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18th Century Timeline
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1. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1794
1759
1772
1771
2. American Revolutionary War
1707
1735
1775
1748
3. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1776
1754
1796
1785
4. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1739
1787
1740
1716
5. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1704
1773
1700-1721
1789
6. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1738
1742
1791
7. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1778
1798
1787
1775
8. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1770
1795
1796
1787
9. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1791
1768
1738
1744
10. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1721
1776
1785
1791
11. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1787
1772
1775
1793
12. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1785
1701
1772
1799
13. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1766
1716
1747
1799
14. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1796
1788
1712
1741
15. 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.
1715
1722
1715
1754
16. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1754
1790
1788
1795
17. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1763
1772
1793
1767
18. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1773
1770
1738
1718
19. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.
1708
1787
1707
1772
20. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1794
1778
1798
1787
21. Russo-Turkish War.
1735
1788
1768
1795
22. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1736
1787
1756
1791
23. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1796
1727
1788
1754
24. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1758
1715
1718-1730
1795
25. The Haitian Revolution
1768
1735
1760
1791
26. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1704
1792
1778
1713-1714
27. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1798
1770
1796
1717
28. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1701
1730
1787
1721
29. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1791
1783
1708
1794
30. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1794
1730
1701
1795
31. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1736
1703
1703
1769
32. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1703
1742
1705
1715
33. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745
1723
1720
1735
34. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1794
1729
1795
1778
35. The Haitian Revolution
1707
1791
1795
1778
36. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1789
1708
1738
1744
37. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1730
1708
1707
1741
38. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1715
1772
1709
1780
39. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1789
1720
1738
1772
40. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1771
1789
1787
1715
41. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1732
1785
1755
1794
42. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1721
1792
1720
1797
43. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722
1738
1740
1792
44. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1789
1788
1796
1735
45. Revolt in the Vend
1735
1772
1793
1763
46. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1773
1709
1707
1740
47. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.
1791
1763
1788
1785
48. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1723
1758
1718-1730
1722
49. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1739
1730
1785
1769
50. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1793
1796
1772
1735