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18th Century Timeline
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1. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1717
1744
1721
1790
2. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1796
1772
1717
1701
3. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1707
1760
1742
1704
4. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1740
1768
1717
1757
5. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1718
1727
1770
1757
6. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1791
1720
1736
1721
7. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1744
1717
1718
1713
8. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1721
1772
1770
1755
9. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1700-1721
1713-1714
1789
1709
10. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1795
1705
1775
1718-1730
11. 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.
1717
1796
1772
1708
12. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1722
1745
1732
1754
13. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1735
1765
1792
1793
14. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1799
1796
1736
1788
15. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1792
1720
1793
1789
16. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1785
1729
1760
1742
17. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1778
1718
1715
1787
18. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1735
1797
1791
1708
19. American Revolutionary War
1720
1703
1775
1773
20. War of the Austrian Succession
1710-1711
1754
1756
1740
21. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1776
1717
1762
1715
22. 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.
1768
1793
1794
1708
23. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1740
1715
1787
1760
24. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1792
1725
1701
1766
25. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1766
1799
1773
1739
26. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1721
1709
1783
1714
27. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1702
1797
1740
1798
28. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1771
1767
1738
1744
29. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1730
1772
1773
1710
30. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1724
1770
1757
1792
31. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1700-1721
1756
1789
1722
32. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1797
1722
1776
1763
33. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1740
1785
1796
1708
34. T
1766
1773
1778
1722
35. War of the Austrian Succession
1717
1740
1791
1773
36. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1736
1701
1722
1735
37. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1788
1747
1729
1750
38. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1799
1781
1707
1791
39. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1798
1701
1763
1707
40. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1790
1709
1761
1701
41. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1741
1795
1770
1799
42. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1773
1772
1787
1730
43. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1720
1758
1732
1768
44. The Great Plague of Marseille
1772
1720
1755
1760
45. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1769
1791
1795
1713
46. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1740
1772
1709
1765
47. American Revolutionary War
1775
1788
1767
1732
48. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1799
1795
1798
1755
49. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1761
1779
1701
1715
50. 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.
1738
1794
1770
1772