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18th Century Timeline
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1. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1755
1799
1789
1703
2. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1772
1702
1736
1708
3. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1750
1798
1708
1795
4. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1707
1775
1775
1703
5. T
1778
1710
1757
1791
6. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1791
1771
1792
1722
7. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1724
1788
1700-1721
1787
8. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1730
1741
1756
1799
9. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1781
1771
1706
1701
10. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1740
1722
1707
1732
11. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1720
1775
1739
1755
12. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1707
1773
1770
1778
13. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1772
1708
1724
1763
14. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1783
1722
1769
1768
15. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1740
1793
1754
1721
16. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1741
1780
1741
1793
17. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1723
1793
1785
1799
18. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1783
1702
1721
1720
19. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1709
1788
1754
1770
20. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1787
1773
1792
1788
21. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1748
1799
1756
1791
22. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1739
1789
1772
1744
23. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1705
1722
1740
1702
24. T
1778
1740
1754
1709
25. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1788
1760
1788
1775
26. First Anglo-Maratha War
1775
1715
1723
1722
27. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1715
1712
1755
1795
28. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1793
1730
1742
1796
29. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1745
1769
1703
1769
30. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1736
1701
1790
1787
31. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1722
1793
1762
1754
32. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1721
1723
1722
1787
33. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1722
1700-1721
1776
1793
34. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1779
1710
1799
1729
35. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1713
1738
1701
1716
36. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1708
1701
1736
1715
37. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1735
1722
1710
1755
38. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1789
1772
1776
1754
39. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1761
1721
1769
1703
40. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1789
1769
1766
1781
41. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1715
1740
1761
1721
42. The Haitian Revolution
1791
1755
1788
1756
43. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1710
1732
1763
1775
44. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1707
1701
1738
1788
45. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1768
1710-1711
1708
1705
46. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1796
1795
1792
1781
47. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1771
1781
1740
1775
48. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1718
1735
1763
1744
49. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1725
1717
1707
1710
50. The South Sea Bubble
1707
1721
1722
1720