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18th Century Timeline
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1. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1788
1741
1729
1707
2. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1702
1706
1705
1727
3. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1762
1741
1713
1772
4. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1739
1741
1736
1796
5. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1703
1741
1708
1797
6. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1760
1762
1783
1794
7. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1736
1795
1788
1739
8. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1701
1772
1727
1796
9. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1744
1736
1778
1773
10. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1798
1719
1701
1741
11. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1729
1787
1740
1772
12. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1709
1791
1796
1707
13. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1748
1793
1789
1790
14. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1748
1771
1738
1750
15. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1759
1707
1787
1772
16. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1713-1714
1772
1744
1768
17. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1722
1779
1799
1756
18. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1745
1714
1738
1710-1711
19. George III became King of Britain.
1793
1760
1748
1717
20. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1783
1730
1715
1787
21. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1779
1796
1739
1794
22. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1750
1788
1768
1722
23. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1741
1725
1796
1789
24. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1796
1795
1721
1799
25. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1760
1762
1736
1730
26. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1716
1722
1765
1720
27. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1799
1747
1792
1787
28. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1770
1778
1711-1715
1718
29. Russo-Turkish War.
1703
1735
1701
1721
30. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1799
1747
1707
1709
31. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1795
1787
1733
1738
32. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1736
1772
1780
1735
33. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1744
1707
1767
1740
34. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1759
1754
1788
1772
35. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1788
1738
1799
1794
36. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722
1781
1785
1796
37. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1754
1781
1792
1775
38. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1721
1710
1719
1725
39. War of the Polish Succession.
1790
1733
1723
1799
40. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1735
1799
1738
1736
41. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1725
1747
1799
1798
42. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1792
1788
1739
1740
43. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1785
1718-1730
1732
1716
44. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1779
1771
1771
1794
45. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1707
1747
1701
1773
46. T
1750
1701
1793
1778
47. The Haitian Revolution
1791
1796
1738
1788
48. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1795
1736
1720
1744
49. T
1796
1729
1778
1707
50. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1771
1740
1713-1714
1738