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18th Century Timeline
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1. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1738
1762
1760
1715
2. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1761
1796
1701
1791
3. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1744
1754
1715
1733
4. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1773
1772
1790
1787
5. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1795
1722
1739
1793
6. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1771
1775
1770
1711-1715
7. Russo-Turkish War
1711-1715
1757
1715
1768
8. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1718
1715
1787
1776
9. The Great Plague of Marseille
1701
1720
1754
1791
10. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1788
1745
1757
1773
11. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1796
1708
1789
1723
12. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1799
1730
1708
1771
13. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1799
1796
1787
1775
14. George III became King of Britain.
1760
1735
1748
1739
15. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1740
1787
1761
1736
16. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1791
1792
1714
1772
17. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1703
1715
1756
1772
18. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1770
1744
1772
1714
19. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1759
1709
1729
1744
20. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1756
1796
1776
1780
21. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1750
1771
1740
1718
22. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1769
1703
1710-1711
1792
23. First Anglo-Maratha War
1775
1707
1793
1791
24. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1707
1788
1706
1781
25. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.
1707
1754
1793
1791
26. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1788
1776
1760
1701
27. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1710
1798
1770
1741
28. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1740
1707
1738
1796
29. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1709
1721
1761
1710-1711
30. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1739
1707
1792
1716
31. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1799
1717
1787
1793
32. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1798
1706
1744
1772
33. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1711-1715
1787
1718-1730
1721
34. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1772
1790
1791
1723
35. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1789
1738
1701
1754
36. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1701
1754
1738
1778
37. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1775
1707
1776
1780
38. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1710
1707
1710-1711
1741
39. The South Sea Bubble
1707
1771
1720
1781
40. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1721
1795
1730
1769
41. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1705
1789
1799
1761
42. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1708
1711-1715
1794
1703
43. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1799
1794
1740
1722
44. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1787
1738
1779
1745
45. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1712
1707
1772
1791
46. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1718
1709
1781
1715
47. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1718
1795
1739
1738
48. 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
1783
1781
1726
1738
49. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1732
1717
1775
1790
50. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1763
1796
1765
1720