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18th Century Timeline
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1. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1718-1730
1792
1775
1787
2. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1765
1759
1738
1722
3. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1707
1762
1799
1748
4. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1709
1744
1716
1722
5. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1779
1721
1783
1707
6. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745
1713
1733
1708
7. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1772
1714
1755
1740
8. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1792
1765
1799
1740
9. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1790
1778
1712
1763
10. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1770
1773
1701
1787
11. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1794
1723
1758
1795
12. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1708
1708
1724
1771
13. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1718-1730
1736
1754
1709
14. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1794
1772
1758
1703
15. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1772
1709
1716
1787
16. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1748
1793
1776
1783
17. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1735
1796
1723
1788
18. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1744
1718
1769
1735
19. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1703
1713
1795
1793
20. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1791
1771
1788
1793
21. The 'Great Disaster'
1715
1796
1723
1710
22. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1709
1703
1720
1713
23. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1720
1791
1755
1788
24. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1744
1718
1729
1796
25. Inconfid
1791
1722
1788
1727
26. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1775
1701
1738
1792
27. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1740
1766
1798
1710
28. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1796
1769
1776
1707
29. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1796
1717
1785
1721
30. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1761
1781
1788
1722
31. First Anglo-Maratha War
1721
1775
1787
1707
32. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1788
1736
1780
1739
33. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1790
1781
1730
1755
34. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1702
1796
1795
1798
35. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1704
1744
1769
1718-1730
36. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1787
1755
1715
1792
37. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1744
1707
1772
1760
38. Revolt in the Vend
1722
1772
1793
1754
39. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1718
1707
1785
1796
40. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1721
1798
1795
1787
41. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1713-1714
1750
1715
1755
42. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1761
1795
1736
1709
43. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1768
1799
1779
1738
44. Russo-Turkish War
1768
1726
1742
1722
45. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1703
1724
1719
1708
46. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1744
1776
1710
1723
47. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1769
1739
1789
1756
48. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1727
1739
1709
1789
49. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1722
1787
1781
1789
50. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1706
1794
1767
1763