CE: First Anglo-Mysore War.

1767 CE - 1799 CE: The four Anglo-Mysore Wars see the East India Company expand its territories in India.

1767 CE: Haidar Ali, ruler of the kingdom of Mysore, declares war on the East India Company.

1767 CE: The East India Company defeats Mysore and the Nizam of Hyderabad at the battle of Trinamalai.

1780 CE - 1784 CE: Second Anglo-Mysore War.

1780 CE: The Kingdom of Mysore defeats the East India Company at the battle of Pollilur.

1781 CE: The East India Company defeats the Kingdom of Mysore at the battle of Porto Novo (Parangipettai).

1782 CE - 1799 CE: Reign of Tipu Sultan (aka Tipoo Sahib), ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore.

1789 CE: The Kingdom of Mysore attacks the Kingdom of Travancore in southern India.

1790 CE - 1792 CE: Third Anglo-Mysore War.

1792 CE: The Treaty of Seringapatam ends the Third Anglo-Mysore War and obliges Mysore to give up half its territory to the East India Company.

1799 CE: Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.

1799 CE: An East India Company army begins a one-month siege of Seringapatam, capital of the Kingdom of Mysore.

1799 CE: The East India Company wins the Anglo-Mysore Wars by capturing Seringapatam. Tipu Sultan of Mysore is killed and the kingdom becomes a British protectorate.

1831 CE: The East India Company takes over the Kingdom of Mysore.