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18th Century Timeline
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1. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745
1776
1796
1709
2. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1769
1711-1715
1793
1701
3. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1780
1791
1792
1787
4. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1795
1755
1721
1718
5. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1799
1792
1795
1797
6. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1792
1720
1756
1736
7. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1769
1789
1795
1790
8. 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
1701
1791
1718
1726
9. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1785
1776
1710
1735
10. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1761
1788
1790
1772
11. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1788
1761
1780
1772
12. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1711-1715
1789
1707
1720
13. American Revolutionary War
1755
1715
1768
1775
14. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1772
1718
1776
1710-1711
15. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1710-1711
1748
1715
1744
16. 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.
1708
1768
1796
1702
17. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1787
1779
1735
1721
18. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1796
1702
1756
1795
19. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1799
1787
1769
1705
20. Polish revolt
1794
1735
1787
1730
21. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1794
1793
1701
1701
22. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1740
1718-1730
1745
1701
23. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1718
1776
1708
1772
24. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722
1779
1765
1700-1721
25. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1736
1735
1720
1738
26. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1740
1796
1721
1776
27. The South Sea Bubble
1708
1785
1776
1720
28. The 'Great Disaster'
1722
1796
1788
1723
29. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1723
1778
1768
1788
30. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1721
1771
1772
1741
31. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1745
1732
1795
1771
32. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1701
1748
1772
1735
33. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1765
1701
1715
1771
34. Russo-Turkish War
1741
1721
1778
1768
35. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1740
1747
1718
1741
36. The Haitian Revolution
1715
1761
1791
1794
37. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1705
1798
1704
1758
38. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1788
1781
1761
1776
39. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1748
1755
1732
1744
40. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1741
1701
1779
1796
41. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1781
1795
1724
1722
42. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1738
1780
1717
1787
43. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1709
1745
1795
1779
44. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1709
1795
1785
1730
45. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1756
1783
1745
1796
46. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1795
1798
1799
1738
47. The Haitian Revolution
1740
1788
1765
1791
48. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1740
1717
1744
1799
49. Russo-Persian War
1712
1722
1799
1745
50. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1788
1769
1740
1754