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18th Century Timeline
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1. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1792
1762
1706
1789
2. Russo-Turkish War.
1712
1735
1790
1775
3. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1708
1798
1703
1714
4. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1788
1776
1723
1713-1714
5. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1799
1756
1778
1708
6. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1794
1730
1788
1768
7. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1748
1770
1779
1741
8. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1712
1718-1730
1793
1794
9. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1769
1729
1772
1717
10. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1703
1769
1717
1744
11. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1733
1710
1721
1720
12. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1717
1793
1754
1709
13. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1718
1748
1797
1773
14. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1744
1783
1730
1733
15. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1720
1701
1732
1796
16. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1772
1720
1781
1725
17. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1721
1736
1716
1778
18. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1747
1794
1729
1792
19. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1711-1715
1702
1796
1776
20. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1772
1799
1775
1740
21. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1796
1735
1740
1722
22. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1770
1798
1771
1776
23. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1744
1787
1741
1707
24. Revolt in the Vend
1793
1789
1713
1707
25. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1702
1738
1715
1775
26. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.
1754
1767
1757
1732
27. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1736
1769
1788
1791
28. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1794
1783
1723
1771
29. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1775
1715
1799
1791
30. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1745
1721
1792
1702
31. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1758
1788
1713
1735
32. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1799
1707
1787
1772
33. 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.
1732
1794
1718
1795
34. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1798
1792
1787
1755
35. George III became King of Britain.
1795
1760
1757
1775
36. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1772
1797
1718
1799
37. 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.
1763
1785
1740
1771
38. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1781
1709
1707
1717
39. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1744
1717
1738
1750
40. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1704
1799
1741
1799
41. Russo-Turkish War
1721
1714
1787
1766
42. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1736
1781
1788
1791
43. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1740
1760
1704
1741
44. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1787
1744
1718
1773
45. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1781
1771
1760
1707
46. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1707
1723
1789
1791
47. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1716
1735
1740
1723
48. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1772
1770
1799
1722
49. Anglo-Spanish War
1701
1756
1720
1727
50. American Revolutionary War
1776
1735
1775
1700-1721