Editing 1748 (section)

=== October &ndash;December ===
* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[War of Jenkins' Ear]] &ndash; [[Battle of Havana (1748)|Battle of Havana]]: a [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[Caribbean]] squadron engages a [[Spain|Spanish]] squadron based near [[Havana]].<ref name="Thomas">Thomas p 263</ref>
* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: The [[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)|Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle]] is signed to end the war. Great Britain obtains [[Madras]], in India, from France, in exchange for the [[fortress]] of [[Louisbourg]] in Canada.
* [[November 22]] &ndash; The [[Electorate of Hanover]] (now occupied by most of the northwestern German state of [[Niedersachsen]] or Lower Saxony) issues a decree banishing all adherents of the [[Moravian Church]].<ref>
Paul Peucker, ''A Time of Sifting: Mystical Marriage and the Crisis of Moravian Piety in the Eighteenth Century'' (Penn State Press, 2015)</ref>
* [[December 4]] &ndash; Austria and Spain sign a second treaty to settle the [[War of the Austrian Succession]], and Austria agrees to remove its troops from Modena and Genoa.