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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.
1757
1720
1770
1704
2. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1766
1750
1760
1771
3. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1755
1793
1715
1718
4. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1778
1754
1772
1775
5. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1787
1790
1721
1722
6. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1790
1723
1741
1724
7. War of the Austrian Succession
1707
1778
1701
1740
8. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1738
1783
1759
1708
9. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1794
1799
1785
1754
10. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1780
1783
1794
1783
11. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1721
1747
1708
1776
12. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1776
1700-1721
1727
1773
13. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1773
1715
1759
1768
14. The Lisbon earthquake
1796
1760
1755
1779
15. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1791
1769
1788
1785
16. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1768
1735
1708
1767
17. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1793
1779
1770
1715
18. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1721
1770
1703
1718
19. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1789
1780
1761
1791
20. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1720
1702
1795
1759
21. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1721
1755
1769
1760
22. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1745
1724
1709
1736
23. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1796
1793
1708
1715
24. 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.
1770
1708
1716
1783
25. War of the Austrian Succession
1799
1740
1760
1718-1730
26. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1769
1754
1788
1787
27. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1730
1791
1708
1754
28. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1773
1768
1745
1703
29. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1744
1796
1775
1772
30. Russo-Turkish War
1741
1730
1787
1773
31. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1798
1700-1721
1791
1754
32. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722
1769
1793
1783
33. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1745
1799
1769
1799
34. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1796
1745
1796
1787
35. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1772
1709
1738
1736
36. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1783
1794
1775
1713-1714
37. Russo-Turkish War
1783
1768
1788
1744
38. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1740
1707
1730
1793
39. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1707
1761
1723
1707
40. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1757
1748
1794
1761
41. Anglo-Spanish War
1727
1756
1710
1750
42. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1760
1785
1744
1771
43. 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
1794
1726
1722
1787
44. The Great Plague of Marseille
1727
1778
1720
1740
45. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1747
1757
1795
1792
46. Russo-Turkish War
1733
1793
1736
1768
47. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1709
1742
1705
1771
48. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1799
1787
1781
1730
49. The South Sea Bubble
1791
1720
1769
1781
50. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1788
1715
1778
1738