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18th Century Timeline
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1. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1720
1738
1701
1797
2. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1704
1796
1708
1738
3. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1738
1712
1720
1723
4. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1788
1768
1720
1770
5. The R
1768
1756
1754
1703
6. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1740
1760
1741
1789
7. The French Revolution
1772
1733
1789
1756
8. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1787
1713
1792
1793
9. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1794
1707
1794
1724
10. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1725
1701
1740
1736
11. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1760
1796
1772
1702
12. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1762
1776
1780
1738
13. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1707
1745
1701
1787
14. The Lisbon earthquake
1796
1779
1711-1715
1755
15. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1729
1738
1754
1744
16. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1720
1769
1722
1756
17. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1756
1720
1796
1722
18. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1771
1707
1747
1793
19. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1722
1713-1714
1757
1785
20. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1710-1711
1783
1798
1748
21. The South Sea Bubble
1739
1775
1701
1720
22. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1700-1721
1793
1713-1714
1766
23. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1793
1759
1744
1791
24. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1709
1711-1715
1707
1720
25. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1721
1722
1701
1748
26. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1722
1795
1768
1787
27. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1795
1798
1715
1761
28. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1722
1715
1789
1792
29. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1767
1707
1763
1785
30. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1710
1758
1760
1792
31. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1773
1702
1707
1767
32. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1701
1783
1717
1780
33. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1700-1721
1769
1726
1709
34. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1789
1703
1792
1763
35. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1713
1772
1778
1754
36. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1720
1788
1779
1710-1711
37. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1770
1788
1740
1775
38. The Great Plague of Marseille
1767
1771
1705
1720
39. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing
1738
1720
1726
1740
40. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1744
1756
1769
1760
41. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1730
1787
1757
1744
42. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1783
1744
1788
1754
43. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1745
1706
1709
1787
44. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1706
1722
1718
1795
45. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1711-1715
1796
1799
1768
46. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1713
1756
1745
1704
47. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1771
1748
1789
1709
48. War of the Polish Succession.
1733
1738
1768
1712
49. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1796
1721
1775
1761
50. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1741
1790
1760
1748