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18th Century Timeline
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1. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1781
1795
1715
1772
2. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1736
1707
1740
1767
3. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1723
1793
1724
1714
4. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1723
1721
1788
1789
5. War of the Austrian Succession
1740
1775
1725
1711-1715
6. Russo-Turkish War
1713-1714
1787
1779
1744
7. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1769
1710-1711
1792
1766
8. 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
1726
1702
1722
1789
9. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1748
1705
1796
1795
10. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1708
1787
1740
1792
11. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1718-1730
1710
1799
1722
12. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1750
1744
1748
1773
13. George III became King of Britain.
1771
1740
1741
1760
14. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1715
1773
1742
1795
15. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1763
1706
1770
1793
16. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1720
1718
1748
1789
17. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1747
1772
1795
1713
18. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1733
1721
1710-1711
1739
19. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1719
1783
1709
1785
20. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1740
1713
1771
1789
21. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1787
1741
1791
1750
22. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1720
1710
1754
1718
23. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1707
1788
1759
24. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1754
1789
1715
1799
25. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1772
1707
1757
1714
26. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1750
1796
1702
1701
27. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1761
1741
1789
1771
28. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1772
1709
1713-1714
1799
29. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1723
1702
1720
1796
30. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1769
1775
1701
1795
31. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1707
1745
1701
1794
32. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1788
1707
1711-1715
1725
33. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1773
1707
1755
1701
34. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1703
1707
1755
1722
35. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1770
1740
1714
1758
36. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1785
1701
1739
1705
37. Inconfid
1718
1788
1754
1730
38. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1794
1772
1706
1744
39. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1795
1705
1707
1771
40. 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
1750
1773
1772
41. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1796
1789
1778
1793
42. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1735
1700-1721
1793
1741
43. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1701
1794
1772
1722
44. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1750
1721
1795
1799
45. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1762
1796
1730
1799
46. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1799
1703
1740
1779
47. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1792
1730
1799
1738
48. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1791
1783
1793
1787
49. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1799
1772
1740
1795
50. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1769
1770
1709
1721