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18th Century Timeline
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1. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1756
1795
1771
1778
2. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1759
1707
1755
1719
3. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1795
1794
1762
1701
4. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1747
1713
1707
1721
5. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1796
1796
1707
1718
6. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1783
1791
1755
1721
7. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1793
1768
1713-1714
1712
8. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1744
1713
1738
1789
9. T
1771
1735
1707
1778
10. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1783
1787
1704
1707
11. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1722
1741
1785
1716
12. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1707
1763
1772
1708
13. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1741
1799
1796
1708
14. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1761
1769
1790
1709
15. Russo-Persian War
1796
1709
1768
1722
16. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1701
1757
1760
1700-1721
17. Revolt in the Vend
1793
1769
1722
1726
18. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1754
1707
1703
1704
19. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1709
1787
1796
1722
20. Anglo-Spanish War
1792
1727
1718-1730
1763
21. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1701
1715
1778
1760
22. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1793
1721
1796
1732
23. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1770
1789
1701
1790
24. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1717
1787
1795
1718
25. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1775
1738
1705
1708
26. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1748
1772
1763
1792
27. The French Revolution
1793
1789
1788
1791
28. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1795
1701
1716
1785
29. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1788
1756
1713-1714
1772
30. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1738
1776
1707
1793
31. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1796
1771
1760
1776
32. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1722
1742
1763
1756
33. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1736
1776
1781
1739
34. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1713
1781
1721
1793
35. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1721
1723
1705
1788
36. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1767
1709
1789
1738
37. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1745
1778
1724
1759
38. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1769
1792
1750
1770
39. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1755
1722
1771
1783
40. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1709
1740
1717
1701
41. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1729
1775
1768
1708
42. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1703
1738
1712
1745
43. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1721
1736
1713-1714
1770
44. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1795
1792
1707
1763
45. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1707
1718-1730
1787
1769
46. War of the Polish Succession.
1733
1757
1792
1799
47. The Haitian Revolution
1791
1792
1790
1783
48. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1792
1789
1776
1785
49. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1733
1708
1793
1736
50. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1711-1715
1701
1793
1740