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18th Century Timeline
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1. War of the Austrian Succession
1740
1763
1769
1707
2. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1716
1715
1767
1730
3. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1701
1792
1761
1740
4. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745
1791
1736
1765
5. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1704
1704
1721
1702
6. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1732
1793
1795
1705
7. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1768
1754
1738
1744
8. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1707
1789
1705
1741
9. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1791
1796
1720
1776
10. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1769
1773
1787
1721
11. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1767
1740
1775
1717
12. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1740
1773
1707
1745
13. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1765
1723
1722
1775
14. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1783
1791
1714
1703
15. T
1778
1701
1781
1713
16. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1718-1730
1704
1795
1714
17. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1721
1799
1757
1778
18. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1721
1796
1776
1770
19. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1783
1720
1799
1723
20. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1779
1781
1732
1750
21. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1741
1722
1796
1795
22. The R
1703
1730
1783
1778
23. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1730
1704
1740
1756
24. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1787
1763
1796
1707
25. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1715
1744
1738
1772
26. The Haitian Revolution
1775
1799
1739
1791
27. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1781
1701
1722
1771
28. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1772
1783
1771
1744
29. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1720
1799
1745
1712
30. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1750
1778
1763
1763
31. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1797
1711-1715
1793
1763
32. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1730
1766
1778
1709
33. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1727
1701
1759
1722
34. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1726
1792
1738
1767
35. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1770
1775
1744
1755
36. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1707
1795
1798
1703
37. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1781
1761
1720
1776
38. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1757
1763
1701
1708
39. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1757
1796
1725
1742
40. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1707
1741
1757
1748
41. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1779
1701
1798
1740
42. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1722
1790
1725
1709
43. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1779
1717
1771
1767
44. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1726
1779
1772
1795
45. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1701
1704
1713-1714
1709
46. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1730
1725
1710
1772
47. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1798
1787
1722
1750
48. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1721
1736
1740
1704
49. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1720
1799
1700-1721
1735
50. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1771
1796
1799
1715
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