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| 1750 | Birth |  |
| 20th Nov Devanahalli Birth of Fateh Ali Tippu, also known as the Tiger of Mysore |
| 1766 | Invasion of India | |
| Helps his father Haidar Ali against the British in the First Mysore War |
| 1767 | Invasion of Carnatic | |
| Carnatic Commands a corps of cavalry in the invasion of Carnatic |
| 1780 | Battle of Pollilur | |
| Pollilur Waged between Tipu Sultan, (also known as the Tiger of Mysore), and Col William Baille of the East India Company, the army of the East India Company was virtually wiped out, the first serious blow that the British had encountered in India |
| 1781 | Capture of Chittur | |
| Dec Chittur Tippu Sultan successfully seizes Chittur from the British |
| 1781 | Siege of Chittur | |
| Dec Chittur Tippu Sultan successfully seizes Chittur from the British |
| 1782 | Battle of Annagudi | |
| 18th Feb Annagudi Tippu Sultan defeats Colonel Braithwaite at Annagudi near Tanjore |
| 1782 | Rule of Mysore | |
| Mysore De facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from the time of his father's death in 1782 until his own demise in 1799 |
| 1782 | Succession | |
| Mysore De facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from the time of his father's death in 1782 until his own demise in 1799 |
| 1782 | Treaty of Mangalore | |
| Dec Chittur The Second Mysore War comes to an end with the treaty of Mangalore, the last occasion when an Indian king had dictated terms to the mighty British, and the treaty is a prestigious document in the history of India |
| 1798 | Invasion of Mysore | |
| Mysore A war in South India between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company under General Harris |
| Mysore Napoleon's landing in Egypt in 1798 was intended to threaten India, and Mysore was a key to that next step, as the ruler of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, was a staunch ally of France |
| Mysore Three armies, one from Bombay, and two British (one of which included Arthur Welles ley, the future first Duke of Wellington), march into Mysore and besiege the capital Srirangapatnam |
| 1798 | Siege of Srirangapatnam | |
| Srirangapatnam Three armies, one from Bombay, and two British (one of which included Arthur Welles ley, the future first Duke of Wellington), march into Mysore and besiege the capital Srirangapatnam |
| 1799 | Death | |
| 4th May Srirangapattana Death of Fateh Ali Tippu |
| 1799 | Invasion of Mysore | |
| Mysore The British take indirect control of Mysore, restoring the Hindu Wodeyar dynasty to the Mysore throne (with a British commissioner to advise him on all issues). Tipu's young heir, Fateh Ali, is sent into exile |
| 1799 | Rule of Mysore | |
| Mysore The British take indirect control of Mysore, restoring the Hindu Wodeyar dynasty to the Mysore throne (with a British commissioner to advise him on all issues). Tipu's young heir, Fateh Ali, is sent into exile |
| Mysore The Kingdom of Mysore becomes a princely state of British India, and cedes Coimbatore, North Kanara, and South Kanara to the British |
| 1799 | Siege of Srirangapattana | |
| 4th May Srirangapattana Tippu Sultan dies defending his capital Srirangapattana |
