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18th Century Timeline
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1. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1783
1706
1702
1713-1714
2. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1736
1759
1713-1714
1773
3. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1761
1720
1783
1722
4. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1796
1798
1772
1739
5. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1706
1701
1735
1712
6. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1795
1769
1735
1760
7. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1715
1756
1778
1742
8. The R
1795
1703
1721
1739
9. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1755
1741
1702
1790
10. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1793
1769
1748
1762
11. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1715
1778
1724
1799
12. 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.
1794
1785
1722
1772
13. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1757
1771
1718
1799
14. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1727
1750
1793
1768
15. Polish revolt
1798
1770
1794
1798
16. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1701
1775
1758
1781
17. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1722
1724
1769
1797
18. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1785
1778
1748
1703
19. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1704
1760
1794
1744
20. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1715
1780
1792
1720
21. American Revolutionary War
1781
1775
1787
1741
22. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1709
1716
1707
1798
23. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1744
1715
1720
1723
24. War of the Austrian Succession
1741
1740
1790
1730
25. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1718-1730
1772
1783
1748
26. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1756
1740
1795
1791
27. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1796
1710-1711
1778
1754
28. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1744
1776
1716
1783
29. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1755
1741
1722
1788
30. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1722
1795
1776
1799
31. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1769
1741
1772
1787
32. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1798
1794
1771
1723
33. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1772
1791
1754
1765
34. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1770
1772
1713
1772
35. 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.
1708
1701
1739
1761
36. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1709
1739
1704
1755
37. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1701
1719
1755
1772
38. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1748
1787
1739
1778
39. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1759
1750
1707
1795
40. The South Sea Bubble
1720
1701
1702
1738
41. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1707
1773
1722
1721
42. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1740
1700-1721
1775
1799
43. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1772
1785
1708
1768
44. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1720
1721
1781
1755
45. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1707
1756
1729
1719
46. T
1778
1726
1735
1701
47. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1758
1795
1730
1781
48. Russo-Turkish War
1787
1721
1783
1714
49. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1788
1791
1721
1758
50. First Anglo-Maratha War
1795
1775
1787
1756
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