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18th Century Timeline
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1. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1795
1785
1780
1744
2. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1742
1788
1740
1707
3. 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.
1796
1700-1721
1781
1794
4. 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.
1720
1795
1794
1742
5. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1796
1725
1717
1797
6. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1718
1740
1798
1788
7. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1795
1788
1771
1758
8. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1794
1730
1767
1721
9. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1720
1732
1722
1703
10. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1721
1712
1716
1715
11. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1788
1799
1762
1715
12. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1781
1796
1717
1716
13. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1772
1740
1745
1799
14. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1706
1799
1713
1799
15. Russo-Turkish War.
1736
1735
1794
1792
16. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1794
1748
1719
1771
17. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1710-1711
1769
1776
1744
18. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1721
1715
1789
1758
19. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1702
1771
1741
1761
20. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1796
1747
1710-1711
1795
21. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1701
1722
1795
1785
22. The Great Plague of Marseille
1758
1720
1787
1793
23. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1701
1789
1720
1796
24. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1741
1702
1715
1796
25. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1798
1744
1778
1772
26. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1711-1715
1720
1724
1709
27. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1713
1787
1763
1788
28. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722
1701
1718-1730
1771
29. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1709
1783
1792
1779
30. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1755
1775
1795
1742
31. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1796
1727
1770
1744
32. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1706
1756
1757
1770
33. The French Revolution
1721
1793
1747
1789
34. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1720
1781
1705
1739
35. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1700-1721
1757
1712
1707
36. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1720
1775
1707
1783
37. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1772
1759
1741
1795
38. George III became King of Britain.
1758
1791
1707
1760
39. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1769
1799
1772
1759
40. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1799
1787
1796
1794
41. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1715
1708
1709
1795
42. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1738
1796
1711-1715
1768
43. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1799
1709
1744
1710-1711
44. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1721
1744
1755
1730
45. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1779
1793
1794
1778
46. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1769
1769
1765
1779
47. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1754
1740
1722
1792
48. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1799
1707
1769
1701
49. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1742
1715
1775
1721
50. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1719
1775
1702
1793