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18th Century Timeline
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1. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1739
1790
1715
1791
2. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1787
1744
1707
1793
3. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1744
1787
1701
1707
4. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1773
1799
1710-1711
1798
5. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1787
1758
1717
1708
6. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1763
1799
1765
1721
7. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1704
1775
1722
1738
8. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1707
1796
1722
1795
9. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1730
1790
1717
1775
10. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1788
1703
1750
1744
11. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1770
1783
1788
1799
12. Russo-Turkish War
1768
1787
1701
1709
13. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1701
1702
1799
1716
14. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1799
1788
1720
1716
15. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1701
1796
1793
1758
16. 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.
1798
1794
1772
1789
17. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1795
1763
1740
1719
18. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1767
1721
1773
1793
19. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1795
1775
1759
1722
20. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1723
1738
1776
1772
21. The Great Plague of Marseille
1712
1710
1720
1775
22. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1789
1771
1739
1780
23. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1722
1798
1770
1772
24. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1766
1778
1730
1783
25. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1721
1795
1799
1762
26. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1783
1770
1745
1767
27. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1720
1781
1769
1797
28. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1772
1799
1754
1701
29. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1783
1787
1732
1754
30. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1790
1716
1735
1747
31. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1708
1796
1740
1792
32. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1739
1796
1771
1744
33. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1773
1701
1720
34. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1772
1790
1721
1730
35. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1720
1709
1701
1773
36. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1783
1722
1727
1783
37. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1729
1725
1720
1793
38. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1702
1712
1783
1788
39. Russo-Turkish War
1788
1799
1768
1776
40. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1710-1711
1788
1796
1701
41. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1754
1732
1745
1736
42. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1770
1789
1778
1783
43. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1772
1792
1757
1709
44. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1783
1722
1755
1756
45. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1741
1740
1721
1710
46. War of the Polish Succession.
1796
1733
1787
1707
47. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1771
1778
1789
1756
48. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1722
1797
1787
1789
49. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1707
1718
1715
1794
50. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1705
1706
1763
1703
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