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18th Century Timeline
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1. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1792
1770
1785
1789
2. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1787
1720
1795
1712
3. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1722
1769
1757
1707
4. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1722
1776
1718
1758
5. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1715
1766
1723
1789
6. Russo-Turkish War
1795
1785
1704
1787
7. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1712
1732
1723
1748
8. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1783
1799
1795
1761
9. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1797
1732
1738
1741
10. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1775
1791
1793
1769
11. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1767
1763
1791
1709
12. War of the Polish Succession.
1788
1794
1733
1724
13. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1739
1796
1798
1785
14. The Haitian Revolution
1717
1791
1765
1795
15. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1790
1718
1738
1799
16. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1732
1795
1791
1721
17. The Great Plague of Marseille
1704
1720
1771
1793
18. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1750
1740
1709
1715
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.
1713
1793
1708
1799
20. Polish revolt
1789
1773
1702
1794
21. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1789
1787
1748
1742
22. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1723
1722
1727
1701
23. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1738
1754
1799
1740
24. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1792
1775
1701
1769
25. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1707
1744
1748
1760
26. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1795
1741
1707
1796
27. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1799
1744
1724
1709
28. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1740
1741
1763
1736
29. 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.
1785
1775
1740
1702
30. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1789
1735
1730
1744
31. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1772
1778
1787
1718
32. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745
1739
1760
1724
33. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1771
1732
1769
1791
34. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1711-1715
1787
1796
1706
35. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1771
1799
1778
1709
36. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1796
1713
1709
1740
37. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1739
1741
1756
1776
38. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1745
1776
1795
1750
39. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1798
1791
1766
1792
40. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1772
1702
1785
1761
41. War of the Austrian Succession
1740
1711-1715
1701
1703
42. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1706
1754
1703
1798
43. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1790
1715
1799
1769
44. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1768
1715
1790
1799
45. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1740
1702
1732
1783
46. 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
1726
1795
1715
1735
47. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1773
1735
1707
1730
48. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1702
1718
1715
1725
49. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1754
1716
1772
1729
50. Inconfid
1788
1760
1740
1720