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18th Century Timeline
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1. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1772
1799
1721
1795
2. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1722
1701
1783
1763
3. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1720
1709
1787
1722
4. 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.
1785
1722
1789
1740
5. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1799
1766
1712
1715
6. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1732
1797
1738
1723
7. Inconfid
1776
1788
1763
1720
8. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1788
1760
1793
1796
9. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1783
1768
1769
1793
10. The South Sea Bubble
1711-1715
1763
1720
1717
11. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1710
1787
1771
1722
12. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1713-1714
1760
1775
1722
13. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1704
1713
1799
1787
14. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1769
1798
1714
1787
15. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1787
1730
1773
1715
16. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1719
1760
1795
1722
17. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1715
1790
1730
1713
18. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1790
1709
1707
1718-1730
19. Russo-Turkish War
1744
1765
1740
1787
20. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1773
1791
1754
1710
21. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1799
1756
1730
1781
22. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1707
1789
1720
1796
23. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1796
1787
1741
1721
24. Russo-Turkish War.
1787
1735
1791
1767
25. The Great Plague of Marseille
1740
1720
1788
1722
26. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1792
1796
1756
1739
27. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1765
1718
1725
1795
28. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1795
1702
1769
1721
29. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1757
1736
1755
1787
30. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1701
1775
1704
1722
31. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1722
1775
1792
1775
32. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1767
1709
1701
1735
33. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1756
1727
1716
1787
34. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1766
1722
1717
1788
35. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1741
1790
1798
1783
36. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1776
1797
1725
1772
37. First Anglo-Maratha War
1775
1706
1762
1796
38. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1710
1707
1788
1748
39. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1796
1780
1745
1776
40. War of the Austrian Succession
1756
1740
1722
1715
41. The R
1703
1755
1756
1702
42. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1740
1788
1701
1772
43. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1795
1721
1722
1792
44. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1754
1717
1793
1740
45. Polish revolt
1795
1794
1799
1718
46. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1736
1722
1772
1756
47. T
1778
1770
1712
1740
48. 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.
1744
1709
1792
1794
49. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1713-1714
1788
1701
1744
50. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1717
1709
1740
1765