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18th Century Timeline
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1. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1763
1709
1722
1759
2. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1780
1747
1705
1708
3. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1715
1738
1720
1701
4. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1713-1714
1778
1727
1795
5. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1780
1765
1789
1788
6. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1773
1788
1738
1771
7. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1778
1700-1721
1759
1797
8. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1794
1768
1775
1778
9. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1748
1742
1757
1769
10. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1788
1701
1755
1763
11. Russo-Turkish War
1788
1787
1706
1798
12. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1712
1756
1769
1788
13. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1736
1794
1775
1710-1711
14. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1796
1783
1710
1722
15. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1714
1733
1798
1787
16. War of the Polish Succession.
1736
1733
1742
1744
17. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1745
1723
1709
1796
18. The Haitian Revolution
1760
1791
1735
1716
19. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1721
1726
1740
1701
20. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1754
1736
1788
1785
21. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1790
1740
1739
1721
22. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1796
1780
1795
1719
23. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1720
1716
1795
1795
24. George III became King of Britain.
1760
1798
1794
1793
25. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1707
1712
1716
1778
26. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1740
1701
1776
1787
27. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1795
1713
1713-1714
1725
28. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1707
1755
1788
1771
29. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1722
1741
1794
1769
30. First Anglo-Maratha War
1721
1769
1701
1775
31. The R
1712
1798
1703
1745
32. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1772
1729
1736
1702
33. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1767
1763
1718
1708
34. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1721
1744
1790
1766
35. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1708
1791
1779
1792
36. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1710
1792
1772
1775
37. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1723
1722
1708
1781
38. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1721
1762
1712
1772
39. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1750
1787
1769
1769
40. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1722
1717
1741
1739
41. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1702
1761
1773
1744
42. Anglo-Spanish War
1796
1768
1709
1727
43. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1725
1729
1722
1703
44. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1796
1742
1723
1795
45. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1783
1787
1744
1799
46. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1713
1762
1702
1707
47. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1791
1792
1756
1778
48. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1775
1710-1711
1718-1730
1765
49. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1771
1794
1729
1768
50. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1722
1788
1769
1705