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18th Century Timeline
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1. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1702
1788
1769
1742
2. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1729
1741
1756
1766
3. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1783
1747
1747
1708
4. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1722
1783
1797
1721
5. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1715
1740
1779
1772
6. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing
1738
1783
1726
1787
7. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1762
1773
1776
1799
8. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1772
1736
1741
1769
9. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1703
1793
1744
1761
10. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1787
1771
1710-1711
1793
11. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1738
1798
1769
1787
12. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1785
1792
1700-1721
1702
13. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1710
1790
1711-1715
1744
14. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1769
1707
1715
1791
15. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1770
1718-1730
1707
1799
16. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1708
1741
1707
1713-1714
17. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1715
1787
1715
1766
18. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1795
1791
1773
1717
19. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745
1712
1775
1755
20. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1795
1769
1783
1775
21. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1798
1739
1730
1787
22. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1735
1772
1773
1770
23. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1785
1720
1790
1754
24. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1789
1716
1754
1708
25. Anglo-Spanish War
1798
1727
1719
1775
26. George III became King of Britain.
1760
1725
1791
1724
27. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1796
1792
1718
1747
28. The Haitian Revolution
1747
1748
1791
1702
29. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1715
1795
1744
1738
30. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1789
1726
1785
1760
31. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1724
1730
1760
1783
32. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1714
1702
1702
1712
33. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1790
1730
1770
1715
34. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1736
1729
1744
1706
35. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1736
1735
1739
1730
36. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1707
1720
1707
1757
37. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1706
1720
1715
1755
38. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1769
1787
1724
1759
39. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1796
1721
1787
1713
40. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1769
1762
1798
1761
41. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1760
1730
1791
1722
42. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1723
1769
1713-1714
1760
43. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1769
1701
1754
1763
44. T
1775
1721
1754
1778
45. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1721
1700-1721
1717
1773
46. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1713
1738
1715
1701
47. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1783
1701
1744
1763
48. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1722
1772
1740
1767
49. War of the Austrian Succession
1740
1720
1769
1722
50. T
1795
1791
1778
1789