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18th Century Timeline
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1. Inconfid
1721
1789
1788
1754
2. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1768
1707
1793
1750
3. 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
1790
1726
1723
1788
4. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1701
1762
1756
1765
5. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1715
1791
1759
1789
6. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1719
1754
1799
1715
7. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1756
1767
1725
1792
8. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1720
1740
1775
1722
9. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1761
1766
1773
1704
10. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1742
1730
1770
1795
11. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1727
1719
1702
1708
12. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1704
1796
1710-1711
1726
13. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1794
1738
1788
1796
14. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1713-1714
1732
1761
1765
15. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1776
1738
1781
1748
16. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1783
1795
1788
1729
17. George III became King of Britain.
1787
1739
1756
1760
18. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1791
1708
1754
1739
19. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1795
1721
1715
1748
20. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1762
1754
1796
1721
21. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1763
1707
1742
1789
22. First Anglo-Maratha War
1709
1775
1756
1772
23. 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.
1709
1785
1704
1783
24. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1745
1798
1707
25. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1769
1766
1740
1755
26. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1754
1796
1736
1723
27. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1771
1735
1768
1744
28. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1723
1719
1703
1778
29. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1763
1701
1783
1761
30. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1796
1747
1756
1723
31. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1772
1725
1766
1772
32. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1740
1718-1730
1704
1773
33. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1706
1725
1738
1781
34. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1754
1791
1770
1721
35. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1796
1702
1769
1733
36. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1780
1799
1757
1710-1711
37. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1769
1756
1725
1740
38. Revolt in the Vend
1796
1793
1783
1798
39. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1711-1715
1791
1769
1796
40. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1768
1775
1721
1761
41. War of the Austrian Succession
1708
1722
1709
1740
42. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1720
1702
1763
1775
43. Revolt in the Vend
1767
1701
1793
1701
44. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1706
1799
1792
1768
45. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1744
1772
1788
1740
46. 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.
1750
1754
1795
1756
47. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1730
1785
1701
1722
48. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1716
1796
1787
1748
49. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1710-1711
1740
1765
1709
50. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1748
1792
1788
1780
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