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18th Century Timeline
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1. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1702
1723
1788
1761
2. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1702
1783
1773
1722
3. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1791
1713-1714
1707
1773
4. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1707
1721
1738
1787
5. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1785
1755
1722
1723
6. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1789
1715
1772
1795
7. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1790
1707
1738
1783
8. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1721
1796
1754
1792
9. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1722
1796
1701
1707
10. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1715
1763
1722
1722
11. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1760
1706
1795
1708
12. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1771
1795
1756
1766
13. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1744
1785
1701
1788
14. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1738
1701
1727
1739
15. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1701
1795
1729
1741
16. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1725
1795
1791
1723
17. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1787
1790
1729
1733
18. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1775
1707
1739
1759
19. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1761
1750
1796
1720
20. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1796
1768
1703
1769
21. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1792
1709
1768
1742
22. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1730
1759
1793
1793
23. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1740
1796
1793
1727
24. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1778
1755
1721
1701
25. George III became King of Britain.
1722
1760
1794
1703
26. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1720
1767
1792
1798
27. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1708
1738
1772
1741
28. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1790
1755
1799
1744
29. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1716
1758
1772
1740
30. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1709
1718-1730
1732
1795
31. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1776
1775
1754
1711-1715
32. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1762
1741
1799
1747
33. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1787
1779
1718
1747
34. Russo-Turkish War.
1721
1701
1735
1767
35. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1762
1735
1775
1778
36. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1781
1773
1794
1771
37. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1708
1703
1772
1791
38. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1733
1707
1708
1796
39. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1770
1790
1720
1711-1715
40. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1744
1704
1760
1754
41. War of the Polish Succession.
1718
1787
1733
1776
42. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1724
1796
1795
1758
43. 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
1722
1768
1739
1726
44. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1762
1769
1735
1772
45. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1744
1715
1794
1707
46. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1783
1704
1798
1768
47. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1723
1798
1771
1721
48. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1795
1796
1785
1761
49. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1739
1720
1770
1793
50. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1725
1735
1715
1755