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18th Century Timeline
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1. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1787
1790
1740
1709
2. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1744
1736
1712
1772
3. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1762
1722
1788
1721
4. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1729
1740
1702
1715
5. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1770
1702
1788
1763
6. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1718-1730
1740
1748
1762
7. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1769
1763
1795
1738
8. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1792
1745
1742
1770
9. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1770
1701
1794
1760
10. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1787
1788
1736
1796
11. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1796
1705
1713-1714
1771
12. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1795
1788
1718
1758
13. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1748
1754
1707
1788
14. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1727
1787
1791
1755
15. 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.
1794
1769
1778
1779
16. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1740
1707
1748
1770
17. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1798
1702
1735
1748
18. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1792
1787
1716
1761
19. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1791
1783
1747
1738
20. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1707
1799
1772
1732
21. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1775
1723
1700-1721
1703
22. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1716
1700-1721
1787
1770
23. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1778
1723
1735
1783
24. Russo-Turkish War
1709
1765
1787
1798
25. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1772
1710-1711
1721
1776
26. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1773
1721
1730
1763
27. 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.
1795
1799
1795
1754
28. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1796
1771
1715
1741
29. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1720
1738
1796
1741
30. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1791
1723
1707
1730
31. Inconfid
1794
1708
1788
1708
32. 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.
1723
1761
1738
1754
33. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1779
1707
1757
1722
34. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1701
1713-1714
1724
1720
35. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1718-1730
1716
1762
1702
36. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1735
1715
1794
1788
37. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1723
1780
1707
1796
38. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1795
1722
1724
1720
39. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1720
1789
1799
1708
40. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1729
1773
1794
1723
41. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1730
1719
1799
1771
42. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1717
1708
1793
1770
43. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1738
1763
1795
1793
44. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1720
1727
1758
1796
45. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1787
1720
1775
1715
46. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1730
1705
1789
1738
47. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1770
1756
1709
1755
48. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1783
1744
1739
1799
49. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1769
1756
1795
1722
50. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1701
1755
1799
1735