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18th Century Timeline
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1. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1738
1791
1703
1717
2. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1748
1723
1720
1719
3. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1772
1742
1732
1721
4. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1748
1758
1755
1702
5. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1754
1724
1706
1799
6. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1744
1700-1721
1773
1721
7. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1744
1713
1780
1783
8. War of the Austrian Succession
1740
1773
1739
1775
9. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1715
1783
1701
1745
10. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1781
1745
1701
1700-1721
11. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745
1796
1724
1708
12. 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.
1721
1785
1799
1700-1721
13. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1772
1735
1713-1714
1703
14. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1701
1779
1769
1788
15. Russo-Turkish War.
1783
1702
1702
1735
16. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1760
1790
1721
1787
17. Revolt in the Vend
1793
1763
1711-1715
1724
18. The French Revolution
1792
1775
1708
1789
19. Russo-Persian War
1792
1722
1792
1761
20. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1707
1738
1765
1713
21. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1730
1762
1781
1735
22. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1795
1775
1712
1788
23. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1761
1769
1720
1707
24. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1789
1788
1783
1792
25. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1763
1788
1718
1785
26. Polish revolt
1741
1781
1794
1760
27. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1772
1798
1787
1722
28. War of the Polish Succession.
1703
1733
1787
1776
29. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1775
1773
1707
1739
30. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1718
1701
1722
1789
31. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1707
1791
1793
1788
32. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1780
1788
1765
1772
33. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1792
1709
1755
1799
34. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1747
1796
1775
1717
35. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1735
1740
1795
1799
36. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1738
1739
1787
1789
37. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1719
1788
1720
1771
38. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1702
1745
1741
1791
39. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1795
1730
1709
1754
40. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1799
1796
1736
1799
41. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1763
1720
1798
1773
42. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1796
1744
1773
1794
43. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1740
1707
1720
1732
44. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1713-1714
1738
1785
1701
45. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1793
1795
1726
1701
46. The 'Great Disaster'
1797
1738
1722
1723
47. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1773
1708
1776
1757
48. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1726
1761
1785
1755
49. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1799
1722
1772
1756
50. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1707
1763
1796
1719