<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: British forces <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Pondicherry_(1778)" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Pondicherry (1778)">begin besieging</a> the French outpost at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" id="mwaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Pondichéry</a>.