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18th Century Timeline
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1. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1796
1773
1756
1718
2. Polish revolt
1769
1794
1769
1766
3. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1762
1768
1799
1713-1714
4. Inconfid
1725
1759
1795
1788
5. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1757
1727
1780
1739
6. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1741
1745
1711-1715
1706
7. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1769
1750
1719
1720
8. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1769
1711-1715
1795
1758
9. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1765
1785
1790
1722
10. War of the Austrian Succession
1797
1791
1740
1792
11. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1708
1709
1744
1760
12. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1761
1772
1775
1789
13. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1703
1785
1760
1775
14. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1718-1730
1703
1799
1787
15. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1768
1799
1799
1747
16. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1767
1788
1740
1725
17. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1760
1770
1796
1744
18. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1710-1711
1793
1748
1701
19. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1704
1760
1748
1788
20. Polish revolt
1715
1798
1755
1794
21. War of the Austrian Succession
1793
1769
1756
1740
22. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1724
1779
1772
1707
23. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1778
1722
1791
1745
24. The French Revolution
1790
1722
1736
1789
25. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1714
1708
1700-1721
1736
26. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1795
1766
1724
1795
27. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1788
1790
1771
1781
28. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1740
1781
1789
1765
29. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1766
1796
1789
1730
30. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1700-1721
1729
1796
1769
31. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1759
1796
1798
1701
32. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1795
1732
1768
1791
33. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1700-1721
1715
1785
1763
34. Russo-Turkish War
1748
1750
1738
1787
35. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1720
1701
1717
1722
36. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1783
1788
1799
1738
37. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1740
1707
1762
1799
38. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1718-1730
1790
1797
1703
39. The 'Great Disaster'
1792
1723
1738
1787
40. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1744
1705
1771
1708
41. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1766
1702
1718
1704
42. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1718
1701
1713
1742
43. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1785
1780
1795
1792
44. 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
1767
1741
1758
45. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1740
1720
1739
1722
46. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1783
1707
1701
1766
47. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1795
1702
1730
1792
48. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1713
1724
1721
1769
49. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1722
1789
1790
1773
50. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1795
1739
1793
1785
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