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18th Century Timeline
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1. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1738
1722
1789
1744
2. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1793
1773
1706
1775
3. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1747
1772
1787
1709
4. Russo-Turkish War.
1748
1735
1720
1707
5. War of the Austrian Succession
1796
1755
1701
1740
6. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1706
1700-1721
1791
1740
7. 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.
1757
1775
1733
1794
8. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1741
1723
1707
1722
9. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1789
1715
1759
1775
10. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1726
1793
1710-1711
1711-1715
11. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1791
1723
1798
1738
12. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1788
1790
1739
1787
13. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1745
1722
1792
1744
14. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1717
1722
1794
1707
15. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1715
1721
1757
1797
16. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1738
1745
1702
1727
17. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1791
1755
1787
1791
18. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1788
1713-1714
1795
1775
19. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1791
1738
1794
1711-1715
20. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1741
1707
1739
1748
21. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1788
1741
1794
1721
22. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1797
1722
1740
1706
23. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1713
1772
1792
1770
24. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1707
1765
1770
1708
25. The South Sea Bubble
1700-1721
1765
1713-1714
1720
26. T
1773
1799
1778
1772
27. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1769
1710-1711
1796
1758
28. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1773
1787
1757
1720
29. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1796
1702
1722
1760
30. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1767
1707
1795
1701
31. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1725
1740
1733
1710-1711
32. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1772
1710
1795
1704
33. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1789
1744
1775
1757
34. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1756
1792
1707
1704
35. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1788
1788
1715
1710-1711
36. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1740
1702
1733
1755
37. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1760
1769
1789
1740
38. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1799
1735
1779
1770
39. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1780
1785
1796
1721
40. First Anglo-Maratha War
1736
1789
1775
1708
41. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1794
1770
1724
1756
42. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1757
1795
1789
1770
43. The R
1703
1721
1771
1772
44. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1709
1778
1723
1780
45. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1792
1796
1773
1718
46. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1785
1775
1791
1701
47. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1740
1702
1796
1787
48. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1718
1736
1787
1790
49. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1748
1779
1798
1703
50. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1709
1718
1769
1748