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18th Century Timeline
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1. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1740
1794
1772
1798
2. George III became King of Britain.
1780
1706
1770
1760
3. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1740
1741
1726
1769
4. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1772
1792
1715
1799
5. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1725
1772
1773
1794
6. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1756
1789
1766
1707
7. 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
1701
1710-1711
1772
1726
8. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1781
1790
1762
1770
9. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1700-1721
1775
1775
1744
10. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1793
1721
1796
1708
11. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1711-1715
1712
1780
1791
12. The Haitian Revolution
1702
1791
1767
1796
13. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1714
1719
1765
1716
14. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1770
1705
1716
1707
15. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1783
1744
1791
1771
16. T
1738
1713-1714
1778
1791
17. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1770
1758
1744
1755
18. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1775
1783
1722
1795
19. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1741
1773
1740
1703
20. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1793
1707
1722
1729
21. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1701
1744
1707
1765
22. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1776
1798
1701
1722
23. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1771
1790
1773
1770
24. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1795
1772
1768
1740
25. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1793
1740
1710
1740
26. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1768
1740
1785
1722
27. The R
1793
1725
1772
1703
28. 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.
1789
1762
1754
1712
29. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1799
1704
1789
1702
30. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1721
1799
1701
1794
31. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1789
1701
1739
1795
32. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1722
1712
1741
1758
33. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1740
1744
1709
1796
34. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1791
1713
1794
1778
35. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1763
1773
1739
1750
36. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1715
1722
1788
1769
37. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.
1794
1760
1716
1772
38. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1799
1738
1715
1792
39. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1725
1709
1789
1778
40. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1733
1735
1799
1796
41. Inconfid
1788
1781
1771
1705
42. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1718
1790
1735
1713
43. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1788
1771
1793
1713
44. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1715
1787
1738
1719
45. War of the Austrian Succession
1796
1715
1740
1791
46. The French Revolution
1714
1779
1755
1789
47. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1783
1773
1700-1721
1771
48. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1798
1710-1711
1741
1750
49. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1788
1738
1739
1754
50. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1709
1702
1776
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