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18th Century Timeline
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1. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1788
1735
1744
1723
2. The South Sea Bubble
1718
1701
1796
1720
3. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1747
1710-1711
1792
1791
4. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1799
1747
1707
1739
5. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1750
1770
1795
1769
6. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1769
1771
1788
1739
7. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1707
1781
1760
1701
8. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1754
1794
1779
1727
9. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1763
1740
1783
1738
10. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1707
1709
1790
1730
11. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1757
1770
1755
1740
12. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1735
1794
1748
1793
13. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1718
1773
1794
1795
14. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1706
1758
1761
15. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1783
1795
1796
1705
16. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1713-1714
1761
1730
1709
17. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1738
1717
1765
1787
18. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1796
1797
1791
1772
19. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1781
1722
1720
1789
20. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1767
1754
1799
1738
21. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1707
1740
1705
1738
22. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1771
1744
1712
1708
23. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1730
1755
1771
1787
24. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1703
1738
1783
1793
25. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1738
1765
1775
1721
26. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1793
1799
1701
1769
27. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1711-1715
1710
1736
1791
28. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1798
1710
1778
1709
29. Polish revolt
1780
1794
1721
1730
30. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1796
1792
1779
1722
31. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1709
1787
1788
1701
32. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1701
1792
1769
1795
33. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1754
1716
1707
1785
34. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1787
1781
1744
1783
35. 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.
1788
1787
1707
1754
36. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1706
1701
1799
1778
37. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1760
1793
1701
1748
38. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1781
1787
1769
1722
39. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1783
1797
1717
1711-1715
40. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1789
1788
1750
1763
41. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1783
1740
1798
1741
42. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1794
1754
1722
1739
43. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1715
1736
1730
1744
44. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1715
1772
1740
1796
45. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1701
1796
1787
1702
46. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1720
1750
1791
1794
47. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1721
1772
1792
1725
48. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1715
1772
1788
1797
49. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1740
1701
1778
1722
50. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1701
1724
1792
1732