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18th Century Timeline
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1. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1760
1745
1735
1799
2. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1706
1755
1792
1799
3. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1706
1781
1703
1748
4. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1740
1754
1776
1770
5. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1706
1705
1790
1789
6. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1702
1720
1765
1788
7. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1791
1797
1765
1713
8. War of the Austrian Succession
1701
1722
1740
1766
9. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1722
1738
1725
1787
10. The French Revolution
1792
1740
1789
1779
11. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1759
1771
1780
1707
12. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1766
1768
1772
1796
13. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1760
1735
1799
1763
14. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1795
1740
1799
1775
15. Russo-Turkish War
1768
1726
1702
1789
16. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1718-1730
1738
1759
1735
17. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1713
1799
1773
1722
18. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1730
1716
1757
1744
19. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1781
1741
1715
1754
20. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1709
1730
1713-1714
1744
21. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1794
1798
1773
1741
22. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1707
1787
1717
1701
23. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1755
1720
1778
1724
24. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1718
1760
1754
1797
25. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1787
1768
1775
1707
26. Revolt in the Vend
1795
1793
1783
1755
27. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1795
1750
1715
1792
28. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1721
1732
1748
1722
29. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1797
1788
1719
1755
30. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1705
1744
1707
1715
31. 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
1795
1722
1742
1726
32. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1717
1742
1788
1760
33. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1771
1770
1773
1719
34. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1750
1757
1795
1799
35. The Lisbon earthquake
1701
1735
1755
1775
36. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1738
1740
1744
1722
37. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1794
1769
1708
1736
38. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1701
1740
1709
1775
39. American Revolutionary War
1796
1775
1755
1760
40. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1721
1779
1722
1789
41. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1788
1789
1730
1788
42. George III became King of Britain.
1789
1788
1716
1760
43. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1738
1792
1765
1709
44. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1735
1775
1768
1744
45. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1736
1722
1773
1745
46. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1765
1776
1706
1701
47. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1796
1750
1707
1789
48. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1745
1715
1796
1710-1711
49. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1795
1745
1747
1776
50. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1750
1758
1772
1775
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