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18th Century Timeline
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1. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1796
1793
1795
1769
2. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1748
1715
1797
1770
3. George III became King of Britain.
1769
1744
1760
1700-1721
4. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1738
1709
1780
5. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1721
1781
1740
1793
6. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1755
1722
1763
1769
7. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1756
1796
1722
1796
8. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1771
1719
1794
1768
9. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1738
1727
1773
1788
10. Russo-Turkish War
1787
1776
1772
1715
11. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1748
1796
1796
1707
12. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1706
1795
1760
1771
13. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1761
1797
1748
1703
14. The R
1703
1796
1735
1763
15. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1791
1778
1720
1762
16. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1703
1740
1719
1736
17. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1768
1726
1741
1772
18. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1776
1716
1732
1779
19. Revolt in the Vend
1779
1793
1722
1794
20. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1789
1799
1772
1792
21. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1755
1771
1715
1721
22. Anglo-Spanish War
1790
1775
1789
1727
23. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1770
1769
1729
1795
24. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1794
1740
1779
1769
25. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1756
1700-1721
1732
1724
26. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1708
1702
1791
1744
27. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.
1721
1718
1708
1754
28. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.
1792
1794
1775
1756
29. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1740
1766
1788
1725
30. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1740
1788
1778
1702
31. The Great Plague of Marseille
1720
1781
1798
1715
32. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1742
1702
1714
1794
33. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1708
1725
1772
1762
34. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1740
1723
1718-1730
1791
35. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1744
1797
1712
1747
36. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1702
1756
1722
1755
37. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1767
1763
1724
1729
38. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1754
1701
1788
1729
39. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1721
1740
1783
1710
40. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1714
1776
1772
1721
41. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1788
1723
1770
1781
42. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1795
1798
1757
1706
43. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1720
1714
1785
1730
44. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.
1787
1740
1787
1794
45. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1730
1767
1787
1727
46. 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
1741
1726
1785
1775
47. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.
1741
1769
1771
1708
48. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1761
1705
1702
1796
49. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1758
1740
1781
1744
50. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1732
1798
1791
1704
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