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18th Century Timeline
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1. The R
1703
1789
1701
1748
2. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1718
1748
1729
1776
3. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1722
1750
1793
1715
4. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1791
1720
1702
1788
5. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1775
1791
1735
1772
6. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1736
1739
1788
1798
7. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1788
1745
1771
1792
8. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1724
1770
1766
1792
9. War of the Austrian Succession
1796
1722
1763
1740
10. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1709
1702
1772
1790
11. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1776
1785
1754
1793
12. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1711-1715
1796
1799
1722
13. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1720
1722
1771
1781
14. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1740
1701
1738
1718
15. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1763
1708
1788
1713-1714
16. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1796
1797
1739
1723
17. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1718-1730
1790
1705
1772
18. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1773
1739
1785
1724
19. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1713-1714
1788
1707
1708
20. War of the Polish Succession.
1776
1733
1750
1722
21. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1730
1772
1710-1711
1788
22. First Anglo-Maratha War
1775
1798
1707
1768
23. The French Revolution
1789
1792
1787
1756
24. The R
1703
1791
1776
1768
25. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1788
1773
1738
1742
26. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1794
1783
1789
1788
27. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1791
1745
1772
1787
28. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1793
1740
1772
1793
29. The Lisbon earthquake
1739
1792
1755
1758
30. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1768
1793
1769
1701
31. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1756
1758
1770
1773
32. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1712
1776
1744
1775
33. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1717
1711-1715
1768
1738
34. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1793
1713-1714
1705
1798
35. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1713
1772
1703
1796
36. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1796
1772
1766
1718
37. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1740
1735
1769
1790
38. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1768
1730
1769
1760
39. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1790
1789
1714
1711-1715
40. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.
1756
1703
1754
1703
41. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1738
1790
1713
1794
42. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1726
1769
1799
1715
43. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1795
1721
1788
1721
44. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1789
1724
1766
1738
45. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1783
1796
1791
1722
46. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.
1711-1715
1785
1714
1703
47. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1707
1740
1787
1733
48. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1724
1771
1772
1788
49. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1787
1789
1770
1780
50. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1778
1730
1738
1788