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18th Century Timeline
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1. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1775
1738
1722
1795
2. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1738
1715
1721
1703
3. Polish revolt
1794
1723
1702
1761
4. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1702
1763
1796
1768
5. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1733
1787
1769
1795
6. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1740
1766
1721
1702
7. First Anglo-Maratha War
1775
1794
1792
1750
8. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1775
1787
1718
1783
9. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1772
1706
1711-1715
1767
10. War of the Polish Succession.
1740
1775
1722
1733
11. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1738
1799
1718
1724
12. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1797
1770
1771
1722
13. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1783
1755
1794
1722
14. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1719
1709
1790
1787
15. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1785
1761
1708
1744
16. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1740
1709
1708
1710
17. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1799
1772
1762
1735
18. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1771
1778
1776
1788
19. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1799
1771
1718-1730
1765
20. 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
1765
1724
1726
1712
21. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1763
1789
1760
1799
22. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1720
1740
1772
1788
23. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1795
1769
1796
1793
24. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1744
1794
1754
1763
25. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1799
1796
1717
1702
26. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1757
1732
1740
1722
27. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1773
1717
1766
1796
28. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1705
1708
1785
1799
29. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1748
1757
1724
1783
30. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1722
1709
1791
1769
31. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1719
1796
1709
1744
32. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1755
1704
1781
1792
33. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1709
1739
1773
1773
34. 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
1722
1717
1796
35. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1799
1776
1736
1723
36. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1708
1769
1739
1793
37. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1793
1754
1775
1712
38. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1722
1713
1754
1715
39. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1775
1705
1775
1739
40. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1717
1788
1723
1763
41. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1755
1738
1719
1715
42. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1796
1711-1715
1707
1706
43. The Haitian Revolution
1792
1796
1791
1735
44. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1792
1703
1763
1768
45. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1776
1735
1775
1769
46. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1791
1772
1795
1756
47. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1722
1792
1710-1711
1799
48. Revolt in the Vend
1798
1708
1739
1793
49. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1799
1730
1799
1781
50. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1715
1750
1791
1792