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18th Century Timeline
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1. 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.
1760
1708
1725
1770
2. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1714
1792
1721
1723
3. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1783
1735
1722
1785
4. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1713
1781
1783
1799
5. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1799
1796
1722
1707
6. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1789
1718
1791
1771
7. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1768
1755
1779
1799
8. War of the Austrian Succession
1787
1707
1707
1740
9. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1709
1781
1735
1747
10. Russo-Persian War
1772
1716
1735
1722
11. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1721
1756
1783
1729
12. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1719
1722
1732
1755
13. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1760
1707
1754
1754
14. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1776
1769
1709
1717
15. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1712
1775
1797
1702
16. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1722
1721
1772
1710-1711
17. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1767
1794
1790
1763
18. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1772
1781
1789
1740
19. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1766
1790
1739
1700-1721
20. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1763
1763
1783
1713-1714
21. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1700-1721
1798
1738
1709
22. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1708
1771
1787
1727
23. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1789
1755
1756
1717
24. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1758
1744
1707
1735
25. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1718
1783
1710-1711
1707
26. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1780
1768
1723
1759
27. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1757
1789
1769
1721
28. The French Revolution
1707
1722
1799
1789
29. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1739
1765
1748
1740
30. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1798
1706
1707
1707
31. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1735
1799
1713
1741
32. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1707
1714
1791
1789
33. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1792
1773
1718
1717
34. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1785
1772
1795
1762
35. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1792
1718
1715
1715
36. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1773
1708
1765
1799
37. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1736
1783
1738
1796
38. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1703
1740
1799
1798
39. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1760
1767
1715
1794
40. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1750
1722
1707
1732
41. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1788
1792
1757
1795
42. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1715
1718-1730
1775
1783
43. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1741
1795
1798
1703
44. The French Revolution
1789
1793
1741
1798
45. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1730
1705
1799
1794
46. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1781
1794
1726
1715
47. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1795
1701
1781
1717
48. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1707
1771
1716
1713-1714
49. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1718
1710
1781
1796
50. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1760
1767
1713
1781