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18th Century Timeline
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1. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1725
1710
1756
1757
2. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1788
1778
1735
1719
3. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1767
1718-1730
1715
1763
4. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1729
1761
1736
1799
5. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1759
1744
1756
1778
6. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1721
1798
1780
1796
7. Revolt in the Vend
1730
1721
1793
1715
8. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1723
1787
1795
1729
9. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1722
1727
1787
1710-1711
10. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1754
1794
1788
1736
11. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1701
1757
1783
1739
12. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1723
1712
1710
1718
13. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1780
1707
1796
1744
14. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1702
1730
1788
1706
15. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1707
1799
1711-1715
1716
16. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1787
1759
1772
1766
17. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1776
1770
1795
1721
18. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1763
1715
1776
1769
19. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1732
1796
1795
1775
20. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1770
1799
1768
1787
21. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1733
1776
1720
1799
22. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1708
1785
1736
1720
23. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1710
1705
1713-1714
1773
24. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1738
1718-1730
1755
1727
25. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1785
1720
1796
1736
26. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1756
1795
1707
1772
27. T
1739
1705
1778
1707
28. The French Revolution
1789
1721
1798
1780
29. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1791
1707
1783
1781
30. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1733
1789
1798
1711-1715
31. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1707
1713
1772
1748
32. American Revolutionary War
1771
1775
1772
1735
33. War of the Austrian Succession
1772
1740
1771
1701
34. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1738
1733
1795
1783
35. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1790
1711-1715
1763
1741
36. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1732
1744
1795
1713-1714
37. American Revolutionary War
1791
1769
1718
1775
38. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1762
1769
1773
1771
39. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1721
1793
1795
1769
40. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1783
1729
1740
1721
41. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1763
1741
1761
1703
42. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1702
1794
1797
1773
43. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1724
1754
1781
1772
44. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1744
1700-1721
1776
1750
45. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1725
1766
1796
1791
46. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1756
1750
1722
1792
47. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1703
1789
1796
1713
48. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1758
1709
1788
1794
49. The South Sea Bubble
1744
1769
1775
1720
50. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1791
1701
1790
1729