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18th Century Timeline
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1. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1787
1704
1757
1739
2. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1781
1738
1760
1790
3. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1755
1741
1773
1796
4. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1776
1741
1763
1730
5. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1715
1759
1779
1785
6. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1771
1756
1706
1771
7. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1770
1723
1748
1793
8. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1711-1715
1775
1794
1783
9. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1725
1781
1730
1759
10. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1706
1744
1771
1703
11. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1741
1788
1741
1772
12. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1789
1738
1722
1788
13. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1712
1759
1730
1798
14. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1702
1785
1714
1738
15. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1748
1795
1735
1792
16. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1732
1767
1706
1701
17. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1781
1721
1790
1799
18. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1791
1714
1745
1713-1714
19. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1724
1781
1763
1796
20. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1720
1710
1707
1792
21. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1732
1738
1740
1707
22. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1710-1711
1767
1781
1702
23. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1744
1792
1722
1775
24. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1770
1787
1740
1723
25. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1770
1799
1723
1721
26. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1709
1739
1738
1776
27. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1738
1796
1788
1760
28. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1792
1722
1787
1722
29. Revolt in the Vend
1704
1735
1793
1760
30. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1791
1708
1718-1730
1795
31. War of the Austrian Succession
1740
1789
1763
1780
32. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1722
1703
1794
1754
33. The Lisbon earthquake
1788
1755
1716
1795
34. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1715
1772
1711-1715
1792
35. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1791
1736
1738
1781
36. T
1702
1778
1729
1708
37. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1723
1776
1709
1717
38. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1767
1788
1771
1767
39. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1783
1785
1778
1772
40. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1742
1769
1763
1721
41. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1709
1776
1795
1765
42. George III became King of Britain.
1778
1717
1760
1704
43. T
1722
1770
1778
1739
44. War of the Austrian Succession
1756
1741
1719
1740
45. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1788
1744
1741
1732
46. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1783
1796
1721
1712
47. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1708
1772
1779
1775
48. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1794
1796
1715
1760
49. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1796
1771
1729
1721
50. The South Sea Bubble
1787
1716
1720
1709
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