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18th Century Timeline
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1. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1700-1721
1721
1707
1772
2. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1713
1789
1706
1710-1711
3. Russo-Persian War
1748
1761
1748
1722
4. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1780
1755
1788
1791
5. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1744
1715
1740
1771
6. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1791
1762
1723
1732
7. Russo-Turkish War.
1709
1735
1793
1788
8. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1715
1772
1795
1716
9. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1771
1785
1781
1722
10. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1722
1715
1708
1722
11. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1766
1762
1711-1715
1796
12. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1780
1738
1756
1709
13. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1716
1738
1727
1783
14. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1704
1741
1739
1799
15. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1768
1769
1709
1794
16. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1773
1783
1795
1735
17. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722
1760
1730
1793
18. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1739
1791
1727
1795
19. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1779
1772
1787
1714
20. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1708
1725
1771
1703
21. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1708
1722
1796
1758
22. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1795
1785
1756
1796
23. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1716
1701
1783
1795
24. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1709
1715
1730
1740
25. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1707
1703
1723
1776
26. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1721
1701
1738
1744
27. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1718
1701
1783
1747
28. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1713-1714
1722
1762
1723
29. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1792
1772
1796
1701
30. Russo-Turkish War
1787
1709
1799
1793
31. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1708
1713-1714
1716
1792
32. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1772
1767
1789
1707
33. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1750
1722
1789
1725
34. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1796
1779
1767
1796
35. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1787
1783
1744
1703
36. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1769
1709
1781
1790
37. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1744
1795
1754
1765
38. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1755
1761
1787
1776
39. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1768
1796
1795
1720
40. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1793
1769
1796
1788
41. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1730
1701
1727
1701
42. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1701
1797
1798
1755
43. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1795
1783
1798
1741
44. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1787
1724
1756
1768
45. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1747
1788
1744
1721
46. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1776
1778
1738
1725
47. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1757
1773
1761
1735
48. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1741
1709
1710
1719
49. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1707
1730
1703
1775
50. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1769
1741
1732
1756