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18th Century Timeline
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1. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1715
1725
1792
1703
2. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1793
1767
1790
1787
3. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1721
1712
1798
1704
4. Russo-Turkish War
1783
1768
1741
1775
5. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1787
1766
1756
1792
6. American Revolutionary War
1775
1709
1730
1744
7. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1775
1711-1715
1794
1799
8. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1702
1724
1799
1788
9. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1721
1712
1792
1791
10. Russo-Turkish War.
1719
1703
1758
1735
11. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1722
1781
1707
1772
12. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1770
1729
1720
1769
13. 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.
1755
1794
1715
1740
14. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1787
1780
1754
1724
15. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1789
1719
1740
1708
16. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1789
1796
1713-1714
1775
17. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1791
1778
1754
1793
18. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1707
1767
1723
1702
19. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1787
1780
1738
1799
20. The Lisbon earthquake
1735
1755
1757
1794
21. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1747
1792
1720
1740
22. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1718
1719
1776
1720
23. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1713-1714
1796
1799
1766
24. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1765
1796
1701
1763
25. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1707
1799
1799
1709
26. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1772
1796
1761
1708
27. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1775
1722
1785
1715
28. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1725
1787
1745
1740
29. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1701
1796
1772
1776
30. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1730
1772
1739
1776
31. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1796
1741
1748
1762
32. The R
1703
1745
1798
1795
33. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1773
1762
1745
1735
34. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1717
1775
1707
1707
35. 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.
1707
1794
1701
1730
36. The French Revolution
1796
1756
1701
1789
37. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1760
1707
1798
1793
38. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1726
1723
1709
1799
39. T
1799
1778
1722
1713
40. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1760
1718
1796
1740
41. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1755
1755
1792
1711-1715
42. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1770
1725
1723
1796
43. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1778
1715
1739
1763
44. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1799
1779
1706
1722
45. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1763
1772
1720
1741
46. War of the Austrian Succession
1740
1700-1721
1710-1711
1780
47. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1702
1707
1717
1735
48. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1720
1794
1796
1717
49. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1722
1771
1795
1724
50. The R
1788
1705
1701
1703