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18th Century Timeline
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1. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1756
1756
1785
1729
2. 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.
1775
1766
1701
1754
3. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1717
1761
1748
1783
4. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1789
1769
1740
1722
5. The South Sea Bubble
1726
1723
1716
1720
6. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1729
1772
1744
1790
7. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1740
1761
1779
1792
8. War of the Austrian Succession
1701
1740
1744
1775
9. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1796
1747
1770
1783
10. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1791
1781
1711-1715
1738
11. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1711-1715
1748
1722
1793
12. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1785
1702
1776
1701
13. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722
1718
1756
1794
14. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1708
1721
1773
1769
15. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1714
1796
1770
1762
16. American Revolutionary War
1791
1779
1775
1796
17. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1718-1730
1745
1785
1771
18. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1772
1714
1776
1703
19. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1718
1758
1741
1716
20. Russo-Persian War
1779
1722
1703
1768
21. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1719
1709
1796
1754
22. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1759
1788
1771
1772
23. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1707
1796
1783
1769
24. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1790
1780
1773
1796
25. The French Revolution
1772
1789
1709
1721
26. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1796
1736
1718
1714
27. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1763
1715
1706
1781
28. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1739
1704
1724
1775
29. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1741
1707
1709
1722
30. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1720
1740
1799
1754
31. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1740
1722
1772
1754
32. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1720
1730
1721
1740
33. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1722
1748
1796
1738
34. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1772
1778
1701
1745
35. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1792
1701
1771
1798
36. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1757
1788
1738
1781
37. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1785
1707
1706
1726
38. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1730
1718
1791
1722
39. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1792
1707
1721
1795
40. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1795
1759
1740
1721
41. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1792
1738
1759
1789
42. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1772
1702
1739
1797
43. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1796
1755
1788
1718
44. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1738
1796
1735
1725
45. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1759
1732
1720
1744
46. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1789
1722
1796
1701
47. The 'Great Disaster'
1754
1723
1793
1741
48. War of the Polish Succession.
1733
1739
1706
1707
49. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1765
1776
1771
1736
50. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1759
1744
1723
1772